"in the hayron / of your love / I close my eyes / gradually slowing down / still..."
The commanding beauty, subversively drawn of "Re-entering" by MAJKEN, the surprising young Swedish DIY artist, harp player, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, lo-fi queen and producer Anna Bergvall, moves you in mysterious ways with soft punches and artful passages through dark spaces. There is a sense of styles melting or falling in freeform, dashes of performance art, acid jazz, art punk, post rock and more, sounds and emotions in flux distilled into something else with a multitude of textures, soft to abrasive and sometimes barbed. Navigating throughout is Bergvall's stunning vocal maneuvers that are so easy to fall in love with. AND as insider's glimpses reveal: "glimmering arrangements and razor sharp mix by Peter Katis (Kurt Vile, Interpol etc) this is "Majken goes hi-fi" in the best possible way!"
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Besides working as an engineer, having her first baby born and playing harp + guitar in Frida Hyvönen's backing band Majken has spent all her free time the last years working on the forthcoming album "Korus" that will be released via Sing a song fighter on April 24th, 2025..
All recordings have been done by herself at her home in Malmö (south of Sweden) with some assistance from her musical partner Damon Tutunjian (the swirlies).
It's a victorious song about finally leaving a broken relationship behind you and looking ahead at what come may. Not staying around at things that holds you down.]
I can't get enough of this track and MAJKEN's aesthetic, iteration of experimental form and function.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://www.instagram.com/majken000
https://singasongfighter.bandcamp.com/album/a-song-is-a-dream-and-dreams-are-real
Majken is a Swedish songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist, and harpist. In December 2018 she released her debut album "Young Believer", a collection of home recordings produced by Damon Tutunjian (Swirlies, Mew).
During the covid years, Majken spent time working on a new album while touring extensively with acclaimed Swedish artist Frida Hyvönen, as well as working with Nathan Larson and bob hund while studying engineering. The single "High up on a Mountain" is the first single to be released from this upcoming album, "Korus".
On one hand influenced by classical music and gospel and on the other driven by experimentality and a love for strong melodies, Majken creates her own haven of distorted beauty and timelessness – where mental health, spirituality, and growing up are three central themes.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/majken000
https://singasongfighter.bandcamp.com/album/a-song-is-a-dream-and-dreams-are-real
Majken is a Swedish songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist, and harpist. In December 2018 she released her debut album "Young Believer", a collection of home recordings produced by Damon Tutunjian (Swirlies, Mew).
During the covid years, Majken spent time working on a new album while touring extensively with acclaimed Swedish artist Frida Hyvönen, as well as working with Nathan Larson and bob hund while studying engineering. The single "High up on a Mountain" is the first single to be released from this upcoming album, "Korus".
On one hand influenced by classical music and gospel and on the other driven by experimentality and a love for strong melodies, Majken creates her own haven of distorted beauty and timelessness – where mental health, spirituality, and growing up are three central themes.
MAJKEN, Swedish artist, multi-instrumentalist, DIY creative, pianist, harpist, guitarist, vocalist, shape-shifter song "Re-entering", upcoming album "Korus", Sing a song fighter label, Malmö home studio,
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