NEWS
22.12.09
BROKEN OPEN – SINGLE RELEASE TODAY!
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/.../broken-open-feat.../1654786533
SoundCloud:
https://on.soundcloud.com/88eNu
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6QYtvesYIVXBot9yWK0Egp?si=C92mvLMeQtO1ezFPkbWglQ
WATERBODY – Cinematic Swedish Jungle-pop with an Indie sound
The name WATERBODY refers to how we as humans are part of all water bodies and flow together, but we are also limited to individuals. So at the same time as we are free and mobile, we exist in a carefully defined form that is difficult to reshape.
While working with this project WATERBODY wanted to avoid her own limitations and well-travelled musical landscapes by inviting brilliant musicians to give the music wider dimensions. Some songs presented themselves as repetive states, while others where shaped more like traditional pop songs with carved out parts like a verse or a chorus.
"I guess this creative boust took over after I had frantically composed music for a theater play in Gothenburg. I just couldn't wind down so I kept making more music. This also became my attempt to play alongside my musician friends and build something beautiful together", she says.
"I had collected pictures of views and environments in my head and had an urge to set them to music. I felt like this was an opportunity to invite the unsuspected to the compositions. These manic recordings took place between February and May 2021 during a time when we couldn't meet up in the studio as before. So we traded files over the internet and I could feel that the music resonated so well with the musicians I had invited. The production work was a bliss! I think we all had a longing to keep on working no matter what."
The first single from the album is "Broken Open" with title is taken from the Jane Fonda quote: "You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open..."
The song is visited by Gothenburg based Lisen Rylander Löve on tenor saxophone, voice och live-electronics. Lisen is internationally active and a well-established name in Swedish jazz, improvisation and experimental music (The Splendor, Here's To Us and solo project OCEANS).
Magnus Sveningsson from world wide acclaimed The Cardigans and instrumental project Råå plays the bass. He and Lotta has been band mates in country collective Up The Mountain and in Lotta's solo band.
On drums you hear Conny Städe, a well-regarded Malmöite drummer who is also an old time band mate to Lotta on her earlier work. He has been seen playing with First Aid Kit, Elevator Adam, Bashjärta, Staffan Hellstrand and many more.
Produced and mainly recorded by WATERBODY in Margit Music Studio, Böste SE
Mixed by Andreas Ejnarsson in Southfork Studio, Hbg
Mastered by Hans Olsson in Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gbg
Artwork by WATERBODY from the album image by Lennart Sjöberg
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In swedish:
I arbetet med instrumentalprojektet WATERBODY ville Lotta Wenglén, som står bakom artistnamnet, undvika sina egna begränsningar och välbesökta stigar genom att bjuda in briljanta musiker och på så vis ge musiken fler dimensioner. Vissa låtar presenterade sig själva som repetitiva tillstånd, medan andra blev formade som traditionella poplåtar med tydliga delar så som vers och refräng.
"Det här projektets kreativa skov tog vid där det frenetiska arbetet med att komponera musik till och medverka i en teaterpjäs i Göteborg avslutades, säger Lotta. "Jag kunde helt enkelt inte varva ner så jag fortsatte att göra mer musik. Detta blev också mitt försök till att spela tillsammans med andra musiker; att bygga något vackert tillsammans i en tid då vi inte kunde ses i studion som tidigare", säger WATERBODY.
"Så jag har under projektets gång bjudit in musiker jag beundrar till att spela på de teman jag tror skulle resonera bra med deras unika uttryck. Jag har medvetet lämnat plats för dem att ta och det har varit fantastiskt kul och häpnadsväckande att få ta emot deras filer. Alla har spelat in sina instrument hemma eller i egen studio och det har blivit både knäppa och nyckfulla pålägg som vackra, kaosartade och drömska."
De här maniska inspelningarna ägde rum mellan februari och maj 2021 och efter att ha fått alla filerna satte WATERBODY ihop arrangemangen och la några sista lager ihop med Magnus Sveningssons i Skånes Synthpark. I maj mixade Andreas Ejnarsson albumet i Southfork Studio i Helsingborg och i juni mastrade Hans Olsson låtarna i Svenska Grammofonstudion i Göteborg.
Första singeln från instrumentalalbumet Aquatic Happenings är Broken Open. Titeln är tagen från Jane Fondas citat: "You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open..."
"Låten skulle kunna vara tagen från en fransk tv serie! Jag ser regnvåta parisiska gator genom ögonen på en person med hjärtat på väg att explodera", säger WATERBODY.
Broken Open gästas av Göteborgsbaserade saxofonisten Lisen Rylander Löve som är internationellt verksam och ett väletablerat namn inom svensk jazz, improvisation och experimentell musik. Hon är aktiv i ett flertal konstellationer så som The Splendor, Here's To Us och soloprojektet OCEANS.
Magnus Sveningsson från The Cardigans och instrumetalprojektet Råå spelar bas. Han och Lotta är gamla bandkamrater i countrykollektivet Up The Mountain och i Lottas soloband. Det är även trummisen Conny Städe som hörs på Lottas tidigare skivor och är en välkänd Malmömusiker (First Aid Kit, Elevator Adam, Bashjärta, Staffan Hellstrand).
Producerat av WATERBODY i Margit Music Studio, Böste
Mix av Andreas Ejnarsson in Southfork Studio, Hbg
Mastring av Hans Olsson in Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gbg
Artwork av WATERBODY från albumbilden av fotograf Lennart Sjöberg
#aquatichappenings
22.11.07
TRAILER FOR THE SINGLE "BROKEN OPEN"
Release date: Dec 9-2022
Song from the upcoming vinyl album" Aquatic Happenings" (2023).
22.11.05
UPCOMING SINGLE RELEASE DEC 9
WATERBODY found herself in a creative coma ending up in a fullength vinyl album. It all took place between February and May 2021 and the songs where recored in Margit Music Studio in Böste as well as in the homes and studios of the invited musicians.
The first single from the album is "Broken Open". The title is taken from the Jane Fonda quote: "You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open..."
The song is visited by Gothenburg based Lisen Rylander Löve on tenor saxophone, voice och live-electronics. Lisen is internationally active and a well-established name in Swedish jazz, improvisation and experimental music (The Splendor, Here's To Us and solo project OCEANS).
Magnus Sveningsson from world wide acclaimed The Cardigans and instrumental project Råå plays the bass. He and Lotta has been band mates in country collective Up The Mountain and in Lottas solo band.
On drums you hear Conny Städe, a well-regarded Malmöite drummer who is also an old time band mate to Lotta on her earlier work. He has been seen playing with First Aid Kit, Elevator Adam, Bashjärta, Staffan Hellstrand and many more.
Produced and mainly recorded by WATERBODY in Margit Music Studio, Böste SE
Mixed by Andreas Ejnarsson in Southfork Studio, Hbg
Mastered by Hans Olsson in Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gbg
Artwork by WATERBODY from the album image by Lennart Sjöberg