A veritable ton of good electronic bands and artists have
come out of Scandinavia in the last few years with Röyksopp, Annie, The Knife
and Robin representing the tip of a snow-decked iceberg. But never before have
indie girls and electro boys jumped so high, screamed so loud or wiggled so squirmishly
on the dance floor to tracks like 'Kom Sager dom' and 'Det Snurrar I min Skalle'
(Translation: It's Spinning in My Head.)
Familijen is the name used for
the solo electronic music project of Johan T Karlsson. Johan is a one-man band;
he writes his own music and lyrics, plays all the instruments, sings and produces.
Live, he is joined by fellow electronic artists and internationally renowned DJ,
Andreas Tilliander.
This year's new star in the Scandinavian indie-dance
constellation (Familjen is being called the Swedish answer to The Presets), Familjen
produces music which draws references to artists such as Stone Roses, Happy Mondays
and Underworld mixed together with 90s dance and future orientated electronic
pop. The result is acid-house meets indie-rock with lyrics delivered in Karlsson's
unique skånsk dialect. Make sure to catch Familjen supporting Ladytron at
the Metro, Sydney (29 September) and at Sydney's Parklife Festival (5 October).
FAMILJEN
TOUR DATES:
27 SEPT - PARKLIFE FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE
28 SEPT - PARKLIFE FESTIVAL, MELBOURNE
29 SEPT- LADYTRON SUPPORT, SYDNEY
1 OCT - LADYTRON SUPPORT, BRISBANE
2 OCT - LADYTRON SUPPORT, MELBOURNE [SOLD
OUT]
3 OCT - LADYTRON SUPPORT, MELBOURNE
4 OCT - PARKLIFE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE
5 OCT - PARKLIFE FESTIVAL, SYDNEY

'Det Snurrar I Min Skalle' is in stores now.