Nice Blog Interview
2008-04-10
A brand new interview with Ola of the Moonbabies can be found at the excellent A Free Man blog, a feature special on music he's discovered on his trip to Sweden. It's also including questions from long time fan Marcy of Lost in your inbox. Check it out!
www.afreeman.org
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Video of the Week
2008-04-09
The video for "War on Sound" is the featured video of the week at HDFEST. If you head over at hdfest.com You can download a great HD quality version of the video.
www.hdfest.com
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Spring Tour (Final update!)
2008-04-03
Here's the final update for the Moonbabies Spring Tour 2008. Apart from a few Festival gigs this summer, these will be the only Moonbabies shows this year. Ola & Carina will be joined by drummer Per Nordborg & cello player Åsa Gjerstad. We are also happy to annouce that Computer will be support on the Rostock, Ludwigshafen & Magdeburg shows.
05/02 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE) Support: Som DJ: Sally Shapiro
05/03 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER) Support: Computer
05/06 - Club Stereo, Nürnberg (GER)
05/07 - Das Haus, Ludwigshafen (GER) Support: Computer
05/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER) Support: Prisca Jones
05/09 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER) Support: Computer
05/10 - Revolver Club @ Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
05/11 - Bassy, Berlin (GER) Support: Mikroboy
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Do you own Moonbabies remix!
2008-03-22
Moonbabies are teaming up with Proyecto Batidora to offer fans a chance to remix the track "Sun A.M". Head on over to check it out and to download all the various track components to get started: http://www.proyectobatidora.net
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Moonbabies on Rockpalast on WDR Tonight!
2008-03-02
Tonight, the legendary musicshow Rockpalast will broadcast a special on WDR featuring an interview and liveclips of Moonbabies. The feature is a 120-minute spotlight on Eurosonic/Noorderslag Festival in Groningen, Holland earlier this year, and will also feature other swedish acts Mustach & I'm from Barcelona. Don't Miss!
WDR Television, Sunday to Monday 03 March 2008 Time: 0.45 - 2.45
A broadcast of the same show is also available for online listening at swedish national radio P3 Live (new window will open)
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Free Give-away 2002 EP!
2008-02-15
Standing on the Roof/Filtering the Daylight (2002)
Vinyl 7" Limited edition hand printed cover with stamps.
Released by: A Bouncing Space (North America only)
A1. Over My Head hi-res mp3 download
A2. Forever Changes Nothing Now hi-res mp3 download
B1. Come on, Come On, While We're Young hi-res mp3 download
B2. Homegrown hi-res mp3 download
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As we are taking 2008 off to write and record the next Moonbabies full-length album, it's time to give you a little treat. This EP is long out of print, so what's better than to give it to you free.
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A little about the EP: This EP was originally printed as a 500 copy limited edition 7" single, and released in the USA in the spring of 2002. I remember that we were in the middle of the recording session for 'The Orange Billboard' when we got the idea to release an "in-between" album material EP of new material. For me personally, the concept of 4 song EPs are somewhat of the ultimate format, and 'Standing on the Roof/Filtering the daylight' is special. The vinyl was pretty sweet, handpressed on thick paper 19th Century Style and also with an unique color for every copy of the vinyl.
About the Songs: 'Over my head' was one of the earliest Moonbabies songs I ever wrote (although it was very, very different back when i wrote it), and this version was kept almost identical (except for some details) for the Orange Billboard album. I love this track, because of it's organic feel and emotional range between sadness, hate/anger & calmness. It was a very fast recording, just took some hours to get right. Which is very unusual for Moonbabies...
The next song on the EP also appeared on Billboard, but in a very different version. The title was also changed from 'Forever Changes Nothing Now' to ...Everything Now. Remember we wrote it in my living room the same day we wrote another song called 'Ghost of Love'. Anyway, this is one of our favorite songs. This version is unpolished and not as great as the one that turned up on the album. But still a good listen.
On the B-side we put our more experimental side to the test. Sometimes when Carina and I get bored or uninspired in the studio we play our new demo tracks reversed, which sometimes REALLY hits you like a hammer because it's just so dramatically different or surprising. 'Come on, Come On, While We're Young' was a darling of Carina. She went nuts about the main loop, and we started fool around in the studio. Turned out pretty good, Moonbabies vs. MBV good. The originally song we looped was called 'In The Banshees' which is only available on a Japanese CD.
The last song, starts of with a interlude played on the Piano, which was ecorded on location at a wine-bar in Lübeck, Germany. 'Homegrown' is definately one of my favorite Moonbabies B-side songs. Today I would have done it a little different, I guess, but this version captures a warm and melancholy feeling I love.. We called it 'Homegrown' because it deals with all the feeling still inside of you from your home... Good or bad memories, it's always a part of you.
Enjoy! / Ola
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Moonbabies Live at National Radio P3
2008-02-07
On February 25th 21.30 P3 Live (Swedish National Radio) will broadcast Moonbabies' blissful show from Eurosonic/Holland. If you're not living in Sweden, don't despair, you'll also be able to hear it online over at www.sr.se/p3/p3live the following weeks.
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Japanese Online Magazine
2008-02-05
Check out a brand new interview with Ola Frick of Moonbabies at the Japanese online magazine for fashion and lifestyle www.flashfilm.com
http://www.flashfilm.com/us/people/music/pm0007moonbabies.html
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Moonbabies@Eurosonic
2008-01-15
More photos see www.armandhoogland.nl
Moonbabies took the stage last Friday, and did an excellent show for a totally packed venue at Eurosonic Festival, their first show in Holland ever. The gig was recorded for TV (Rockpalast, Germany - Cineversity, Holland) and Radio (European Broadcasting Union). Dutch National TV reportedly also broadcasted some of the concert. On stage with Ola & Carina was Åsa Gjerstad (Cello, Piano) & Per Nordborg (Drums). As soon as we'll know we will announce the broadcasting of TV & Radio. Rock n´Roll!
The set for the night was:
- War on Sound
- Sun A.M. (With some weird technical problem with the guitar!)
- Fieldtrip USA
- Cocobelle
- The Orange Billboard
- Walking on my Feet
- Shout it Out
- Take me to the Ballroom
"Swedish band Moonbabies play the most blissful indie-pop imaginable, what Stars might sound like if they hadn't decided to go off and listen to The Corrs. " - Jim Carroll, On the Record, The Irish Times
"Sonnigster schwedischer Cardigans-Pop, jetzt endlich auch in Resteuropa. Kommen live mit Engelsflügeln, Grubenlampen und Seifenblasenmaschine." - Christian Steinbrink, Intro.de
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