http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSY70bGSUw

I’m sure you don’t need telling who Zombie Nation are especially as they created Kenkraft 300 - one of the biggest club anthems of all time. So, their new album Zombielicious better be good. I’m happy to say that having owned it for about a week now, I love it and can’t stop playing it.
Listening to the album turns whatever location you may be in into a raving nightclub. A frenzy of fuzz and drum beats make up the sound behind Zombie Nation and with all tracks being at least four minutes in length, it takes a hell of a lot of energy to get through the record in one listen. Zombielicious may sound funny but the tracks have a no-nonsense attitude to them as electronic and techno melodies get blasted out.
Annoyingly for your neighbours, the songs sound great loud like most electronic music yet at low volume levels, the quirky Zombie Nation sound is never a disappointment. “Mystery Meat Affair” is one of the highlights on the album with a burst of synths that sound like they would fit in with 1960’s arcade games and a steady techno beat keeps it melodic. The album is a bit of a monster itself with 14 tracks and track 4, Radio Controlled, is another great hit. Being one of the few songs with vocals, it offers a bit of variety. A huge hook to be remembered and repeated bellowed short phrases all help make it extra special.
The record will keep you listening for nearly an hour, but that short time will have you out of breath and in need of a refreshing beverage. Zombielicious is a must buy and can fit into almost any playlist or music collection.

BBC Review

Zombielicious marks a career peak which dazzles and grinds in equally exciting measure.

Rob Crossan 2009-03-05

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Juvelen im Interview
Michael Vaccaro


Über den Schweden Juvelen ist außerhalb von Skandinavien noch nicht wirklich viel bekannt. Es gibt keinen Wikipedia Artikel, keine Website, nur eine mit Informationen geizende MySpace-Page. Doch das wird sich wohl nach seinem Konzert bei den Musik-Gurus von Pling-Plong schnell ändern.

olch eine Bühnenpräsenz gab es in Wien schon lange nicht mehr zu bewundern. Der zierliche Jonas (bürgerlicher Name) schaffte es mit Gitarre und Laptop das sonst so ernste Fluc-Publikum in eine Menge aus kreischenden Frauen und Männern mit feuchten Augen zu verwandeln. Wir haben den „Minimal Michael Jackson" vor seinem Konzert über Mixtapes, Bandzwänge, sein Album und Perfektionismus ausgefragt.

Describe your music!
"That's difficult! I'm trying to build my music, something I can show off, something like Soul / Indie, really slick"

Does the music sound like you imagine it in your head?
"There is always something broken.."

You are called "the bastard prince". And a friend of mine once referred to you as "Minimal Michael Jackson". What do you think about it?
"I don't want to sound cocky but I think minimal Jackson quite fits. I might use that some time . But that's only one shape of my sound."

Sometimes your music sounds like 20 years back in time. 80s disco and so on. Especially some of the bass lines. Why?
"I never wanted to do a retro thing. I just like that sound, this is the music I want to do. I understand people think that, but it makes me kind of sad. I think it's unfair because no one in the 80s could have made that record"

Your music doesn't sound like you were or are much of a club kid,which has always been part of the musical development in Stockholm.

"I used to be alternative, which I still am. I've always been more into doing music than clubbing. And to Stockholm, or Sweden in general: I've never been part of the development. I don't think that you can find someone else in this area making the same music as me."

Imagine you're in love with a girl, and you want to do a mixtape for her. What songs would you select?

"Haha. First of all I would choose "I wanna be your lover", from Prince. This one like three times in a row."

Anything else?
""I want you" from Elvis Castello and "Till the cops come" from Maxwell."

That sounds pretty cheesy!
"Haha, yeah, kind of."

Speaking of your latest release, some of the songs were already concluded on your EP from last year. Why did the album take so long?
"Yeah that was a great gap. I was studying psychology and had no record company telling me what to do. And actually the EP and the Album were one project, one piece. That's why some songs from the EP now are on the album. I prefer EP's , you have four songs fitting each other, it's much better. People don't see EP's as a whole anymore. On an EP of mine, there are three good songs. And if I'm producing an album I only give my best, no bullshit, no fluff. I'm not making 50 songs, of which 15 are good. Like I would do 3 good songs on an album and the rest would be fillers. I think doing that is quite embarrassing."

Concerning your concerts. Why are you performing solo most of the time?
"I've been moving away from playing in a band. I wanted to decide for myself, I don't want to be a part of lots of people. Also there are practical reasons, I do everything by myself, just relying on me and no one else.
But the main reason is, when you are performing alone it's like being exposed, naked. You can use your own style , your own language. And look around you, tonight would not have been possible with a band. But after a while you start to miss it. But I'm not sure when I go back."

But you entitle yourself as a singer-songwriter with a different ambience?
"Yeah I think that's a pretty good description. I'm less nervous when I'm alone. For example: One time I was playing in Stockholm on a self-built stage and threw my iPod off it so the music went out. Later on that happened again. With a band, that would have been embarrassing, because I'd have felt sorry for them. For me alone, it was ok."

What about collaborations?
"I've been pretty bad with that. On my new album I'm doing my own thing. But I've done some in the past, for example with "Rocca", it was pretty good. I also did a duet with Sophia Somajo for her album, which originally was supposed to be a sketch. But it was so good that she kept it. When you work with other artists the most important thing is dialogue. When you work this way, you realize your character. I have a specific idea of interaction, not just doing a chorus, not just singing for a name."

You are a perfectionist, aren't you?
"Yeah, pretty much."

Who would you like to pick for the future?
"I'm not looking out for it, I have no dream partner. It could be good to work with different producers. But I'm still touring, my future is my next project. I'm moving further in my direction, producing and doing stuff myself. Others couldn't add much, there is no room. If you are in love with what you do yourself, it has to be this way."

On your new album, there is a Song I didn't totally understand: "They don't love you". Was it about a girl or something completely different?
"Actually I think there is a lot of politics in it. Hard to explain. You can look at the lyrics with companies in your mind. Companies make you want stuff you don't need, while you're totally unaware of why you actually desire them. They make it look like there's some kind of relationship between you and them. But there isn't. They just want to make money. Companies do not care about people, just economics. If they can make more profit with it, they would shut down any factory and move it somewhere else, like for example Malaysia. They don't care about people."

Since you're still doing Pop Music in general. How is Pop doing at the moment; is it fed up?
"First off I'm pretty bad at listening to this kind of music. But I think Pop music is doing well at the moment. A few years ago Pop was doing bad, there were no mixing of genres and you couldn't dance to it. Now it's more open. There is quite a difference between Pop Music now and then."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhYOJ1-kX4

His seductive, synthesizer heavy pop/r&b hybrid could—and should—elevate Juvelen to being a global household name. It's pure pop perfection will make you smile, and dance, and smile and dance. - Matt Giordano, It's a trap.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQJe97h_BwM

"...Hanna is definitely more of a modern dance rock track, xylophone notwithstanding, and continues to showcase this man's considerable talents with a catchy chorus and regretful lyrics..." (from a 5* review in http://dancemusic.about.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZClwRQOp58w

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