Jonathan Johansson

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Aldrig ensam 00:00 Tools
En hand i himlen 00:00 Tools
Blommorna 00:00 Tools
Stockholm 00:00 Tools
Innan vi faller 00:00 Tools
Alla vill ha hela världen 00:00 Tools
Högsta taket, högsta våningen 00:00 Tools
Centrum 00:00 Tools
Sent för oss 00:00 Tools
Efter skimret, efter snön 00:00 Tools
Du sa 00:00 Tools
Säg vad ni vill 00:00 Tools
Psalm noll noll 00:00 Tools
Redan glömda 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder 00:00 Tools
Blommorna (Niva remix) 00:00 Tools
Under sjukhusen 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Som om 00:00 Tools
Horoskop 00:00 Tools
Ingenting stort 00:00 Tools
Stromboli brinner 00:00 Tools
Ny / Snö 00:00 Tools
Min ljusaste röst 00:00 Tools
Rosa himmel 00:00 Tools
Alla helveten 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Boeoes Kaelstigen Remix) 00:00 Tools
Den brända jorden 00:00 Tools
Real Thing 00:00 Tools
Stockholm (John Dahlbäck Remix) 00:00 Tools
No Rest for Me 00:00 Tools
Midsommarkransen Baby 00:00 Tools
Lätt att släcka 98 00:00 Tools
Alla färger 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen (The Sound Of Arrows Remix) 00:00 Tools
Dröm en dröm (Gullvik vs Hermodsdal) 00:00 Tools
Bull City 00:00 Tools
Vem av alla 00:00 Tools
Dålig stjärna (Min BFF i Berlin) 00:00 Tools
Du kommer krossa 00:00 Tools
Bright Lights 00:00 Tools
Palmagänget till dig 00:00 Tools
Svindel och vind 00:00 Tools
Sjuhundra stråkar 00:00 Tools
Tunt som ett löfte 00:00 Tools
Tinning mot tinning 00:00 Tools
Du så fin 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen (Rigas Remix) 00:00 Tools
Stockholm (Azure Blue Remix) 00:00 Tools
Stormen och vågorna 00:00 Tools
Släng alla heartbreakstråkar 00:00 Tools
Fuga 00:00 Tools
Old News 00:00 Tools
Ett annat ljus 00:00 Tools
Vattnet stiger 00:00 Tools
Ingenting stort (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
We Above 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder - Harald Björk Remix 00:00 Tools
Eld och arv 00:00 Tools
Ti Amo 00:00 Tools
Centrum (Dante Remix) 00:00 Tools
Centrum (Vit Päls Remix) 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder - Lucas Nord Remix 00:00 Tools
För Oss 00:00 Tools
Palmagänget till dig - Samuel Starck Version 00:00 Tools
Den brända jorden - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder - Akustisk version 00:00 Tools
Stockholm (John Dahlback Remix) 00:00 Tools
En hand i himlen (en fot i graven remix av fredrick carlsson) 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Tio pojkar tio namn 00:00 Tools
Taksången 00:00 Tools
Väntar (ett) 00:00 Tools
Kan Kan Bli Så Bra 00:00 Tools
Tingeltangel 00:00 Tools
Redan Glцmda 00:00 Tools
Som Om Jag Inte Visste Hur Det Känns 00:00 Tools
Ok ge mig timmarna 00:00 Tools
Vad Gör Hon Här 00:00 Tools
Sa 00:00 Tools
Högsta Taket, Högsta Vĺningen 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam - Boeoes Kaelstigen Remix 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Vдrlden 00:00 Tools
Sent Fцr Oss 00:00 Tools
...och allt måste börja här 00:00 Tools
Tjockteven & Gnuflocken 00:00 Tools
Hцgsta Taket, Hцgsta Vеningen 00:00 Tools
Min Ljusaste Rцst 00:00 Tools
Stockholm - Azure Blue Remix 00:00 Tools
Efter Skimret, Efter Snцn 00:00 Tools
Sдg Vad Ni Vill 00:00 Tools
Latt att slacka 98 00:00 Tools
Ny / Sno 00:00 Tools
Dalig stjarna (Min BFF i Berlin) 00:00 Tools
Väntar (två) 00:00 Tools
Palmaganget till dig 00:00 Tools
Drom en drom (Gullvik vs Hermodsdal) 00:00 Tools
…Och Allt Måste Börja Här 00:00 Tools
Centrum - Dante Remix 00:00 Tools
Love & Devotion - Trailer 00:00 Tools
Stockholm - John Dahlbäck Remix 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam - Lulu Rouge Edit 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen - The Sound Of Arrows Remix 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen (En Fot I Graven Remix by Fredrick Carlsson) 00:00 Tools
Centrum - Vit Päls Remix 00:00 Tools
Väntar (två feat. 8A:s herrkör) 00:00 Tools
Blommorna - Niva Remix 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen - Rigas Remix 00:00 Tools
En Hand I Himlen (Fredrick Carlsson's En Fot I Graven Remix) 00:00 Tools
Made of 00:00 Tools
Redan glömda 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Live P3 Guld 2010) 00:00 Tools
Alla vill ha hela v?rlden 00:00 Tools
H?gsta Taket, H?gsta V?ningen 00:00 Tools
Ingenting stort - Radio Edit 00:00 Tools
Väntar (två - feat 8A:s herrkör) 00:00 Tools
Alla Färger 00:00 Tools
Blommorna (Niva Remix). 00:00 Tools
Min ljusaste röst 00:00 Tools
Efter skimret, efter sn?n 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Vrlden 00:00 Tools
S?g vad ni vill 00:00 Tools
Kan, Kan Bli Så Bra 00:00 Tools
Sent Fr Oss 00:00 Tools
Ny/Snö 00:00 Tools
Hgsta Taket, Hgsta Vningen 00:00 Tools
Ta ifrån mig 00:00 Tools
Tunt Som Ett Löfte 00:00 Tools
Ok, Ge Mig Timmarna 00:00 Tools
Redan glömda 00:00 Tools
Tingeltangel (la la la) 00:00 Tools
Vad gör hon här? 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (acoustic live at P3 Guld) 00:00 Tools
You 00:00 Tools
Running up that hill 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder (Lucas Nord Remix) 00:00 Tools
En hand i himlen (akustisk) 00:00 Tools
Stockholm (John Dahlback Remix) www.livingelectro.com 00:00 Tools
Som om jag inte visste 00:00 Tools
Min Ljusaste Rost 00:00 Tools
Sg Vad Ni Vill 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Vδrlden 00:00 Tools
02 - Stockholm 00:00 Tools
Hügsta Taket, Hügsta Vеningen 00:00 Tools
05 - Blommorna 00:00 Tools
Jonathan Johansson - En Hand I Himlen 00:00 Tools
Palmagänget till dig (Samuel Starck Version) 00:00 Tools
Dusa 00:00 Tools
Ebb Tide Explorer 00:00 Tools
Innan vi faller (akustisk) 00:00 Tools
Aldrig ensam (akustisk version) 00:00 Tools
06 - Under sjukhusen 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Världen 00:00 Tools
Min Ljusaste Röst 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Världen (Tears for Fears cover) 00:00 Tools
Running up that hill(make a deal with god) 00:00 Tools
Hφgsta Taket, Hφgsta Vεningen 00:00 Tools
01 - Intro 00:00 Tools
07 - Som om 00:00 Tools
08 - Horoskop 00:00 Tools
Stockholm (John Dahlbäck Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Buda Remix) 00:00 Tools
Sommarkläder (Harald Björk Remix) 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela V 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Lulu Rouge Edit) 00:00 Tools
Vad gör hon här_ 00:00 Tools
03 - Centrum 00:00 Tools
09 - Ingenting stort 00:00 Tools
Stomboli Brinner 00:00 Tools
Redan Glmda 00:00 Tools
Blommorna Niva Remix 00:00 Tools
aldrig ensam [boeoes kaelstigen remix] 00:00 Tools
Sent Fφr Oss 00:00 Tools
Efter Skimret, Efter Snφn 00:00 Tools
Sδg Vad Ni Vill 00:00 Tools
Den brända jorden 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Världen (Everybody Wants to Rule the World) 00:00 Tools
Kan det bli så bra 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (live) 00:00 Tools
Alla Vill Ha Hela Varlden (Tears For Fears) 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam (Lulu Rouge Edit) 00:00 Tools
Sent för oss 00:00 Tools
Den brända jorden (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Efter Skimret, Efter Snön 00:00 Tools
Aldrig Ensam Ringtone2 00:00 Tools
Variation Of Birds 00:00 Tools
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Just a few years ago, the term Swedish pop was more or less synonymous with the 1960s: chipper hooks, throwback arrangements, turtlenecks, and soft-focus album covers. But in a very short time, the country's indie output-- at least as perceived from these shores-- seems to have advanced two decades, with acts like the Legends and Pacific! finding inspiration in the sounds of the early 1980s. In this regard, Jonathan Johansson is a new romantic, but not necessarily a New Romantic. He doesn't dress outlandishly or portray himself as particularly androgynous, but that label (those two words divorced of their pop-historical meaning) nicely sum up the bruised emotionalism and chilly synthcraft of his Swedish-language debut, En hand i himlen (which translates roughly to "A Hand in Heaven"). On these ten songs, he sounds resolutely downcast, but with a stubborn optimism only a true romantic could feel, with his heart on his sleeve and heavy thoughts on his mind. In reviving these old sounds, Johansson locates a compelling paradox: His music communicates emotions so acute they can be conveyed only with the most coldly mechanistic instruments available. Johansson and multi-instrumentalist Johan Eckeborn erect an enormous wall of electronic sound on En hand i himlen, with each song demonstrating new tricks. The title track is densely layered around an "and" beat snare pattern, building into soaring choruses and fading away into softer verses. Corkscrew synths etch a delicate melody throughout the downcast "Innan vi faller", whose mopiness is offset by its graceful segue into the relatively upbeat "Högsta taket, högsta våningen". Johansson and Eckeborn create different textures and tones from their machines, but track to track there is an ebb and flow that makes En hand i himlen play seamlessly. "Sent för oss", pushed along by a frantic bass rhythm, charges along at a fast clip into the stark "Du sa", which sounds austere but not antiseptic. With a sprinting drumbeat that threatens to leave the performers behind, "Säg vad ni vill" provides the album's climax and an opportunity for Johansson to show off his surprisingly agile voice, which moves effortlessly from wounded to triumphant, from a low whisper to a falsetto that almost sounds indistinguishable from the synths themselves. One song obviously stands out, although its title gives few clues. "Alla vill ha hela världen" translates to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", and yes, it's a Tears for Fears cover. Johansson doesn't mess with the original much beyond singing in Swedish-- this isn't a Gary Jules-style makeover-- and while the choice may be obvious, the song fits well enough on the album, finding a balance between defiant and resigned, between introverted and extroverted. Johansson may be playing off certain early 80s styles and signifiers on En hand i himlen, but on this impressive debut, he never sounds merely imitative. Instead, he cribs from that decade only to suit his own emotional, expressive ends. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.