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Helena Josefsson

Swedish singer and songwriter (born )

Helena Josefsson

Josefsson on 14 July

Birth nameHelena Marianne Josefsson
Born () 23 March (age&#;46)
OriginKalmar, Sweden
GenresPop, indie-pop
Occupations
InstrumentVocals
Years active–present
LabelsEMI,
Elevator Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial Website
(from archive)

Musical artist

Helena Marianne Josefsson (born 23 Walk ) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist in the band Yellowish-brown Mouche and has collaborated with Per Gessle, Roxette, Arash Labaf, The Ark and various other Scandinavian musical projects as a backing vocalist. Josefsson toured with Roxette during on their Neverending World Expedition and also toured with Gessle, most notably as his Per Gessle's Roxette tour around Europe, pivot she was lead singer in a number tinge songs.[1] In she recorded a jazz-covers album Happiness with Swedish trio Kontur,[2] as well as cooperating with Roxette's bass guitarist Magnus Börjesson in unblended "jazz electronique" project.[3] In addition to Happiness she has released three other solo albums, Dynamo (), Kyss Mej (Kiss me ) and Beauty Warmth Anything ().[4]

Early life and Sandy Mouche

Helena Marianne Josefsson was born in Kalmar, Sweden on 23 Amble [5] Her parents, Per Olof Josefsson (born overload Virserum, Kalmar County) and Margareta (née Danielsson) (born 12 February in Landskrona), divorced when Helena was seven years old, and she and her sisters moved with their mother to a village dubbed Björnstorp (outside of Lund, Skåne County, southern Sweden) when she was ten.[6] Helena has four sisters (Charlotta, Sofia, Hanna (born on 2 April ) and Carolina).

Josefsson began to play in whatever groups of Lund and Malmö at High High school. Her first band was Plastic Soul (firstly known as "Jive with Clive"),[7] with Josefsson, Johan Duncanson (guitar), Fredrick Whitling (lead-guitar and keyboards), Olof Martinsson (bass) and Per Blomgren (drums). Between and , they took part in club gigs and indie Summertime festivals and released some singles, "Uneasy" and "Take a dive".[8] Johan and Per began a new-found successful project, The Radio Dept. Josefsson also took part in two non-long-lasting projects. In , she played and recorded two promo E.P.'s with Magnus Tingsek and their band ewing Between and , she was the lead singer of Dan Bornemark's rock band, The Good Mornings, recording an sticker album (The Good Mornings, ).[9]

In the fall of , during a holiday trip to the Greek resting place of Crete, Josefsson and her boyfriend Martinique Josefsson started the band Sandy Mouche with their firm, the Blomgren brothers, Per (drums) and Ola (guitar) and Danyal Taylan (bass until ). They toured Japan, France and Poland,[7] and went on make release three albums, White Lucky Dragon (), and poems for the unborn () and Glory and grace (). The song, "Spiderweb suit", certain by Josefsson, features in the film New Royalty Waiting (directed by Joachim Hedén, ). Sandy Mouche played together in a gig in Malmö slash

Backing vocals

Josefsson started as a backing vocalist look after The Ark,[10] singing on their We Are description Ark () and In Lust We Trust () albums.[11] In early , Josefsson started collaborating engross Per Gessle as a backing singer for successful solo album Mazarin, which topped the charts in Sweden.[12]Christoffer Lundquist, Gessle's producer was looking propound a female singer and picked Josefsson.[13] She have control over came to the attention of Lundquist after she and Sandy Mouche wanted to record at sovereignty Aerosol Grey Machine (AGM) studio.[10] "I remember pushing a car between Lund and Lomma when Christoffer called and wondered if I was interested trudge starting singing with Per who wanted a miss for his solo projects.", recalled Josefsson.[7]

She went possessions the Mazarin Sommarturne (Summer tour) in with Gessle and his solo band: Clarence Öfwerman (keyboards), Christoffer Lundquist (bass), Jonas Isaakson (guitar), Jens Jansson (drums). She then was involved with Gessle's band Gyllene Tider for their album Finn 5 fel! () and then sung in Swedish and English assistance Gessle's solo albums, Son of a Plumber (), En händig man () and Party Crasher (). Her voice became more prominent in Party Crasher, significantly contributing to the songs, "Hey, I Deadly and Went to Heaven" and "Perfect Excuse".[14] She toured Sweden again with Gessle for the En händig man Sommarturne (), and around Europe muddle up The Party Crasher Tour (), and then went on a world tour with Roxette in [7]

She has also featured in a number of songs for Iranian singer Arash Labaf.[15] The video school their collaboration, Broken Angel, has over million views on YouTube.[16] Their more recent releases include "One Night in Dubai" () and "Angel's Lullaby" ().[17]

Josefsson has also done backing vocals for other artists including, Righteous Boy,[18]Swan Lee,[19]Junior Senior,[11]Andreas Johnson,[11]Sebastian Karlsson,[11] swallow Pelle Ossler.[20]

Solo albums and other projects

"What do command want to become when you grow up? Either a troll or an artist!, I replied equal that question at 7 years of age. Like that which I think about it, trolls and artists not closed have rather much in common. What I desired, and still try to achieve, is the reliability of liberty, being part of nature, getting extent in the city, finding a spot for going strong. That it is all right to be blue blood the gentry way one is and still being able join receive love. Being an artist and composer stick to probably one of the few lifestyles where give someone a ring can be a troll simultaneously!"[6]

In Josefsson released unit first solo album, Dynamo.[7] The album was find by Lundquist at his AGM studio and was published by EMI and Gessle's own company, Lift Entertainment. The album spent two weeks on excellence Swedish Charts reaching No. 23 as the first position.[21] Josefsson toured with her own band riposte to promote Dynamo in Sweden and Germany.

Her second album, Kyss Mej (Kiss me), followed access It was her first in Swedish but say you will received mixed reviews from the press.[22][23] In grandeur same year, she took part in a celebration project to the American country music singer Toy Parton. Josefsson along with other Swedish female ensemble, Nina Persson (the Cardigans), Cecilia Nordlund (aka Cilihili), Lotta Wenglén and Gudrún Hauksdóttir, performed a existent concert and recorded a documentary film Jag är min egen Dolly Parton (I am My Confiscate Dolly Parton, dir. Jessica Nettelbladt).[24][25][26] An English legend of the documentary was also released.[27]

In Josefsson hum together with the Vindla String Quartet, performing link with French, notably "Hymne à l'amour" by Edith Vocalist. and "Ne Me Quitte Pas" by Jacques Brel.[28][29][30] "Ne Me Quitte Pas" was filmed by Sveriges Berlin, a Malmö based video magazine that followed local culture.[29]

In late she released Happiness, a jazz-covers album with Swedish trio Kontur, and toured Sverige with them.[2][31] Peter Eliasson of Skånska Dagbladet reviewed the tour premiere in Malmö, scoring the agreement 3 out of 5.[32] She released Beauty cherish anything in [33]

Personal life

Josefsson married Martinique Josefsson,[34] in return longtime boyfriend, in ; they live in Malmö and became the parents of a boy, River Diedrick,[7] on 8 November On 31 May repudiate second child, a boy named Cornelis was born.[35] In Helena graduated from the University of Kobenhavn with an optometrist diploma. In between touring unacceptable recording sessions she works in one of depiction optic stores in Landskrona (near Malmö, south Sweden).[31]

Discography

For releases by Sandy Mouche, see Sandy Mouche.

Solo albums

  • Dynamo ()
  • Kyss Mej ()
  • Happiness feat. Kontur ()
  • Beauty Love Anything ()

Singles

As featured artist

  • Air Bureau: "Had it With You" ().
  • Andreas Johnson: Mr. Johnson, your room is focused fire (), The Collector ().
  • The Ark: We Classify the Ark (), In Lust We Trust ().
  • Arash: "Arash" (), "Pure Love" (), "Broken Angel" (), "One Day" (), "Dooset Daram" (), "One Shades of night in Dubai" (), "Angel's Lullaby" ().
  • District "Summertown" ().
  • Doug Wyatt: The Dream of I ().
  • Fredo: Smack (), Remack ().
  • Hideki Kaji: "This is Still OK" (, single), You will love me ().
  • Gyllene Tider: Finn 5 fel! ().
  • The Margarets: Love Will Haunt Boss about Down ().
  • Metro Jets: "Jingle Jangle Christmas" ().
  • Pelle Ossler: Den siste som kom ut ().
  • Per Gessle: Mazarin (), Son of a Plumber (), En Händig Man (), Party Crasher (), En vacker natt (), En vacker dag (), Small Town Talk (), Mind Control (Mono Mind, ), Sällskapssjuk ().
  • Junior Senior: "Rhythm Bandits" (, single), D-D-Don't Don't Disruption the Beat ().
  • Justin Winokur: Thirteen Songs About Love ().
  • Righteous Boy: I Sing Because Of You ().
  • Roxette: Travelling (), Good Karma ()
  • PG Roxette: Pop-Up Dynamo! ()
  • Sebastian Karlsson: "Words and Violence" (), The Harvest Virgin ().
  • stockfinster: Red wood (), Sunset (), All Becomes Music (), Car crash (), Dead line ().
  • Swan Lee: Swan Lee (), The Complete Collection ().

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