Ok I know the renoise forum (electronic music fans) is probably not the best place to ask about pop music but i just wanted to see if you all knew about any good pop music from Norway, the Netherlands, or any other european countries for that matter. ?? the reason i’m asking is because some of my favourite new artists have come out of these 2 countries… but i’m from america so i don’t really have access to radio/tv over there to find more good stuff
for example…
about 5 years ago I discovered “Twarres” from the NL. this is acoustic folk/pop stuff with very lush instrumentation and great vocal harmonies with some of the songs in their native fries language. i’m really sad that they broke up
also from netherlands, is Within Temptation. while i’m not usually into this kind of gothic rock type stuff, i think they write really good songs and she has a great voice.
from Norway, Lene Marlin !!! what can i say! i love her music so much. it’s like each album gets better and better. such an amazing songwriter. this is probably my favourite artist that i’ve found in the past few years
m2m/marion raven/marit larsen – ok so sue me, i am into really cheese stuff too! but i think these two have great voices and songwriting talent as well.
also from germany i really like the band “Juli”, it’s hard rock kinda stuff
so… can anybody recommend to me some more artists like this? preferably in the acoustic/pop/rock type genre, but if you have anything at all to recommend i will check it out!
I actually met Twarres after a concert they gave and talked to them. I spoke more to the girl that played the violin and well the fact that see was good looking also caught most of my attention She also used a bannana as a shaker with some of the songs so I had a couple a questions about that too hihi
I sent a swag to the netherlands today to a guy who bought it off ebay. (I think Drenthe was the place it was going to…if that is a place). It cost $300 aud postage. that crazy dutchman!