ERIKA ALEXANDERSSON - vocals, piano, organ
JOSEF KALLERDAHL - double-bass, electric bass, vocals
Photos: Miki Anagrius
Sounds Like
"The frail Small sounds starts modest but grows slowly into something amongst the most beautiful fixed on plastic this year"
NILS KARLÉN
"For the follow-up they've both in-depth, peeled off and refined the expression. And suddenly they're hyper interesting. There's a sharpness and a point in the crocked tiny melodies. Erika sings talkative and close, sometimes whispering and then reminding us of Stina Nordenstam, sometimes almost in a Suzanne Vega - way, but more free and unpredictabel. With consequence that you sit, glued to your chair, following her in every melodic winding.
Josefs bass play has also steped forward a couple of steps, if it last sounded like a jazz bass player that solo acompanyed a singer-songwriter singer, it's now reached a completely different level: he shows the surprisingly wide register of the bass as a melody instrument as well as a rythm and accompany dito. And in a pleasent fastidious and non flashible way; even personal, he brings himself out and beond the jazz idiom."
PATRIK LINDGREN
"...after letting the album play for a couple of days, comes the melodies - extremely beautiful with a certain presence in the voice. The vocals aren't introvert at all, but intimate, even if not sung according to current norms. Futhermore it's farthest out extrovert, promising and asking for contact. The duos second half, Josef Kallerdahl and his bass play, gave a pretty diffuse impression from the start. But his interplay with Alexandersson is focused and very close - nearest confidential. Together they might have made this falls most beautiful swedish album."
FREDRIK HOLMQVIST
"Whispering in the ear. Resting on the chest. A highly dangerous task. Demandingly risky. The details and the shades have to be razor-sharp. Tactfull. The duo format is mined land. It often gets too short-sighted and in the end only blury. As I tried to uphold in another contrubition soon a year ago, it showed that Karl-Martin Almqvist and Mattias Landeus had made the perfect album of the fall. This year it's Josef och Erika."
TOBIAS BRANDT
The Swedish duo Josef och Erika, with the instruments doubble bass/electric bass, vocals and harmonium, is known for their intimate and fascinating appearences. They introduced their second album ”Small small small small sounds”in september 2007 and recived brilliant reviews and a nomination for a Swedish grammy. Their first album "Wallpaper stories" from 2005 was appointed one of the top ten albums of 2005 by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Josef och Erika has, during a couple of years, toured mostly in Sweden but also in other Scandinavian contries, Germany and New York. Their music is influenced by both singer/songwriter and modern improvised music. Somewhere between these genres they've created music where stories are in focus, framed by minimalistic arrangements including backing vocals, hand claps, harmonium and elements of live electronics. Josef och Erika was formed in 2001 in Gothenburg but today they're both living and working in Stockholm, touring Sweden and abroad with a bunch of different bands.
And I still blush - Josef och Erika
Hej Josef och Erika! Jag gillar verkligen vad ni gör å Hoppas allt e väl med er! Hörde från Reiner på "Silent Friday" i Stuttgart att ni hade gjordt en bejublad konsert där nere för ett tag sen!
Mvh/ Tim .............................................................. TIM SCHMIDT EUROPEAN TOUR SUMMER 2009
24 jun "Speake’s Corner" Tjili Pop Copenhagen, Denmark 25 jun Cafe Bohemian @ "Mediencoop - Lagerhaus" w/Anne Haight Bremen, Germany 26 jun Silent Friday Stuttgart, Germany 27 jun Prinz Willy w/Anne Haight Kiel, Germany 29 jun Pony Bar w/ Anne Haight Hamburg, Germany 30 jun Campfire Session@Madame Claude w/Anne Haight, The Wind Whistles, Berlin, Germany 01 jul POP IN, Paris, France 03 jul Mobile Blues Club, Hamburg, Germany 07 jul La salumeria del rock Reggio Emilia, Italy 08 jul ODB@Bar Sartea Vicenza, Italy 09 jul La Catrina Zurich, Switzerland 10 jul Better2Gether Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 11 jul Intersoup (old one) w/Mo Baresi, David Pedroza Berlin, Germany 14 jul Musenstube w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany 15 jul Wendel w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany 16 jul LUX w/Mo Baresi Berlin, Germany 26 jul Mossagårdsfestivalen near Malmö, Sweden
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