Nilla Nielsen (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Accordion)
Bengt Johnson (Drums)
Erik Urban (Bass, Backing vocals)
Niklas Ekelund (Electric guitar, Backing Vocals)
Martin Erlandsson (Keyboard, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals)
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Nilla Nielsen is a singer/songwriter inspired in her expression by the likes of...
"This album has taken three years to write and record. And it means just as much to me as my first album, "Redemption Sky" that I had just finished when I was injured in the tsunami in Thailand.
The three years since then have passed unbelievably fast. I have fought demons of different kinds and now that my health and strength is back I am longing to connect with my audience. Dying to get the message out, hoping to inspire, for you to follow your heart and your dreams, to make this world a better place.
Like all my songs these songs are flown from my heart. Things I need to write, scream, whisper, sing. Things that keep me up at night. How we humans treat each other and this beautiful planet that is our only home. I hope that you can relate to the songs and that they will speak for you too.
Welcome to my heart. I hope you will like it here.
I started my own recordlabel ”Gecko Music” in 2004 to be able to release my music without having to compromise regarding image, music, lyrics.... We had just finished the recordings for my debut album “Redemption Sky” when I went to Thailand, one of my favourite places in the world, with my mum, to relax, dive and snorkel with sharks. I spent Christmas Eve diving with giant mantas. We were on the beach the morning the tsunami came and were badly injured. I was hospitalized for much of the following year so almost all gigs and promotion for the album was cancelled. Recovering has taken more time than I have been willing to accept, but finally I feel strong and vibrant again.
I have my own small studio where I do all pre-productions and then when needed we do additional recordings at different studios in Southern Sweden. I love to write. I live to write. I need to sing. I often find myself writing very late at night, when the world is seemingly at peace...
My songs are often very personal and always about something important to me; I write a lot about the state of the world, the global warming, how we-humans destroy the earth..over consumption, pollution, bad politics... my songs are on the side of the ones who..s voices need to be heard......I write about injustices, war, and also personal traumas like the tsunami, loss of people dear to me, my own mistakes that haunt me at night..things that I guess I need to deal with, and sometimes I write about pure wreckless lovely happiness from being alive...about wonderful people I meet...how beautiful life could be....
The most rewarding thing to me is the connection with my audience...to feel that I..m making a difference.
My wish is to connect with the listener, make somebody feel, think, inspire to a positive change for the environment, for a fellow living being, for someone to relate to something...maybe make a small difference for somebody with my music. YOUR feedback and support means everything...I am so privileged, to be able to live my dream, sing my songs and experience the wonderful feeling of the magic that can be created between a band-music-audience. People-heart-people. If I can light a spark, inspire just one person to follow their heart, speak their mind and live their dream, change the world, ..do good, feel good,..then I have succeeded, my life has been good.
I..m totally in love with my new band, my new found friends – my beautiful band! The guys are truly magnificient musicians, friends and contributors to my music as well as the wellbeing of my soul.
I..m not going to write a whole lot more at the moment. If you want to know more, let me know. Hopefully my music speaks for it self.
Thank you for the friendship and the good music, as well as the beautiful and unusual compositions and the good rythmic, the terrific guitar and piano, and the magnificent vocals.Sound and very well-kept arrangement. Beautiful and long musical journey. Pierrot.
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Help Save The Girls!!! Photo documentation from Trafficking Nepal/India
S Y S T E R F E S T I V A L E N for English information see below En festival av tjejer för tjejer Killar givetvis MYCKET VARMT VÄLKOMNA att komma på festivalen. Intäkterna går till att stödja Maiti Nepals verksamhet för att stoppa människohandeln av flickor och barn som sexslavar.
Kort bakgrund om människohandel: Människohandeln ökar i världen och allra mest i Nepal och Indien. Flickor från nepalesiska landsbygden luras eller säljs till bordeller i Indien. Antalet kvinnor och barn som varje år smugglas över gränsen uppskattas till ca 7000. I Indien finns redan ca 200.000 nepalesiska flickor som hålls inlåsta som sexslavar på bordeller. De blir utsatta för ständigt våld, övergrepp och en mycket hög procent av dem blir givetvis smittade av AIDS. de hålls fångna i många år tills de antingen dör eller är för sjuka att ta emot kunder. Föreställningen att botas från AIDS om man har sex med en oskuld är utbredd.
Människohandeln är olaglig men smugglingen pågår ständigt och tillåts av korumperade poliser och myndigheter. Att det här kan hända grundas såklart på mäns efterfrågan men också i grund och botten av att flickor anses mindre värda. Flickor får ingen utbildning och anses vara till last för familjerna då det är främst söner som står för försörjningen i de rurala samhällena. Ofta går bortförandet till så att människohandlare kommer till mycket fattiga byar och lovar flickorna arbete, låtsas att de vill gifta sig med dem, kidnappar dem, eller köper dem direkt från föräldrar eller släktingar.
Vi kan rädda flickorna!: Vi tjejer måste hjälpa varandra, vi måste hjälpa våra medsystrar. Det kunde lika gärna varit du eller jag. Det kunde varit din syster, mamma, vän eller dotter. Vi kan göra skillnad och förändra världens inställning till hur flickor värderas och behandlas. Det finns en organisation i Nepal som heter Maiti Nepal (Hjälp Nepal) som dels har centra där flickor som blivi
Nilla, vad trevligt att du kommer och uppträder på Festival Växande Bandet i Flunsåsparken i Göteborg, den 23 augusti 2009 - där det också är fri entré för alla som vill se dig! www.pste.se
Det var ett tag sen vi hördes av, alldeles för länge sen! :-) Hur är läget, flyter allt på som det ska!? Vad gör du nuförtiden, ska du göra något kul nu i sommar!? Keep in touch!
Hej jag har nog aldrig varit så här bakis i hela mitt liv men välkommen tillbaka från asien - låter farligt det där med hajarna - hoppas du gillar vår nya lilla sång .
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