Beschreibung

WE THE NORTH is Swedish musician Johan Hansson who has been active in the dark electronic music since the early 2000’s with his project Cyanide, then Unitary, and also exploring dark metal with his project Mondocane. Johan defines his music created in WE THE NORTH as Nordic Noir „with an intentional and deliberate blending of the old with the new a melancholic hopefulness is created from the dark seasons of life in Scandinavia.“
„Love + Death“ is WE THE NORTH’s fourth album and the first on NADANNA after contributing a remix of Tobias Bernstrup’s track „Private Eye“ in 2021. The songs on „Love + Death“ are birds of a feather, brimming over with melancholy and melody, yet driven by a hammering sixteenth note synth bass and sounds from the Roland TR-707 drum machine, and melancholic lyrics in English or Swedish.
The CD and digital versions comprise five versatile remixes from Swedish-only artists: From Seppuku / Voz Vibrante’s lo-fi analogue synth pop ballad, to Blipblop’s classic Roland/Moog-infused analogue electronic pop, to Kord’s stomping take on High Energy/Italo Disco, Sine City’s take on post-punk and finally to Desiderii Marginis‘ ethereal soundcapes.

1 Unfurl 1:13
2 Bright Night 4:00
3 ††† 3:26
4 Exil 3:52
5 Unpure 4:28
6 To The End 3:21
7 The Great Reset 4:10
8 Graven 4:27
9 Vi (2024) 4:05
10 A Chrysalis 4:41
11 UnpureRemix – Seppuku, Voz Vibrante4:41
12 UnpureRemix – Blipblop3:39
13 Bright Night (High Energy 87 Remix)Remix – Kord (2)5:31
14 GravenRemix – Sine City4:10
15 GravenRemix – Desiderii Marginis4:37