- Katie Goes To Tokyo
2006/5/2
CD Baby
Katie Goes To Tokyo，是來自瑞典的女創作歌手Kathrine Bergström 的藝名。《Katie Goes To Tokyo》是她個人的第一張專輯，聲音極度清新甜蜜，像極了早期的The Cardigans，清馨略顯慵懶的歌聲輕而易舉地打動人，不知不覺已經喜歡上她。
Katie曾和幾位好友組成了龐克樂隊Backfish，並擔任主唱，幾經輾轉出了第一張專輯《It's Emilys》，不久後解散。後來又和Mårten Tromm 組了The Wilson Hospital，於02年在瑞典和日本發行專輯《Medication for a lost generation》。單曲“Call me a.s.a.p”在瑞典成為大熱曲目。遺憾的是，發行公司破產，致使絕大部分CD未曾上市。(這張專輯在網路上有試聽過，風格跟現在有些差異，也還是不錯的一張。)後來的新寫的歌，卻不十分適合The Wilson Hospital，和搭檔協商後，Katie開始了單飛之旅，藝名Katie goes to Tokyo。至於為什麼偏偏要goes to tokyo，不為人知。東京這個時尚之都，現代大都會，對於歌手來講，不容否認，是很有誘惑力的吧。
現在這張是Katie的首張同名專輯，在04年5月的時候，錄製於三個不同的錄音室，包括前搭檔在內的一堆夥伴，幫助完成了這張專輯。細聽下來，如果說之前澳洲帥哥tamas wells那張是清新男聲的典範，那女聲則當推Katie了。忘記是哪個網站對專輯介紹了，大意是，宛若早期The Cardigans和Suzanne Vega混合而成的美妙天籟，完美詮釋瑞典憂鬱流行歌曲。有點縹緲了，卻也反映了嗓音的特點。(轉載)
專輯曲目：
01. Moving From This Town
02. Unbelievable
03. Close to You
04. Everywhere I Go
05. The Girl Who Ruined Your World
06. If It's Alright
07. Until She Breaks
08. Somebody I Never Knew
09. Down At the Coffeeshop
10. Alone
11. Contemplation's Over
Kathrine Bergström was born in nothern town Skellefteå, Sweden. She grew up in a house full of music. Actually, it was never completely quiet. If the record-player wasn’t on, the radio was. And if the radio wasn’t on, sombody turned it on. The young Kathrine soon became best friends with the piano in the livingroom and this is where she wrote some of her first songs. And since then the songs has just kept on coming.
Even though Katie goes to Tokyo is Kathrines first album as a solo artist it’s not a debut. Her sweet and soothing voice could be heard as early as 1997 when she fronted the punkpop band Backfish. Back then the songs she wrote made Ken Stringfellow of The Posies/Big Star pack his bags and cross an ocean to produce their debut album, It’s Emilys. A couple of years later she reappeared as a member of The Wilson Hospital whose singel Call me a.s.a.p. was all over Swedish radio in the fall of 2001.
Katie goes to Tokyos self titled album was recorded in three different studios during 2004/05. Most of the work was done at The Vanishing Point, residence of producer/multi- instrumentalist Mårten Tromm. Amongst other collaborators we find Fredrik Norberg of 90’s Swedish popwonder Popsicle, renowed producer Magnus Frykberg and piano-wunderkind Erik Jansson, who also mixed the album under a hectic two day session!
The 11 Bergström penned songs on this album takes off in the singer/songwriter tradition, make a stop in the land of powerpop, takes a left thorugh the outskirts of 80’s pop and electronica and ends up in... well maybe Tokyo? American radio dj Alan Haber probably said it best ”Apart from creating delight alive around you, these songs leave you wanting more, as the greatest art does. Katie can go to Tokyo or Topanga, as long as she sings like the angel she is.”
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