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Club 8 | |
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| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Labrador |
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| Website | club-8 |
Club 8 is a Swedish musical duo consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace).
Formed in 1995,[1] Club 8 were signed to the Spanishrecord label Siesta. They released a single called "Me Too" and an album calledNouvelle with antwee pop sound.
In 1998, their second album,The Friend I Once Had, and the single "Missing You" were released. "Missing You" became a club and radio hit in Spain and somewhat of a college radio favorite in the US.[citation needed] The band started playing live. Their first gig was inNew York at a March RecordsCMJ event in 1999. Their sound had by now developed into a morebossa nova anddance-oriented one.[citation needed]
In 2001, Club 8's sound moved towardchill-out andtrip hop on their third, self-titled album.[citation needed] In the autumn of 2001, the duo used Stockholm's Summersound Studios, writing songs and experimenting withdub,trip hop,chillout, 1980s, andbossa nova sounds. The resulting album, released in 2002, is namedSpring Came, Rain Fell.
The 2003 follow-up album,Strangely Beautiful, peaked at number 18 on the CMJ charts in theUS. For the first time since 1999, the band released a single from the album and a corresponding video. Backed by five exclusive tracks, the song "Saturday Night Engine" was released as a single in the spring of 2003. The video made it to number 16 on theUp North chart onMTV Nordic.
Afterward, Angergård formed a band calledthe Legends, which recorded three albums between 2004 and 2006. He also made anAcid House Kings album in 2005. In 2007, Club 8 released their sixth album,The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming, onLabrador Records.
Club 8's albumThe People's Record, was released on 18 May 2010, and was produced byJari Haapalainen. Their next album, titledAbove the City, came out on 21 May 2013.[2]
Club 8 has since released two further studio albums: 2015'sPleasure, and their latest,Golden Island, which came out in 2018.[3]
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