Badlands (Swedish musical act) explained

Badlands
Origin:Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:New Wave IDM Folk Electronica Post punk Experimental Shoegaze Trip hop
Years Active:2011 - present
Label:Temporary Secretary, RITE
Current Members:Catharina Jaunviksna

Badlands is the musical solo name used by producer, composer, documentarist and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna. With a wide inspirational range from post punk to warehouse techno-like ambiences, she makes tracks rooted in vintage electronics, gritty pedal work, samples and organic orchestration.

Jaunviksna started to explore analog midi and sampling as a teenager, finding a musical sanctuary in her own electronic compositions. Merging from music to sound design, she attended the sound design program at the reputable National Film School of Denmark 2009–2011,[1] but became the educations first dropout due to her constant longing to make music.[2] She then formed Badlands as a home for her new electroacoustic fusions with vocals and released first Badlands EP Battles Within (2012),[3] followed by album Locus (2016).[4] Acclaimed album Djinn[5] [6] was released in 2021[7] as a memorial to her late mother.[8] November 18, 2022 Badlands released her third studio album Call to Love [9] followed by a remix package in 2023, Call to Love: Rendered,[10] with contributing artists such as Ikonika, Art Feynman, Cooly G and Odd Nosdam among others.

The DIY approach is crucial to the distinct Badlands sound, where Jaunviksna exclusively writes, records, produces and mixes all material. She is the founder of the record label, arts platform and production company RITE[11] based in Malmö, Sweden, from where she also makes transboundary arts and documentaries,[12] [13] original music and sound designs for film and theater, as well as production, remixes[14] and mix work for other labels and artists.[15]

Discography

Albums

Singles

EP

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Badlands: "Locus" - Dagens Nyheter .
  2. Web site: Badlands (Catharina Jaunviksna) Brings Warm and Gritty Analog Textures To Electronica With ‘Djinn’ - Glide Magazine .
  3. Web site: Listen: Badlands - Battles Within EP - Ja Ja Ja Music .
  4. Web site: Badlands goes hyperdrive on new album, Locus - The Line of Best Fit .
  5. Web site: Badlands: Djinn – Channelling trauma into fine electro-pop tunes - The Irish Times .
  6. Web site: A day in the life of... Badlands - SPIN magazine .
  7. Web site: Badlands album är besjälat av något magiskt - Dagens Nyheter .
  8. Web site: Moderns död gav liv åt Badlands nya album - Sydsvenskan .
  9. Web site: Badlands Unveils Hypnotic Single "My Time Will Come Again," Announces New Album - FLOOD Magazine .
  10. Web site: 2023-09-07 . Premiere: Badlands ‘I Want Blood (Ikonika Remix)’ . 2023-09-11 . DJMag.com . en.
  11. Web site: Premiere: Badlands Debut New Single, "Southbound Call" - Under the Radar Magazine .
  12. Web site: Radio . Sveriges . 2024-04-13 . Libba – gitarrvirtuosen som återuppstod - P2 Dokumentär . 2024-04-17 . sverigesradio.se . sv.
  13. Web site: Radio . Sveriges . 2022-01-21 . Fighter - vägen till världsmästarbältet - P1 Dokumentär . 2023-09-12 . sverigesradio.se . sv.
  14. Web site: Be A Bear, il suo Mr Dust valica i confini e diventa un Badlands remix . TG24 SKY Italia.
  15. Web site: 2021-02-24 . Badlands covers Stereo Total - Tribute to Françoise Cactus . 2023-09-12 . Kill Rock Stars . en.

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