We can happily announce that Timbuktu & Damn! – Full Ära as well as Chords – Looped State Of Mind are both nominated for a Swedish Grammy 2013 in the category HipHop/Soul. Both albums are highly acclaimed by critics and have proved during the musical year of 2012 what Swedish HipHop is all about.
23,301,823 Swedish kronor! A record amount, for Swedish Musikhjälpen, was collected to help children in the slum to get clean water. We would like to congratulate everybody who have been involved and we are very proud and moved to see such generosity around us. Apart from Jason (Timbuktu) being a host for the show we also had some artist come play and raise awareness and money for the cause. Check out the performances by Chords, Looptroop Rockets and Timbuktu & Damn!
We’re happy to announce that Atlanta’s own Killer Mike is coming to Scandinavia in January 2013. You might know him as the guy who won a Grammy together with Oukast for “The Whole World” but Killer Mike has since then proved he’s a strong solo artist and his newest album “R.A.P. Music” is his best work so far. Check out the dates below and get your tickets asap! More info on www.badtasteevents.com
23/1 – Sawol, Oslo, Norway
24/1 – Familien, Trondheim, Norway
25/1 – Göteborg, Sweden
26/1 – Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden (Tickets)
It’s official; Chords is opening for Kendrick Lamar on his upcoming tour dates in Sweden in February 2013. Kendrick has said to have released the best hiphop-album internationally this year, and according to the media Chords is the representative for the best Swedish hiphop-album of 2012 so this will undoubtedly be three nights to remember.
11/2 – Kulturbolaget, Malmö
14/2 – Pustervik, Göteborg
15/2 – Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm
Don’t take any chances, get you tickets in advance: Click here to Malmö & Stockholm and here for Göteborg
Also check out Chords tonight on Swedish national television SVT2 at 18.00 helping out to raise money for Musikhjälpen.
Timbuktu & Damn! are nominated for Guldmicken at the p3 Guld Awards. Give them your vote; text guld live5 to 72250 (in Sweden) to support the music. Find more info on P3 Guld here: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3964&grupp=13045
Were you at Fasching two weeks back? If so, you know what went down. If not, check out this awesome video of Chords & Timbuktu performing Insomnia in a smack full sold out venue in Stockholm, Sweden.
Don’t miss the Eliason Awards – Swedish After Party on November 30th at The Lot in West Hollywood. There will be free beer and DJ sets by famous Swedish artists Lykke Li and Pontus Winnberg (Mike Snow). Purchase your tickets at www.sacc-la.org
Happy news, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are playing Hove Festival in Norway July 2-5 2013.
Check out the video below for The Heist Tour stops in Europe:
