Swedish singer Mathias Holmgren was a competitor on Fame Factory during the same season as Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund. He also went on to replace Magnus Carlsson as the lead singer of Barbados before getting kicked out (I think; I'm not sure what happened). He's been to Melodifestivalen a couple of times, once with Barbados and once as a solo singer (where he made it to the second chance round but no further with "Långt bortom tid och rum," which was co-written by Thomas G:son). Since then, he's released one solo album, Vägen hem, and he's working on his next album, but if I'm understanding this article correctly, it won't be anything like the first, which is sort of a shame (though I'll hold out final judgement until I've heard his new material)--Vägen hem is full of fun light pop. I've posted one of his songs, his cover of Gareth Gates's "Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)," before; today's, though, is an original (as far as I know).Tidsmaskin--I keep expecting "Tidsmaskin" to turn into some other song--maybe "Anyone of Us" or Westlife's "Amazing" (which is predates)? This isn't one of the faster songs on the album, and it's probably a ballad, but it's not exactly slow, especially in the chorus. It's pretty but also pretty catchy, though not in an in-your-face manner.
To buy Mathias Holmgren's album Vägen hem, go here (physical). If you like this style of music, I recommend it--it won't blow your mind, but there's a lot to enjoy on it.
Next up: possibly the winner of Melodifestivalen the year Mathias competed in it, or that German band.
4 comments:
Another great song PPG!! Loved Mathias' version of Anyone Of Us, when you posted it and love this song as well!! Have decided to stop updating Digital Technique but have started a replacement blog, the bigger and better All New Digital Technique!!!
http://allnewdigitaltechnique.blogspot.com
Let me know what you think, although have only uploaded one post so far but have loads of artists that I want to cover in more depth than I do on ARMOM!!!
Great--glad to hear you like it! Great choice of artists to feature on the all new site, and I'm looking forward to all these thorough run-throughs--there's a lot I need to catch up on.
Ooh, I love a bit of Mathius. Particularly his overblown camp performance in Melodifestivalen 2005. Those pixie boots rocked....
I'm quite worried about what he'll do next, though! Assuming the translator didn't completely mangle an article I was reading, he's said no schlager or dansband-esque stuff on this next album--I think there was something about it being more "artistic" or some other euphemism for "less fun and not as good."
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