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Tobias Hellkvist

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About Me

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2007-05-14
Transports is now available for online purchase at It's a Trap! .
They accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards as well as PayPal!

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DISCOGRAPHY:

Transports, CD (2007) self-released BUY IT HERE!
Tracklist:
1. Aching
2. When Everything Fell Apart
3. Slowly But Surely
4. Moment At Ven
5. Inner Map
6. Nothingland
7. Plans

Total: 42:33 min

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2006
Band Members: Tobias Hellkvist - computer, effects, various instruments, field recordings...
Influences: KC Accidental, Sonic Youth, The Sea And Cake, Efterklang, Tortoise, Mark Kozelek, Broken Social Scene, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Loney, Dear, Clogs, The Acade Fire, Rachel's, Sam Prekop, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon, Jim O'Rourke, Gregg Kowalsky, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Mogwai, Tarentel, Animal Collective, Aloha, Bark Psychosis, Set Fire To Flames, The National, Grizzly Bear, Owen, Him (US), Red House Painters, Rameses III, The North Sea, Joan Of Arc, The Beans, Fly Pan Am, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós, June Of 44, Nurse With Wound, Múm, Hood, The Mercury Program...
Sounds Like: "...one of the best recordings in this genre in recent years." rated 10/10" -Kevin Renick, It's A Trap!

"Gorgeous album of organic ambience and electronics... rated 9/10" -Matt Blackall, Foxy Digitalis

"From beautiful acoustic interludes to blissed-out drone - this is the sound of springtime." -It's a Trap!
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The year has been great...

My album "Transports" has been in the 10 best albums of 2007-list at Itsatrap.com and in the top 5 best ambient/instrumental albums of 2007 at Playback:stl. Good reviews by different online magazines ...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:53:00 PST

new review

Hello everybody! A new review of 'Transports' has been made by the UK online magazine Leicester Bangs: Tobias Hellkvist - Transports (Self Released)The CD onsets ('Aching', 'When everything Fell Apart...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:35:00 PST

10/10 review!!!

Amazing news! I got a new review of "Transports" today, it's Kevin Renick over at It's A Trap! who gave it 10/10! He personally contacted me and called it "...one of the best recordings in t...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:33:00 PST

New Efterklang remix!

Just letting you know that i've made a remix of the Efterklangsong 'Doppelgänger' from their album 'Tripper' (2004).It has been published on their website and is available for download as we speak:htt...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:44:00 PST

CD available for online ordering through Itsatrap.com

"Transports" is now available for online purchase at It's a Trap!. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards as well as PayPal!  ...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:37:00 PST

First "Transports" review - 9/10 by Foxy Digitalis

So, the very first review of "Transports" has been made! (that i know of...) It got 9 out of 10 by the online music magazine Foxy Digitalis. Read the review here: http://www.digitalisindustries.com/fo...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:55:00 PST

Anti-Hit List feature

I was recently featured in the Toronto Star! In the Anti Hit-list which is run by John Sakamoto, check it out online here: http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/200081 I wil...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:37:00 PST

Transports out now!

My new album called "Transports" is finally out and available for ordering!After a lot of waiting, I now have abot 200 copies to start off with...So just give me a shout if you want a copy!
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:41:00 PST

P3 Barometer

Just found out that "Step Aside" was the opening song in the danish P3 DR BAROMETER radioshow "Det Elektriske Barometer"! Listen to the entire program here: http://www.dr.dk/radio/alle_progr...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:37:00 PST

Liga DK feature

Hey everyone! My acoustic cover-version of Efterklang's "Step Aside" is now a part of the blog/podcast run by Kristian Leth from the danish musicTV-show called Liga. www.dr.dk/liga This new publicity ...
Posted by Tobias Hellkvist on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:20:00 PST