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VEGA

VEGA

About Me

Vega was formed in Stockholm in 1998 by singer and songwriter Nils-Erik Sandberg and double bass player Johan Berthling with the intention to write beautiful songs and perform them in a hauntingly slow fashion. The first single "How I feel/Hotel II" was reviewed as "a soundtrack for a funeral" by a Swedish rock magazine.In 1999 and 2000 Ulf Stureson, guitar, Tomas Hallonsten, piano and Erik Hammarström, drums joined the band and Vega became a quintet.The release of the debut album "For retarded lovers" in 2001 broadened the musical horizon of the band. Jari Haapalainen (Ed Harcourt) who had been a fan of the band for some time was asked to produce the album and with help from sound engineer Pelle Gunnerfeldt (The Hives) he put Vega in an atmosphere were bands such as Big Star, Mercury Rev and Tindersticks would feel at home. The album with chaotic drums, beautiful arrangements and live vocals immediately became a favorite among Swedish critics.The second album "Sole Love" was released in March 2004. Once again Vega take their music to a new level and once again Jari Haapalainen and Pelle Gunnerfeldt help with the quality check. Sole love is an album filled with melancholy duets and devastatingly lush pop symphonies. The album puts love into focus and guest vocalist Ellekari Larsson (The Tiny) and Nils-Erik Sandberg share a passion that is decidedly spooky for all its heartache, heartbreak and heartwarming charm. The contagious, intoxicating first single "Shake up your soul" - featuring Ellekari - is just one of the great songs of the album.

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Member Since: 12/4/2006
Band Website: vegasongs.se
Band Members: Nils-Erik Sandberg - Vocals, Johan Berthling - Double bass, Tomas Hallonsten - Piano, Ulf Stureson - Guitar, Erik Hammarström - Drums
Record Label: Westside Fabrication
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song (from the archives)

Hi everybody. Linnea found the lyrics to this song at our web-site and wondered if I had an audio-sample of the song. I've been looking through the archives and found this rough mix from the recording...
Posted by VEGA on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:00 PST

Är det inte världen sorgligaste låt så säg?

Du kanske inte visste om att världens sorgligaste låt heter "Lonely comin down" med Dolly Parton. Nu vet du.
Posted by VEGA on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:07:00 PST

Råsnygga hörlurar med bra ljud/Cool headphones with great sound

My friend, Jonas Tiljander got tired of not finding any cool headphones with great sound in Sweden. So he started his own web-shop and imported headphones from Japan. Check them out at www.onear.se&nb...
Posted by VEGA on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:27:00 PST

Recording again

Hello friendsI just wanted to let you know that I am recording again. I recorded two songs with Martin Hederos and Patrik Andersson a few weeks ago and on Tuesday I will record with a full band in stu...
Posted by VEGA on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:26:00 PST

Wainwright

Hello there.. Recently I've spent my time listening to the Wainwright familly. Here's a nice song from daddy Wainwright-Loudon Wainwright III. Den senaste tiden har jag lyssnat mycket på familjen Wain...
Posted by VEGA on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:53:00 PST

Here today gone tomorrow

Det är ren och skär dyrkan. Leta fram Here today gone tomorrow med David Bowie från David live 74. Det är det bästa tips ni kommer att få från mig i år.
Posted by VEGA on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST

Black is the color of love

In 2003 Vega was asked to record a song for a dutch compilation. We were in the Traxton-studio and recorded and mixed the song Black is the color of love in one day. Jari helped as always. We were too...
Posted by VEGA on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:08:00 PST

Vega-Sole love for only 24 SEK

Click this link and you will find the album Sole Love for 24 SEK. http://shop.textalk.se/en/shopwindow.php?id=395&shopwind ow=3290  Bye for now/Nille/Vega...
Posted by VEGA on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:43:00 PST

Vega on my space

Hi friends, these two songs are from the 2004 album Sole love. Enjoy! Love Nille/Vega
Posted by VEGA on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:37:00 PST