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helena arlock

like a slow strip-tease

About Me

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I grew up in the south of Sweden. With a creative family and instruments everywhere, of course I started to play early. As soon as I could reach the keys of the grand piano...and when I was eight I started to play the cello.
17 years old, I started to play in different bands. I’m still in two of them:
The Indie-pop band Nepal (www.myspace.com/bandetnepal)
The americana band Shooting John (www.shootingjohn.com)
A scholarship from STIM (Swedish ASCAP) gave me the inspiration to work more on my own songs. In the beginning of 2007 I left for a three months tour in USA and Canada together with Gustav Haggren (www.gatss.com). 52 shows later I came back and decided to go on tour in Europe in September. Back home for christmas after about 40 shows. As for 2008, my plan is to keep touring and recording.
TOURS:
2006 : September : Germany w/ Shooting John
2006 : Nov/Dec : Canada w/ Rachelle Van Zanten
2007 : Feb/March : USA (solo + Gustav Haggren)
2007 : April : Canada (solo + Gustav Haggren)
2007 : Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec : Sweden, Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Norway (solo w/ indienational tour)
RECORDINGS:
2004 : Shooting John “Moodswings”
2005 : Gustav and The Seasick Sailors “Sirkus”
2006 : Achordian “A Product From The 80’s”
2007: Shooting John “Happiness +/-”
2007 : Gustav and The Seasick Sailors “Brilliant Hands”
PUBLISHING:
SWEDEN : Red Olive Publishing
Gustav Haggren
[email protected]
CANADA : Endearing Publishing
www.endearingpublishing.com
Blair Purda
[email protected]
USA : Orange Table
www.orangetableentertainment.com
Ryan Perlman
[email protected]
All publishing deals are non-exclusive.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2006
Band Website: helenaarlock.com
Band Members: Helena Arlock:
vocals, strings, piano/nord,
guitar, sounds and programming

and sometimes.....
Carl-Johan Elger: trumpet
Petter Bengtsson: drums
Kristofer Söderström: double-base
Gustav Haggren : Guitar

Influences: Radiohead
Gin&Tonic
Matthew Herbert
Doublefolded sourcream&onion crisps
Pauline Croze

Sounds Like: 'Bubblegum sprayed lounge/pop/jazz where the instrumental perfection is conspicuously balanced by a voice that is both soft yet strong, at the same time low, yert demanding of attention. Where the entirety makes her stomach-tickling butterfly feeling get a new shape of beautifully dancing angels' LT, Helsingborg

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Type of Label: None

My Blog

moving on

86 degrees outsidesummer music from my speakersand the crazy snow in Clinton feels far away now.Since I got back to Sweden I've mostly been playing music, hanging out with wonderful people, booking th...
Posted by helena arlock on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:44:00 PST

review

review from anonymous from Fredricksburg, Virginia.Read it HEREThank you....*H
Posted by helena arlock on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:37:00 PST

"Home" again and I miss you guys...

After three months of moving around, playing music and living the "glamorous" life on the road, I got home. Swedish food and water never tasted so good :) Yes, we did have an awful lot of fast-food wh...
Posted by helena arlock on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:56:00 PST

Mountainroads, Synthpop, Happy Birthday Gusgus!!

Mountainroads, Synthpop, BirhdaycandlesThe drive between B.C and Alberta is amazingly beautiful, it feels like you are inside a postcard or a fantasy movie. Mountains, lakes, snow, green trees....We m...
Posted by helena arlock on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:17:00 PST

tour extended

Friends, thank you all for coming out to our shows, the tour har been amazing thanks to you...Me and Gustav found a friend that came along on this tour and now we will do more shows before we go back ...
Posted by helena arlock on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:19:00 PST

bc tour, and we're alive!

2.5 days later...oh yeah, we made it! cross country from the bach in NC to the beach in BC!!!We got the car back from the mechanic, started driving, five hours later we heard a strange noice and a bun...
Posted by helena arlock on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:58:00 PST

don't let me throw keys!!

1/4Stauton, great gig at Baja Bean and delicious Fajitas. Visit the cinema and crasch at The managers lovely house.... 2/4With three says off until the next show we decited to drive to the coast. Reac...
Posted by helena arlock on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:36:00 PST

kittens, car, trees in full bloom

So...we called to hear what happend to the kittens.The grey one, seymour, will probably be healthy and adopted soon.I am sad to say that the black one, seeless, died.many tears fell, but at least she ...
Posted by helena arlock on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:08:00 PST

kittens and jam session

So, the kittens are saved. we had to leave them at this other vet/adoption place and the PROMISED that they wouldn't put thm to sleep if they really didn't have to. so they gave them oxygen and will ...
Posted by helena arlock on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:01:00 PST

STRAY KITTENS NEED YOU!!!

Today we were in the bronx, hunting for cars.didn't find a car but as we got to the subway station we heard a strange sound from behind a fence. Christian broke up the metal floor and underneath it we...
Posted by helena arlock on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:58:00 PST