Nordic Spotlight
The best music and music festivals in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
Our favorite Finnish “villain” Roisto is keeping the fire of our love for his electronic masterpieces red-hot with the release of the music video for his wholly satisfying, synth-sational, guitar shredding track “No Regrets”! Continuing the story that started in the video for Roisto’s track “Apart In Love,” the protagonist (dressed in a sharp Youth […]
When Finnish DJ and popular radio host Rony Rex‘s debut EP “F*cked It Up” climbed to #2 on the iTunes Dance Albums chart, it inspired the Finnish label Youth Control to hand-pick electronic producers and fellow Finns Gas Gas, Roisto, KASPERG and Smok to remix the EP. The result is the fun, all-Finnish “F*cked It Up Remix” EP. […]
The Finnish synthpop duo Coska is back with the catchy, melodic dance music single I Don’t Wanna Be Alone Tonight, which will appear on their upcoming as of now nameless EP.
It’s Great, the new imprint of Sweden’s Axtone Records, has gifted us new music from our favorite Finnish villain Roisto with the release of his brand new track Come On. The lit, disco-flavored track is bouncy, with round-and-round house party vibes and old-school bass lines, and we’re quite sure you’ll be body-moving within milliseconds of the first note […]
A departure from their French house/disco beat origins, Finnish duo TJH87 is resonating a high-as-a-kite vibe to the delight of earholes worldwide with the release of their remix of Just Hold On. We asked the Finns why they decided to remix the song by American DJ Steve Aoki and One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson, which was released […]
Agnes Obel (DK) It was one-in-one-out at the St. David’s Sanctuary chapel for the Agnes Obel show. The venue’s acoustics are perfect for her spiritual folk music, although seeing her and her band washed in constant red lights felt sacrilegious (at best). Solution: Eyes closed with imagination playing color-corrected visuals. Agnes Obel at St. David's Sanctuary […]
We’re in Austin, TX for SXSW! We’ll be posting our coverage of all things Nordic here on our website daily during the festival, so let’s get this party started, shall we? We started our first day of the music festival checking out the Nordic Made trade show booth at the Austin Convention Center. We're here! And the […]
Behold, the list of Nordic music artists performing official SXSW 2017 music showcases! It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it? If you can’t make it to SXSW this year, we’ll be there to cover the event on our social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube) so you don’t miss a thing. Meanwhile, let’s get you pumped for […]
Time flies when you’re having fun constantly listening to Nordic music to share here on Nordic Spotlight! Suddenly it’s almost the start of South by Southwest Music again. Come March, we’ll be in Austin, Texas once again to cover the bands that hail from Northern Europe. This SXSW is different, though, for two reasons: 1) […]
Electro-disco producer/DJ Roisto is working non-stop these days working his magic for the masses worldwide, but we managed to get the hard working Finn to put together Nordic Spotlight Mix #019, and here it is in all its remixed gloriousness! TRACKLIST Birdee – I Can’t Fight The Feeling (Roisto Remix) Birdee – Hold On (Instrumental) […]