Norwegian Frost
Norwegian electropop duo Frost make melodic pop songs about changing the world backed by tasteful electronic sounds - more often than not touched by the all-embracing hand of techno, electro or modern disco. Last week Frost released Love! Revolution!, their third album and this time the music leans more towards upbeat space-pop with catchy songs wrapped in a hard-hitting yet dubby production.
Frost was initially formed in 1997 in Tromsø, Northern Norway, by singer/writer Aggie Peterson and Norwegian Dub Disco entrepreneur DJ Rune Lindbæk. Together with the assistance of Torbjørn Brundtland (now of Röyksopp) in addition to a few other hired hands, they produced the album Bedsit Theories in 1998. The album did well in Norway, and the single Clouds across the moon - a cover version of the Rah Band classic - received heavy rotation on MTV in the summer of '98.
In 1999 Aggie and Rune released the single Endless Love, with remixes by Röyksopp and Illumination/Chilluminati – of which Per Martinsen (also of Mental Overdrive), was one half. This saw the beginning of a long collaboration between Aggie and Per, and in 2001 they released the album Melodica together. Since then the pair have collaborated as Frost.
Melodica consisted of glitchy electropop and downtempo airy songs, and received great reviews worldwide. The song Amygdala was released on a double vinyl 12" single with a variation of remixes, and the 7" vinyl single Pharmacy/Half-whole is still a sought-after gem. Klong, from the same CD, is a lifeiscarbon® all time favorite track.
According to Aggie and Per, the mission for the new album Love! Revolution! was to "search for the lost pop of that golden era when joy and creativity had as big a place in pop music as pure commerciality and copying has had in the last decades". Their return to clubland can also be heard in the singles Sleepwalker and One Hundred Years - melodic and dreamy songs backed with floor-friendly beats and a bassline that could move mountains.
Love! Revolution! was released in Norway on March 26th 2007. Take a listen to our current favorite track, Modesty. Make sure you’ve got a good set of bass speakers attached and turn up the volume!
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