Lowe (band)
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| Origin | Sweden |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Genres | Synthpop |
Lowe is a Swedish synthpop band formed in 2002 by Jörgen ”Leo” Josefsson (vocals/guitar), Rickard Gunnarsson (bass) and Mehdi Bagherzadeh (keyboards). The music can be described as emotional pop, contrived with electronic elements. Their first three singles ”The Vanishing”, ”Ahead Of Our Time” and "Hear Me Out" quickly earned them the reputation as ”the new hope for Swedish pop”. The band has been compared to such artists as Depeche Mode, New Order, Keane and A-ha.
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[edit] History
The band born when Rickard Gunnarsson, Leo Josefsson of the Swedish band Statemachine and Mehdi Bagherzadeh decides to work together in a new electronic music project. When former Statemachine member Albion left the band in 2001 it felt natural to bring Leo in. That's when they started to talk about Lowe, and luckily Statemachine has decided to take a small break at the time. They agreed of naming the band Lowe, as a kind of mixture between the words "love" and "low", which describes their music very good.
Mehdi was born in Iran but his family moved to Sweden via Paris when he was about six years old. They then ended up living in Nybro, in the south of Sweden. Leo comes from a small industrial town called Oxelösund, about one hour south of Stockholm. Rickard born and raised in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and lived there all his life.
Their music has already received national and international recognition. Lowe won the ”Newcomer Of The Year” award at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2005, and was also the only band nominated in three categories, “Newcomer Of The Year”, “Best Song” and “Best Album
In 2005 the band contributed to a Camouflage tribute project done by electronic artists called "Strange Thoughts" with the cover of "That smiling face", in the song, the voice has such passion, emotion and the right depressive touch, that was acclaimed in the alternative electronic music community.
[edit] Members
- Jörgen 'Leo' Josefsson (lead vocals and guitars)
- Rickard Gunnarsson (bass guitar, keyboards and backing vocals)
- Mehdi Bagherzadeh (keyboards and backing vocals)
[edit] Discography
- Albums
- Singles
