Nephew (band)
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Nephew is a Danish rock band, formed in 1996, in Århus. They had their breakthrough in 2004 with the release of their second album USADSB. The release coincided with lead singer Simon Kvamm's highly successful appearances on Danish television in the cult comedy show Drengene fra Angora, which helped boost the band's popularity. USADSB went double platinum in Denmark and spawned six hit singles.
The band uses an odd mixture of Danish and English in their lyrics[1]; they started singing mostly in English with just a few Danish lyrics, but gradually, they have been using Danish more and more in their songs.
History
Early Days and Swimming Time (1996-2004)
The band was formed in 1996 by Simon Kvamm, Kristian Riis, Jonas Juul Jeppesen, and Søren Arnholt who were all studying musicology at the university of Århus. In 1997 they participated in DM i Rock (Danish Championships in Rock) where they reached the semi finals.[1]
The band released its first studio album Swimming Time in 2000
USADSB and Breakthrough (2004-2006)
Nephews second studio album named USADSB was released in 2004. Aside from Denmark, USADSB has been released in Japan, Germany and in Norway.
Interkom Kom Ind (2007-2009)
In October 2006 they released a new album, Interkom Kom Ind, which received many positive reviews, and has fared well commercially both in Denmark and other countries in Europe. The singles, Igen & Igen &, Science Fiction & Familien and Mexico Ligger I Spanien rotated heavily on Danish radio.
On January 21, 2007 it was revealed that American producer Timbaland had received the tracks to three songs ("En Wannabe Darth Vader", "Igen og Igen &" and "Hospital") and was working on turning some of them into a track for his forthcoming Timbaland Presents Shock Value album - and so he did. A remix of the song "The Way I Are" was produced by Nephew. Only the vocals from the original song are the same, the Danish band having completely redone the song. Nephew frontman Simon Kvamm also delivers new vocals for the song, which will be included on the single release. The remix samples the melody from Igen og Igen but translated lyrics from the song and is incorporated throughout the remix of the song.
On November 5, 2007 Nephew released a live-box set (Live-CD/2DVD) entitled Roskilde//07.07.07 based upon a much-acclaimed live performance at Orange Scene at the 2007 Roskilde Festival. The Live CD features songs from the albums USADSB and Interkom Kom Ind, including a special version of 'Hospital' which features a guest performance by Danish rapper L.O.C.. The Special Edition of the box also features the band's remix of the Timbaland track The Way I Are.
In September 2008 a Nephew remix of the song "Allein Allein" by German band Polarkreis 18 appeared in Danish radio.
Danmark/Denmark (2009 onward)
Nephew are currently finishing their upcoming 4. album, "Danmark/Denmark" which will be released in Denmark on 5 June 2009, the Danish Constitution Day.
Band Members
- Current
- Simon Kvamm – lead vocals, song writer/keys (1996–present)
- Kristian Riis – guitar, backing vocals (1996–present)
- Søren Arnholt – drums, backing vocals (1996–present)
- Kasper Toustrup – bass guitar (1998–present)
- René Munk Thalund – keyboard, (2005–present)
- Former
- Jonas Juul Jeppesen – bass guitar (1996–1998)
Discography
- Swimming Time (2000)
- USADSB (2004)
- USADSB 10 x så live (2004)
- Interkom Kom Ind (2006)
- Roskilde 07.07.07 (2007)
- Danmark/Denmark (2009)
References
- ^ a b "Article about Nephew on DanishMusic.info". DanishMusic.info. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
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