Sophie Rimheden is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 electronica

Electronica

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 artist. Born in Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into electronic music at age 13. She has stated she is heavily influenced by Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

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Early career

Rimheden released her first album Underneath The Floor in 1999 under the name Hayce. She collaborated with various guest musicians. Over the next few years she contributed songs to various compilation albums, including "Don't Follow" (2001) on Electric Ladyland (as Sophie Rimheden), "Cadillac" (as Hayce, 2002) for Circle o and "Food" (as Ban Ham, 2003) on Nattskift. In 2003, she released her first album under her own name, Hi-Fi on Mitek. A mixture of IDM

Intelligent dance music

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, distorted disco, and electro-bleep-funk, the album was a critical success in her homeland, winning the Manifest Prize for the best Postrock/Elecronica album of 2003, as well as receiving several Swedish music industry nominations. The track "In Your Mind" was notable for sampling the bassline from the Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

 classic "Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer

"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...

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Continuing success

Further contributions to compilations continued through 2004 and 2005 as well as the distribution of several free mp3 singles. An EP

Extended play

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 "Into Night' in 2004 feature four new tracks and was followed by her second album Miss on Svedjebruk. Later in 2004, she covered the Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

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 hit "Shout

Shout (Tears for Fears song)

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" with Håkan Lidbo, which was released as a single. She teamed up with Lidbo again in 2005 to record the 1980s track "Framling" for the various artists album Alla Tiders Melodifestival, a cover album of Swedish Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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 entries over the years. She set up her own record company SRP (Sophie Rimheden Productions) and in 2005 released her third album Sophie Rimheden. It featured three singles "Can You Save Me?", featuring Annika Holmberg, "Queen of the Night" and "Days Go By", featuring Marit Bergman

Marit Bergman

-Biography:She grew up in Rättvik but now lives in Brooklyn. She was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck. She has also been playing and recording with other musical constellations. However, it is as a solo artist, as Marit Bergman, that she has risen to national fame, debuting in...

. She released her fourth album, Traveller, on 14 April 2008.

External links

• Sophie Rimheden Productions Official site