nicolas makelberge - riyl peter gabriel/synth pop/the country sweden/the decade 1980-1989

mysterious swede released an album called 'dying in africa' in 2006--found it on some forum (as u might guess i will download literally anything compared to peter gabriel) last week and its been on constant rotation since.

dont know what the dude is up to now--apparently sally shapiro covered one of his songs? dying in africa is good but its frustrating because it feels like the album someone releases before they release a GREAT album.

anyway just wanted to recommend to my headz, see if anyone else knew this guy.

some tracks on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjoSwPRcG7E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM5Dj96FgsA <=== features clip from stoner ennio morricone classic 'the mission'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvt2LeEm6Es

yea sally shapiro covered the track 'dying in africa'

fav track on the album is 'so young' i think but i dig the whole thing

one of the songs is about breast implants, fyi

aaaaaaaaaaamazing record. last two songs are the best for me.

http://www.eeemotion.se/all_files/y_makelberge.jpg

http://www.eeemotion.se/music/nicolasmakelberge/

really enjoying this. almost totally instrumental, maybe a bit less hooky than the last one.

yeah this was great wintertime music. i miss the vocals btu the instrumentation is better than the first.

also enjoying this single on the same label

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBYLPgQBlE

^love that, thx caek

it is a jam

have to check this out...I really really liked the song "Choose Your Own", sad to hear that the vocals are going away...

was wondering if there was a thread on him, it turns out there is and I posted on it

new album really is beautiful. sadly he's getting no publicity whatsoever. lots of bright, shimmery synths, very cool

Why doesn't anybody talk about this guy? I loved that first record, need to check out the one from this year... Above cut "A Clean City" was a fave from the first album; also love this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcK4pYbePhQ

i dont really get why this guy isnt more of a critical success, feels like hes working in the same general vein as a lot of "bigger" (relatively of course) artists, but its okay

is there a new one from this year? newer than this one?

http://www.eeemotion.se/all_files/y_makelberge.jpg

That's the one I meant; I didn't even realize he had a new record out!

haha yeah. he needs a new publicist!

Probably so! This has me thinking about under-rated vs. under-exposed, and I think he's clearly a case of the latter; everybody I know who knows him seems to dig him a lot. How did you find out about him, for instance? Seems like he was never really marketed. I heard Dying in Africa at Kim's in the East Village back when it was released and asked the clerk what it was, bought it on the spot. I still couldn't tell you what label it's on off the top of my head, or who are considered his "peers"--you know what I mean?

i was searching "peter gabriel" on some message board and there was a thread about him titled "RIYL peter gabriel" and im a sucker so

but yeah i guess hes on some swedish label? seems tangentially connected to sally shapiro whos gotten way more US exposure?

clarke i feel like theres a moneymaking opportunity for us here

Even if they're dying in Africa? I do think it would be cool to try to find out who he's connected to... Have you heard the Games version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx7R0c-ddXs

max - you mentioned that one of the songs was about breast implants? which one? b/c I don't hear it at all

the one thats like "silicone girl" or whatever? i dont have the mp3 with me but ill figure out the title later

Please can someone rerelease Dying In Africa..