Embee
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Embee is a Swedish hip hop
DJ and producer. He was born Magnus Bergkvist on February 24, 1977 in Badelunda, Västmanland
, Sweden
. He is best known for his work with Swedish hip-hop group Looptroop Rockers. His first solo album Tellings from Solitaria won a Swedish Grammy Award for best hip hop or soul release of 2004.
Collaborations include Capleton
, Dilated Peoples
, Saïan Supa Crew
, José González
, Jojje Wadenius to name a few.
Sweden. At the age of 19, he moved to Gothenburg
. He formed Looptroop in the early 1990s with Cosmic
and Promoe
two MCs who he had met in school. He started working with Promoe in 1991 and Cosmic joined them in 1993 to form Looptroop. Their first demo tape Superstars was released in 1993.
Embee worked in the US as a solo DJ for a year in the mid 1990s and released a number of solo singles and EPs during that time. He returned to Sweden in 1996 for the release of the second Looptroop tape Threesticksteez which featured a couple of tracks from Supreme
. Supreme became a fully fledged member of the group for the From the Waxcabinet tape in 1996 (later released as a vinyl EP) named after the groups's recording studio "The Wax Cabinet".
Embee founded the David vs Goliath record company together with the other members of Looptroop 1998. Their first album on that label was Modern Day City Symphony
released in 2000 both in Sweden and internationally followed by The Struggle Continues
in 2002, Fort Europa
in April 2005 and Good Things in 2008. Embee won successive awards at the Swedish hip hop awards as best producer for the first two albums. Embee toured throughout the world with Looptroop to promote "Modern Day City Symphony" including Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Africa and continued to do international tours for all the following albums as well.
Embee is a member of the Casual Brothers. Embee produces the beats and Cosmic (a former member of Looptroop) raps over them. So far, they have released two EPs together (The Casual Brothers and Costumer's Choice (Part Two)), which featured Christian Kjellvander.
In 2004, Embee released the first solo album Tellings from Solitaria which featured an appearance from the other members of Looptroop and other Swedish artists such as José González
, Daniel Lemma, Vanessa Liftig and Timbuktu (artist)
. Recorded over a couple of years and mixed by Embee & Soundism
, it was critically acclaimed and won a Swedish Grammy Award as the best hip hop/soul release in 2005. He also won the Swedish DJ awards in 2004 and 2006.
In early 2010 Embee released The Mellow Turning Moment on Bad Taste Records. Some Guests include Maia Hirasawa
, Nikola Sarcevic
of Millencollin, Hello Saferide
, Mariam Wallentin of Wildbirds & Peacedrums
, Fabian Kallerdahl and Erik Undéhn from The Early Days.
In November 2010 Embee released the album Skuggpoeten thru his Wax Cabinet Productions/David vs Goliath label. Skuggpoeten is a collaboration with folk singer/componist Esmeralda Moberg and Embee's dad, writer Roger Bergkvist.
Skuggpoeten
Looptroop Rockers
Mofeta & Jerre
Mary's Mine
Quees English
Timbuktu
Nomak feat. TOR
Ninsun Poli
Promoe
The Casual Brothers
Sedlighetsroteln
PST/Q
Jol
Antennasia
Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen
PETTER
Ison & Fille
Chilly & Leafy
Soundtrack
Swedish hip hop
Emerging in the first half of the 1980s, Swedish hip hop was first heard from the cities of Stockholm and Malmö. In the early days, most rappers in Sweden rapped in English. Funkalics and The Latin Kings, two very different acts united by their innovative use of the Swedish language, debuted a...
DJ and producer. He was born Magnus Bergkvist on February 24, 1977 in Badelunda, Västmanland
Västmanland
' is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland.The name comes from "West men", referring to the people west of Uppland, the core province of early Sweden.- Administration :...
, Sweden
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....
. He is best known for his work with Swedish hip-hop group Looptroop Rockers. His first solo album Tellings from Solitaria won a Swedish Grammy Award for best hip hop or soul release of 2004.
Collaborations include Capleton
Capleton
Capleton is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. He is also referred to as King Shango, King David, The Fireman and The Prophet. His record label is called David House Productions...
, Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. The group achieved notability in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song "This Way," a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West and Xzibit...
, Saïan Supa Crew
Saïan Supa Crew
Saïan Supa Crew is a French rap collective composed of three groups: Explicit Samouraï, OFX and Simple Spirit. The name 'Saïan Supa' is a reference to the Super Saiyan from the manga and anime Dragon Ball Z/GT....
, José González
José González
José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
, Jojje Wadenius to name a few.
Recording history
He was born and spent his childhood in VästeråsVästerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
Sweden. At the age of 19, he moved to Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
. He formed Looptroop in the early 1990s with Cosmic
COSMIC
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate is a program designed to provide advances in meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology, and space weather by using GPS satellites in conjunction with low Earth orbiting satellites...
and Promoe
Promoe
Promoe is a Swedish rapper, and member of Swedish hip hop group Looptroop Rockers, formed in Västerås, Sweden, 1992. He released his fourth album in 2009 entitled Kråksången, and later the same year followed up with the mixtape Bondfångeri...
two MCs who he had met in school. He started working with Promoe in 1991 and Cosmic joined them in 1993 to form Looptroop. Their first demo tape Superstars was released in 1993.
Embee worked in the US as a solo DJ for a year in the mid 1990s and released a number of solo singles and EPs during that time. He returned to Sweden in 1996 for the release of the second Looptroop tape Threesticksteez which featured a couple of tracks from Supreme
Supreme
Supreme may mean or refer to:* Supreme , a comic book superhero* Supreme , a term used in cookery* Supreme, Louisiana, a census-designated place in the United States* Supreme , a hip-hop producer* Supreme Records, a record label...
. Supreme became a fully fledged member of the group for the From the Waxcabinet tape in 1996 (later released as a vinyl EP) named after the groups's recording studio "The Wax Cabinet".
Embee founded the David vs Goliath record company together with the other members of Looptroop 1998. Their first album on that label was Modern Day City Symphony
Modern Day City Symphony
Modern Day City Symphony is the first studio album by the Swedish hip hop band Looptroop. It was released in April 2000 by Burning Heart Records and is entirely produced by Embee.-Track listing:#"Intro" - 1:23#"Zombies" - 5:14...
released in 2000 both in Sweden and internationally followed by The Struggle Continues
The Struggle Continues
The Struggle Continues is the second album by the Swedish hip hop band Looptroop. It was released in 2002 by Burning Heart Records and is entirely produced by Embee.-Track listing:#David vs...
in 2002, Fort Europa
Fort Europa
Fort Europa is the third album by the Swedish hip hop group Looptroop. It was released in 2005 by Burning Heart Records and is entirely produced by Embee...
in April 2005 and Good Things in 2008. Embee won successive awards at the Swedish hip hop awards as best producer for the first two albums. Embee toured throughout the world with Looptroop to promote "Modern Day City Symphony" including Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Africa and continued to do international tours for all the following albums as well.
Embee is a member of the Casual Brothers. Embee produces the beats and Cosmic (a former member of Looptroop) raps over them. So far, they have released two EPs together (The Casual Brothers and Costumer's Choice (Part Two)), which featured Christian Kjellvander.
In 2004, Embee released the first solo album Tellings from Solitaria which featured an appearance from the other members of Looptroop and other Swedish artists such as José González
José González
José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
, Daniel Lemma, Vanessa Liftig and Timbuktu (artist)
Timbuktu (artist)
Jason Michael Robinson Diakité , known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and reggae artist. Earlier in the mid-1990s, he started as part of rap Excel before going solo as Timbuktu.-Biography:...
. Recorded over a couple of years and mixed by Embee & Soundism
Soundism
Music producers and sound engineers Soundism, with a music recording studio located in Västerås , are part of the Swedish hip hop culture. Not only have new artists emerged, but also other actors in the hip hop culture that are less visible to the general public...
, it was critically acclaimed and won a Swedish Grammy Award as the best hip hop/soul release in 2005. He also won the Swedish DJ awards in 2004 and 2006.
In early 2010 Embee released The Mellow Turning Moment on Bad Taste Records. Some Guests include Maia Hirasawa
Maia Hirasawa
Maia Hirasawa is a Swedish singer-songwriter.She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for many years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy"...
, Nikola Sarcevic
Nikola Sarcevic
Nikola Šarčević is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter in the punk rock band Millencolin. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Lisa, and three daughters....
of Millencollin, Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin's MySpace, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask." The Swedish-language version of the band's biography identifies the...
, Mariam Wallentin of Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Wildbirds & Peacedrums is an experimental band from Sweden consisting of two members, Mariam Wallentin and her husband Andreas Werliin.-Background:...
, Fabian Kallerdahl and Erik Undéhn from The Early Days.
In November 2010 Embee released the album Skuggpoeten thru his Wax Cabinet Productions/David vs Goliath label. Skuggpoeten is a collaboration with folk singer/componist Esmeralda Moberg and Embee's dad, writer Roger Bergkvist.
Discography
Embee- The Mellow Turning Moment (2010)
- Upside Down (singel, 2010)
- A Day at a Time (singel, 2009)
- Dom Trevande Åren (2009)
- Retty (2009)
- Barney Bilen (2007)
- Mash Hits (2006)
- Tellings From Solitaria (album 2004)
- Send Somone Away (2005)
- Not Tonite (2004)
- Embeetious Art EP (2000)
- The Way Beyond Mixtape (1998)
- Way Beyond Mixtape (1995)
Skuggpoeten
- Skuggpoeten (2010)
- En kväll i maj (singel 2010)
- I de gula träden (single edit) (2010)
Looptroop Rockers
- Professional Dreamers (2011)
- On Repeat (2010)
- Radiation (2009)
- The Hits (2008)
- The Rarities (2008)
- Praying on a Liver (2008)
- Good Things (2008)
- The Building (2008)
- Fort Europa (2005)
- Don't Hate the Player (2003)
- The Struggle Continues (2002)
- Fly Away (2002)
- Looptroopland (2002)
- Modern Day City Symphony (2000)
- Long Arm of the Law (2000)
- Ambush in the Night (1999)
- Schlock From Birth (1999)
- Punx Not Dead (1999)
- Heads or Tails (1998)
- From the Wax Cabinet (1998)
- From Beyond K-Line (1998)
- Unsigned Hype (1997)
- From the Wax Cabinet (1996)
- Three Sick Steez (1995)
- Superstars (1993)
Mofeta & Jerre
- Är Vi Där Nu? (2010)
Mary's Mine
- Can You Hear Me (2009)
- Spinning Around (2009)
- Giving You Back (2009)
Quees English
- Full Limit (2009)
Timbuktu
- Olympiska Spelen 2012 (2008)
Nomak feat. TOR
- Time of Reflect (2008)
Ninsun Poli
- Stay or Go (2008)
- Drifting (2008)
- Miss Behave (2008)
Promoe
- White Man's Burden (2006)
- Songs of Joy (Feat. Capleton)
- In the Morning (Feat. Daville)
- Eurotrash (Feat. Leeroy of Saïan Supa Crew)
- Songs of Joy (2006)
- The Long Distance Runner (2004)
- Marathon
- Long Distance Runner
- Constant Consumption
- Calm Down
- Long Distance Runner (2004)
- Government Music (2001)
- Dawn
- Big in Japan
- Prime Time
- Freedom Fighters
- Freedom Writers
- THX 1138
- Injected
- Conspiracy
- Positive & Negative
- Prime Time (2001)
The Casual Brothers
- Customer's Choice (2003)
- The Casual Brothers (2001)
Sedlighetsroteln
- Släpp Fångarna Loss (2003)
- Hallå!
- Sedlighetsroteln (2001)
- Ring Snuten
- Looptroop Va' Här
PST/Q
- Natt Klockan Tolv På Dagen (2002)
- En Dåres Försvarstal (feat. Martin Westerstrand)
- Jag Ser
- Så Lät Det Då (feat. Supreme)
- Vi mot röset (feat. Supreme)
- Fan Snackar Du Om
- Jorå Saat E
- Storfräsare (feat. Timbuktu & Profilen)
- Egotripp
- Vi Mot Röset (2002)
- Pluralis Majestatis (1999)
- Jesuskomplex
- Tid Att Göra Upp Räkningen
- Håll Käften
Jol
- Life in the Sun (2006)
Antennasia
- Velo-City (2008)
- Yojigen Kosa Shingo Ikeru
Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen
- Nu Ännu Drygare (2003)
- Småsaker
- Nu ännu Drygare
PETTER
- Storstadsidyll (2006)
- Reflexion (2007)
Ison & Fille
- Klippta Vingar (2004)
Chilly & Leafy
- Vilka är dom (2003)
- Vilka är dom (2002)
Soundtrack
- I Taket Lyser Stjärnorna (2009)
- Friendly Fire (2006)
- Quality Control (2004)
- Festival (2001)
- Jalla, Jalla (2000)
External links
- EMI Publishing page about Embee
- Soundism page about Embee
- [ Allmusic.com. Embee discography]
- Embee biography (cached version)