Rabid Records
Encyclopedia
Rabid Records is a Swedish
record label
founded in 1998
by members of Honey Is Cool
. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson
and Olof Dreijer
of the synthpop
duo The Knife
, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other than works by The Knife, but it is currently the home of Jenny Wilson
, First Aid Kit, and DJ Coolof (the stage name
of Olof Dreijer
). In the past, the label has put out albums and EPs
by Honey Is Cool
, Monster & Maskiner, Rockmonster, and Calle P.
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....
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded in 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
by members of Honey Is Cool
Honey Is Cool
Honey Is Cool was an alternative rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1994 by Karin Dreijer, drummer Johan Hagström, and bass player Staffan Larsson, who were soon complemented by guitarist Anders Göthberg who soon left the band and was replaced by John Jern.-History:During the second half...
. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson
Karin Dreijer Andersson
Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson , commonly known by her stage name Fever Ray, is the lead vocalist of the electronic duo The Knife, formed with her brother Olof Dreijer. Andersson was previously the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Honey Is Cool...
and Olof Dreijer
Olof Dreijer
Olof Bjorn Dreijer is a member of the electronica duo The Knife, formed with his sister Karin Dreijer Andersson.Although The Knife very rarely performs live concerts, Olof performs as DJ Coolof in nightclubs across Europe....
of the synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
duo The Knife
The Knife
The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other than works by The Knife, but it is currently the home of Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson (singer/songwriter)
Jenny Wilson is a Swedish singer-songwriter, born on October 20, 1975 in Blekinge, Sweden. She founded the band First Floor Power in 1997 and released two albums, There Is Hope and Nerves, before leaving the band to go solo around 2004. She studied graphic design at Konstfack for one year...
, First Aid Kit, and DJ Coolof (the stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Olof Dreijer
Olof Dreijer
Olof Bjorn Dreijer is a member of the electronica duo The Knife, formed with his sister Karin Dreijer Andersson.Although The Knife very rarely performs live concerts, Olof performs as DJ Coolof in nightclubs across Europe....
). In the past, the label has put out albums and EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by Honey Is Cool
Honey Is Cool
Honey Is Cool was an alternative rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1994 by Karin Dreijer, drummer Johan Hagström, and bass player Staffan Larsson, who were soon complemented by guitarist Anders Göthberg who soon left the band and was replaced by John Jern.-History:During the second half...
, Monster & Maskiner, Rockmonster, and Calle P.
Catalogue
- Honey Is CoolHoney Is CoolHoney Is Cool was an alternative rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1994 by Karin Dreijer, drummer Johan Hagström, and bass player Staffan Larsson, who were soon complemented by guitarist Anders Göthberg who soon left the band and was replaced by John Jern.-History:During the second half...
- Bolero EP (CD) - Honey Is CoolHoney Is CoolHoney Is Cool was an alternative rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1994 by Karin Dreijer, drummer Johan Hagström, and bass player Staffan Larsson, who were soon complemented by guitarist Anders Göthberg who soon left the band and was replaced by John Jern.-History:During the second half...
- Early morning are you working?, (CD) - Honey Is CoolHoney Is CoolHoney Is Cool was an alternative rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1994 by Karin Dreijer, drummer Johan Hagström, and bass player Staffan Larsson, who were soon complemented by guitarist Anders Göthberg who soon left the band and was replaced by John Jern.-History:During the second half...
- Baby Jane EP (CD) - Jenny WilsonJenny Wilson (singer/songwriter)Jenny Wilson is a Swedish singer-songwriter, born on October 20, 1975 in Blekinge, Sweden. She founded the band First Floor Power in 1997 and released two albums, There Is Hope and Nerves, before leaving the band to go solo around 2004. She studied graphic design at Konstfack for one year...
- Love and YouthLove and YouthLove and Youth is an album by Jenny Wilson, released in 2005.-Track listing:#"Crazy Summer" – 3:18#"Summer Time - The Roughest Time" – 3:32#"Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward" – 4:27#"Those Winters" – 3:33#"Bitter? No, I Just Love to Complain" – 4:24...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- The KnifeThe Knife (album)The Knife is the self-titled debut album by Swedish electronic duo The Knife. It was first released in Sweden on 5 February 2001 by Rabid Records, and subsequently in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2004...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- Deep CutsDeep Cuts (The Knife album)Deep Cuts is the second studio album by Swedish electronic duo The Knife. It was released in Sweden on 17 January 2003 by Rabid Records. The 2004 version contains three additional tracks and is packaged with a DVD of music videos...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- Hannah med H SoundtrackHannah med H SoundtrackHannah med H Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2003 Swedish drama film Hannah med H, recorded by the Swedish electropop duo The Knife. Made up mostly of instrumentals, the album was released in Sweden on 26 November 2003 by Rabid Records...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- Silent ShoutSilent ShoutSilent Shout is the third studio album by Swedish electronic duo The Knife. It was initially released in Sweden on 15 February 2006 by Rabid Records, and subsequently in the rest of Europe the following month and in the United States on 25 July by Mute Records. Silent Shout is darker than its...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
- Silent Shout: An Audio Visual ExperienceSilent Shout: An Audio Visual ExperienceSilent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience is a live DVD from The Knife, taken from the April 12, 2006 concert at the Trädgår'n, Gothenburg, Sweden, in their 2006 Silent Shout tour...
(DVD) - Monster & Maskiner - Monster & Maskiner
- Rockmonster - Rockmonster
- First Aid KitFirst Aid Kit (band)First Aid Kit is a Swedish folk duo composed of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, whose close vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom. Hailing from Enskede, a southern suburb of Stockholm, the teenaged siblings...
- Drunken TreesDrunken Trees (EP)Drunken Trees is the debut release by Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit. It was released on April 9, 2008 in Sweden via Rabid Records, followed by a UK release via Wichita Records on February 23, 2009... - Fever RayKarin Dreijer AnderssonKarin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson , commonly known by her stage name Fever Ray, is the lead vocalist of the electronic duo The Knife, formed with her brother Olof Dreijer. Andersson was previously the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Honey Is Cool...
- Fever RayFever Ray (album)Fever Ray was lauded by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim"...
(CD) - The KnifeThe KnifeThe Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
, Mount SimsMount SimsMount Sims is the stage name of Matthew Sims, a Berlin-based American DJ, performance artist, producer and musician. Starting Mount Sims as a purely electronic music act, later releases have also shown influences from post punk, new wave and darkwave...
, PlanningtorockPlanningtorockJanine Rostron, better known by her stage name Planningtorock, is an English electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany.-Early life:Rostron enrolled in an art school in Sheffield before she moved to Berlin in 2002...
- Tomorrow, In a YearTomorrow, In a YearTomorrow, In a Year is the studio version of the music commissioned by the Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma for their opera based on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. It is a collaboration between The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock...
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