Twice a Man

Twice a Man
Twice a Man at the Nocturnal Culture Night festival in Germany (2015)
Background information
Origin Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres Electronica, easy listening, ambient, synthpop, new wave
Years active 1981–present
Labels Xenophone
Silence
Yellow Ltd.
Radium
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Website http://www.twiceaman.com/
Members Karl Gasleben
Dan Söderqvist
Jocke Söderqvist
Past members Casper Evensen
Lars Falk
Jonny Friberg[1]

Twice a Man are an electronic music group based in Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising members Dan Söderqvist (born 9 March 1953) and Karl Gasleben (born Ingemar Ljungström; 30 January 1953).

Dan and Karl met in Gothenburg during the early 1970s when they played in groups Älgarnas Trädgård and Anna Själv Tredje. The duo was formed in 1978 as Cosmic Overdose.

After changing their name to their current title in 1981, Twice a Man released their first album, Music for Girls, in 1982. The group have consistently used synthesizers and electronic effects to create their theatrical and atmospheric soundscapes, and from 1984 they began to work with samplers.

The group has featured a variety of musicians in their line up, including long-time collaborator Jocke Söderqvist, who rejoined the group in 2013 for club and festival concerts based around some of their earlier works.[2] They have also written music for theatre (including several works for the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm), television, film and radio. The group also composed the soundtrack to the PlayStation video game, Kula World.[3]

In the early 1990s, Twice a Man created a side-project entitled The Butterfly Effect, an experimental electronic project which installed writer Zac O' Yeah as lead vocalist, releasing the album Trip in 1991.[4] They later continued as Twice a Man, but during the decade they decreased their production of studio albums and tours to concentrate on project-based work, often in collaboration with theatre, visual artists or companies.

Recent works by Twice a Man include the album, Icicles, released in April 2010,[5] as well as a 50 minute ambient CD, Costume Area, which was released to coincide with the opening of a Charles Koroly exhibition at the Dansmuseet museum in Stockholm, for which they provided music and sound design.[6] Their most recent album, Presence, was released in November 2015 in both CD and vinyl editions.[7]

Discography

  • Music For Girls - LP (1982)
  • The Sound of a Goat in a Room - cassette (1983)
  • Observations From a Borderland - 12" single (1983)
  • From a Northern Shore - LP (1984)
  • Waterland - cassette (1984)
  • Across The Ocean - 12" single (1984)
  • Slow Swirl - LP (1985)
  • Girl/Time - 7" single (1985)
  • Works On Yellow - LP (1986)
  • Macbeth - LP (1986)
  • Aqua Marine Drum - 12" single (1986)
  • Collection of Stones – Selected Works 1982-1987 - CD (1987)
  • Driftwood - CD (1988)
  • The Sound Isn't Organized Yet - CD (1990)
  • A Midsummernight's Dream - CD (1991)
  • Figaro Thorsten Emilia - CD (1992)
  • Fungus & Sponge - CD (1993)
  • Instru Mental - CD (1995)
  • Agricultural Beauty - CD (2002)
  • Clouds - CD (2008)
  • Icicles - CD (2010)
  • Costume Area - CD (2012)
  • Presence - CD/LP (2015)

References

  1. ↑ "Twice a Man - New album on its way: Steelberry Clones". Stereoklang.
  2. ↑ "Jocke Söderqvist rejoins Twice a Man for retro concerts". Release Magazine.
  3. ↑ "Twice a Man Discography". Discogs.
  4. ↑ "The Butterfly Effect (2) Discography". Discogs.
  5. ↑ "Icicles - Twice a Man: Releases". allmusic.
  6. ↑ "Korolys Kostym Drama". Dansmuseet (Swedish).
  7. ↑ "Twice a Man - Presence". Ad Inexplorata.
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