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  • When you see me

    3HYBR016

    Artist: Kalle J

    Label: Hybris

    "Back in May, Swedish pop maven Kalle J twisted Burt Bacharach's "Make It Easy On Yourself" into the glorious "Vingslag", his collaboration with Johan Tuvesson. He returns seven months later with the equally disco-rific "When You See Me", but the twist here is that there is no twist. The song glides along on a straight sample, which sounds so basic in its disco-ness. All the elements are here: the heraldic horn stabs, the shimmery windchimes, the chipper strings, the percolating bongos, the caffeinated high-hat funk, the strutting bells-- and Kalle J makes them work together in clubland harmony. Okay, so maybe there is a twist: for all its body glitter and flared funk, "When You See Me" is a self-admiring boast, as if flexing a bicep in front of a mirror ball. "When you see me, I hope you know what you're missing" are the only words to the song."
    Stephen Deusner, Pitchfork

  • Vingslag

    UH02

    Artist: Kalle J

    Label: Unga Hjärtan

    See also classic video by Marcus Söderlund.

  • Om du lyssnar noga

    HYBR039

    Artist: Kalle J

    Label: Hybris

    Kalle J, The biggest gossip in town, gives you 11 tracks to dance your feets of to! Kalle J is a pop kind of guy and we must inform you that this is swedish pop with a touch of class and a touch of desparation. It is not, however, a going wild party with the cut n paste-frenzy that Kalle J:s first EP was. This is more like a going wild party with pop gold-frenzy. Go! Go! Go!