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KARIN PARK (Norway/Sweden)

The pop artist Karin Park grew up in Djura, a town of 400 inhabitants in the middle of Sweden. She moved to Japan when she was 7, but she now lives in Bergen, Norway. With her expressive voice, dual musical citizenship and fascinating musical universe, she’s quickly become a respected media and audience favorite. Her modern, Swedish, darkelectro pop touches the very bottom of your heart.

She was already a critically acclaimed talent back in 2003. She’s had several radio hits and in 2004 she won the Alarm-award for “Best Newcomer” and was nominated for two Norwegian Grammy awards (the ”Spellemannspris-awards”) Her debut album’s title track “Superworldunknown” was nominated by the magazine Spirit and the biggest radio station in Norway, P3, as one of the best Norwegian songs of all time. She also won the Vise versa award in 2005.

In 2006 Karin released the follow-up ”Change Your Mind”. It showed a more mature artist with songs inspired by her own experiences and views on society.

Now in 2009, after a productive collaboration with Datarock, Kristian Stockhaus from Ungdomsskulen and Ralph Myerz, Karin Park is back with songs that have a totally new, surprising twist. They’re electronic, minimalistic, beat-oriented, very catchy…and very Karin.

She recorded "Ashes to Gold" in London with producer Fredrik Saroea from Datarock.

YAP records (runned by Datarock) in Bergen released it in April and the album received fantastic reviews.

Karin and her brother David delivers stunning performances just the two of them on stage with drums, bass and keyboards. Karin takes the audience on an emotional ride with an exceptional stageprecence.

Karin Park have opened up for David Bowie and performed several concerts with the Bergen symphony orchestra. They have toured Norway, Sweden and done three tours in China.