Badlands (Swedish musical act)

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Background information
OriginStockholm, Sweden
Genres New Wave IDM Folk Electronica Post punk Experimental Shoegaze Trip hop
Years active2011 - present
LabelsTemporary Secretary, RITE
MembersCatharina Jaunviksna
Website badlands.nu

Badlands is the musical solo name used by producer, composer, documentarist and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna. With a wide inspirational range from post punk to warehouse techno-like ambiences, she makes tracks rooted in vintage electronics, gritty pedal work, samples and organic orchestration.

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Jaunviksna started to explore analog midi and sampling as a teenager, finding a musical sanctuary in her own electronic compositions. [1] Merging from music to sound design, she attended the sound design program at the reputable National Film School of Denmark 2009–2011, [2] but became the educations first dropout due to her constant longing to make music. [1] She then formed Badlands as a home for her new electroacoustic fusions with vocals and released first Badlands EP Battles Within (2012), [3] followed by album Locus (2016). [4] Acclaimed album Djinn [5] [6] was released in 2021 [7] as a memorial to her late mother. [8] November 18, 2022 Badlands released her third studio album Call to Love [9] followed by a remix package in 2023, Call to Love: Rendered, [10] with contributing artists such as Ikonika, Art Feynman, Cooly G and Odd Nosdam among others.

The DIY approach is crucial to the distinct Badlands sound, where Jaunviksna exclusively writes, records, produces and mixes all material. [9] She is the founder of the record label, arts platform and production company RITE [11] based in Malmö, Sweden, from where she also makes transboundary arts and documentaries, [12] [13] original music and sound designs for film and theater, as well as production, remixes [14] and mix work for other labels and artists. [15]

Discography

Albums

Singles

EP

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References

  1. 1 2 "Badlands (Catharina Jaunviksna) Brings Warm and Gritty Analog Textures To Electronica With 'Djinn' - Glide Magazine".
  2. ↑ "Badlands: "Locus" - Dagens Nyheter".
  3. ↑ "Listen: Badlands - Battles Within EP - Ja Ja Ja Music".
  4. ↑ "Badlands goes hyperdrive on new album, Locus - The Line of Best Fit".
  5. ↑ "Badlands: Djinn – Channelling trauma into fine electro-pop tunes - The Irish Times".
  6. ↑ "A day in the life of... Badlands - SPIN magazine".
  7. ↑ "Badlands album är besjälat av något magiskt - Dagens Nyheter".
  8. ↑ "Moderns död gav liv åt Badlands nya album - Sydsvenskan".
  9. 1 2 "Badlands Unveils Hypnotic Single "My Time Will Come Again," Announces New Album - FLOOD Magazine".
  10. ↑ "Premiere: Badlands 'I Want Blood (Ikonika Remix)'". DJMag.com. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  11. ↑ "Premiere: Badlands Debut New Single, "Southbound Call" - Under the Radar Magazine".
  12. ↑ Radio, Sveriges (2024-04-13). "Libba – gitarrvirtuosen som återuppstod - P2 Dokumentär". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  13. ↑ Radio, Sveriges (2022-01-21). "Fighter - vägen till världsmästarbältet - P1 Dokumentär". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  14. ↑ "Be A Bear, il suo Mr Dust valica i confini e diventa un Badlands remix". TG24 SKY Italia.
  15. ↑ "Badlands covers Stereo Total - Tribute to Françoise Cactus". Kill Rock Stars. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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