Sonic Dream Collective

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Sonic Dream Collective were a Swedish pop band from the city of Uppsala.

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They had their breakthrough with the 1995 single “Don't Go Breaking My Heart” which reached #5 on Billboards Hot Dance Breakouts Club Play top 5 list in US in 1997. Shortly after the release of the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", the h version of the song called "Nie jestem zła" was created. That version is performed by Magdalena Sokołowska, who used her name as a stage pseudonym in the 1990s. This singer created songs on the borderline of eurodance and Polish dance music known as disco polo. [1] [2]

The group achieved greatest success with their third single “Oh, Baby All” which peaked at #2 in Sweden. It also topped the Swedish national radio P3 Tracks chart. The debut album “Gravity” was also released the same year (1997 in the US).

Members of the band were singer-songwriter Linn Engström, songwriter Jon Hällgren and producer Anders Wågberg.

Between 1994 and 1997 the band had their own record label Flying Duck Music together with producer Stefan Warnberg.

A close collaboration was soon established with Giovanni Sconfienza and the record label Remixed Records where the second and final album “Dustproof” was released in 1998. By then the name had been shortened to Sonic Dream.

"Dustproof" also featured a collaboration with American guitarist Raven Storm, who was recording his album at the Flying Duck studios. Hearing Storm's playing, Wågberg decided to add a rock element to their music. Storm recorded several guitar solos and rhythm guitar parts, but most of it, including all of the solos, were left out of the final cut due to the producers' reluctance to change the musical formula. Storm is featured most prominently on the song "Colors of the Wind."

Their song "Love" is used in one of the Dancemania soundtracks and on Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMIX.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oh, Baby All</span> 1995 single by Sonic Dream Collective

"Oh, Baby All" is a 1995 song recorded by Swedish band Sonic Dream Collective, released as the second single from their album, Gravity (1995). Written by lead vocalist Linn Engström, it was very successful on the singles chart in Sweden, peaking at number two, with a total of 12 weeks within the chart. But it topped the Swedish national radio P3 Tracks chart and was a radio hit in Scandinavia in the summer of '95. It also reached the singles charts in Germany and the UK, peaking at number 99 and 89. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 73 in September 1995. An accompanying music video, was made for the song, partly in black-and-white.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Sonic Dream Collective song)</span> 1995 single by Sonic Dream Collective

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a song recorded by Swedish band Sonic Dream Collective, released in 1995 by Remixed Records and Epic as the second single from the band's debut album, Gravity (1995). Becoming a hit in clubs, the song reached number five on the US Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts Club Play Top 5 list in 1997. It is sung by lead vocalist Linn Engström, who also co-wrote the lyrics with Gibril Jobe. The accompanying music video for "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" features the band performing in a club.

References

  1. Inc, Discogs (1995). "Magdalena (4)". Discogs.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. "Magdalena - Nie jestem zła". Youtube (DJ Szprycer). 1995 via Youtube.