Soundism News: Soundism's Music Productions and Friends

2008-06-19
Six weeks at number one on the Hip-Hop album chart in Sweden and some additional top spots so far for "Good Things" by Looptroop Rockers, with Soundism's Vladi Vargas mixing.

2008-05-01
Looptroop Rockers' "Good Things" is the number one album on the Hip Hop Chart in Sweden. It also enters the top of the Swedish sales chart for all music genres with position five. Vladi Vargas at Soundism mixed most of the Good Things tracks.

2008-02-24
"Good Things" is the title of Looptroop Rockers' new album with a planned release on 23rd April, 2008. Most of the songs were mixed by Vladi Vargas at Soundism. The first single, "The Building", is released 27th February. You can find the video on Looptroop's new website looptrooprockers.com. This David vs. Goliath album is distributed by Bad Taste Records. Order Looptroop's "Good Things" album here.

2008-02-05
Artist of the Year and Swedish Song of the Year awards went to Måns Zelmerlöw at the Gay Gala 2008 held at Circus, Stockholm. The "Stand by for..." album song "The Prayer (A Boy I Used to Know)" was mixed by Vladi Vargas and Mats Nyman at Soundism.

2008-01-24
The Swedish New Comer award went to Måns Zelmerlöw at the Rockbjörnen Gala held at Hovet Arena, Stockholm. The album song "The Prayer (A Boy I Used to Know)" was mixed by Vladi Vargas and Mats Nyman at Soundism.

2007-12-11
Måns Zelmerlöw is nominated as Artist of the Year to the Swedish Grammy Awards, Grammisgalan, held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on 9th January, 2008. Måns Zelmerlöw released "Stand by for..." early summer 2007, which resulted in this Grammy nomination. The song "The Prayer (A Boy I Used to Know)" was mixed by Vladi Vargas and Mats Nyman at Soundism.

2007-06-14
"The Standard Bearer" by Promoe released on Bad Taste Records reaches number one on the Swedish DVD Album Chart. Both the DVD soundtrack and the CD songs were mixed by Vladi Vargas at Soundism.

2007-05-31
Måns Zelmerlöw enters straight into number one on the Swedish Album Chart with "Stand by for..." released on Warner Music. The album song "The Prayer (A Boy I Used to Know)" was mixed by Vladi Vargas and Mats Nyman at Soundism.

2007-05-24
Måns Zelmerlöw is awarded with a Gold Record in Sweden for "Stand by for..." The album song "The Prayer (A Boy I Used to Know)" was mixed by Vladi Vargas and Mats Nyman at Soundism.

2007-03-01
Promoe is awarded Best 12" with "Songs of Joy" at the Swedish DeeJay Awards 2007. Capleton is a featuring artist on the track that is also found on the album "White Man's Burden". "Songs of Joy" was mixed by Vladi Vargas at Soundism. Embee composed and arranged the music of the song.

2007-01-10
"White Man's Burden" with Promoe is nominated in the category Hip Hop/R'n'B/Soul of the Manifest 2007 award. The Manifest Gala celebrates five years and will be held at Nalen in Stockholm on 9 February, 2007. Soundism's Vladi Vargas added his shaping of "White Man's Burden" in the studio with mixing etc.

2007-01-05
Swedish DeeJay Awards 2007 adds nominations to this year's accolades to our friends: Promoe is nominated with "Songs of Joy" in the 12" single category. "Songs of Joy" was mixed by Vladi Vargas at Soundism. Embee composed and arranged the music of the song, he is nominated in Producer/Remixer category. The Swedish DJ Awards 2007 also has Klubb Solid as a nominee. Winners will be presented at the Scandinavian Music Convention 1-2 March, 2007, held at München-Bryggeriet in Stockholm.

2007-01-03
Sveriges Radio Musikjournalen's Sara Andersson picks Promoe's "Songs of Joy" featuring Capleton from the album "White Man's Burden" as one of the top ten best songs 2006.

2006-12-06
The Swedish Grammy Award 2007 (Grammis 2007) has Promoe nominated in the category Hip Hop/Soul of the Year with the album "White Man's Burden". Vladi Vargas at Soundism contributed to the album and singles with recording, mixing, and mastering. The award gala is hosted at Hovet in Stockholm on 30 January 2007. TV4 will broadcast nationally 20:00-22:00 and TV400 continues 22:00-23:00.

2006-12-05
Promoe is nominated in the category Hip Hop/Soul of the Year at P3 Guld 2007 with "White Man's Burden". Vladi Vargas at Soundism recorded and mixed the album single "Headache", amongst other tracks. The P3 Guld 2007 gala takes place 20 January at Storan in Gothenburg. The gala is broadcasted live nationally on Swedish Radio P3 20:03-22:00, via both terrestrial and web radio. It is also TV broadcasted nationally on 24 January 20:30-22:00 at Swedish public service SVT 1.

2006-11-12
The Best UK Reggae Act price was awarded YT at the Urban Music Awards 2006.

2006-10-20
Promoe is number one. Sweden's most sold hip hop album of the week is Promoe's "White Man's Burden". It takes #1 on the chart that includes national and international releases. The album is mixed and mastered by Vladi Vargas at Soundism, who also recorded several of the songs.

2006-10-10
"Straight Outta Britain" is nominated to the Best Album 2006 category at the Urban Music Awards 2006 of the British Music Week. The opening song "Real Life" with YT was mixed and partially recorded by Vladi Vargas at Soundism. YT is also nominated as Best UK Reggae Act/DJ. Prince B and Chilli produced the track.

2006-10-06
"White Man's Burden" by Promoe enters the Top 10 chart of most sold albums in Sweden. The album contains the singles "Songs of Joy" featuring Capleton and "Headache". Vladi Vargas at Soundism did all the mixing of the album. Some of the tracks, such as "Headache", are also recorded there by Vladi. Embee, Jimmy Lecdrac, and DJ Large produced the songs.

2006-09-27
Promoe's newly released album "White Man's Burden" is reviewed in the two major national newspapers in Sweden. Fredrik Strage at Dagens Nyheter (DN) writes: "It sounds jazzy, slightly abstract, yet super phat [svin tungt]." Paulina Stoltz at Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) writes: "Thus, genius lyrics combined with a heavy sound that is tight all the way." (Quotes translated from Swedish).

2006-07-06
Promoe's "Songs of JoyA" featuring Capleton takes a leap up to the third position on the German Reggae Chart (Deutsche Reggae Charts) for week 27.

2006-06-12
Gussy, Viper, and Randy of the Silver Star show at BBC 1Xtra picks up the single "Songs of Joy" by Promoe featuring Capleton.

2006-06-06
"Songs of Joy" by Promoe featuring Capleton is single of the week on Dancehall Splurt show at BBC 1Xtra with Robbo Ranx for week 23. DJ star Robbo Ranx and his Dancehall Splurt is currently the most popular show on BBC 1Xtra.

2006-05-18
Sveriges Radio's P3 Rytm places Promoe on their Top 10 chart Best Right Now. The new Promoe single "Songs of Joy", featuring Capleton, is a first release from his coming album "White man's burden". "Songs of Joy" is produced by Embee, on the B-side of the 12" you also find "Time Bandit", a track by DJ Large. The new album is due for release in fall 2006 on DvsG.

2006-02-23
Looptroop won the award as Artist / Group of the year 2005. Embee was awarded as best Producer / Remixer, David vs Goliath as Label of the year. All awards were given in the Urban Cuts group of The Swedish DeeJay Awards 2006 at the Scandinavian Music Convention at Berns in Stockholm (Sweden).

2006-01-30
Bombay Vikings with "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" is on the A Playlist of BBC Asian Network.

2006-01-25
Neeraj Shridhar and Bombay Vikings' "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo", produced and mixed by Vladi Vargas at Soundism, has reached third place on the music chart in India. It is the title song of the album released in 2006. The music video features lead singer Neeraj Shridhar and model Celina Jaitley. "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" was earlier a soundtrack in the movie "Munijimi".

2006-01-15
The music staff of Swedish National Radio's P3 has compiled a list of the best songs of the year 2005. Junior Kelly's "Rasta Should be Deeper" (mixed by Soundism) is in the top 10 of the best songs of all categories 2005. The list was created by vote of 32 radio producers, music editors, hosts, and radio DJs representing diverse genres such as electronica, hip hop, reggae, pop, and rock. The P3 Rytm radio show's own list of the best songs of 2005 has Junior Kelly's "Rasta Should be Deeper" on #3.

2006-01-10
Looptroop is nominated to Manifest 2006, it is their fifth nomination this winter (not including Embee's or David vs Goliath's nominations). Once again "Fort Europa" (mixed by Soundism) is nominated, this time in the broader category HipHop/RnB/Soul. Form One is also nominated in HipHop/RnB/Soul with "Meet Johnny Rhino" (mastered by Soundism). A jury of music journalists and promoters have made the nominations. The Manifest Gala is organized by Sveriges oberoende musikproducenter, the Swedish cofounders of IMPALA, and held at Nalen in Stockholm (Sweden) on 9th February 2006.

2006-01-03
Swedish DeeJay Awards 2006 announced Looptroop as award nominees in the Artist / Group category. Embee is nominated in Producer / Remixer category, David vs Goliath in Label, and Looptroop with "Fort Europa" in 12". The Swedish Dee Jay Award artist, DJ, label, and release nominees are nominated by club DJs of Dee Jay Promotion in the Urban Cuts general category for Hip Hop and RnB music. These DJ awards will be presented at the Scandinavian Music Convention at Berns in Stockholm (Sweden) 23 February, 2006.

2005-12-23
MTVe.com have put together an album which they say is "[...] the ultimate alternative Christmas/New years album with the songs we think have rocked 2005". Looptroop's is included with "Fort Europa".

2005-12-15
Looptroop's second music award nomination within a week's time... The 2006 Swedish Grammy Award, Grammis 2006, has Looptroop as nominees in Hip-Hop/Soul of the Year for their "Fort Europa" album released on the label David vs Goliath (Burning Heart). Circus will host the award gala on February 7th and TV4, TV400, and Swedish National Radio P4 will broadcast live 20:00-21:30.

2005-12-08
Looptroop is nominated to Swedish National Radio's P3 Guld 2006 award in the category Hip-Hop/Soul of the Year. Looptroop's "Fort Europa" album, released in the beginning of 2005, was mixed by Soundism. During the year, Looptroop toured extensively around Europe. All in all, their Fort Europa tour has included more than 50 gigs. Looptroop is now on the way to stages across the Atlantic, e.g. in New York (US) and Ottawa (Canada). When Looptroop received the P3 Guld award in Hiphop/Soul of the Year in 2003 for the album "The Struggle Continues", the motivation was: "A colossus within Swedish music who has refined and broadened a multi-year style as mic-terrorists and interpreters of contemporary times". Other nominees for 2006 includes Timbuktu. The music award ceremony will be held in Gothenburg on January 21st, 2006.

2005-12-02
"Roots Tonic a Lead" album with the Roots Tonic Riddim and Leader Riddim gets accolades from UK radio legend David Roligan. Hear the full interview including special mentions of Lady Saw's "Too Abusive" and Junior Kelly's "Rasta Should be Deeper" versions on Swedish National Radio's ;P3 Rytm radio show on 2 December at 10 PM. A couple of artists are also interviewed.

2005-11-22
Hi-Score Music's double CD "Roots Tonic a Lead" is released including reggae hit tracks "Rasta Should be Deeper" with Junior Kelly and "Mi Chalwa" with Jah Mason. The album also contains previously unreleased tracks. Each of the CD's are on the Roots Tonic Riddim and Leader Riddim respectively.

2005-10-25
Greensleeves releases the album "The Biggest Reggae One Drop Anthems 2005", including Roots Tonic Riddim track "Mi Chalwa" with Jah Mason. Greensleeves has included tunes that represent "the ultimate chart hit selection of the best roots reggae songs of top hits from Jamaica's finest". The Jamaica Observer agrees and calls the CD a "must-have collection" and "the authoritative one-drop compilation of 2005". Jah Mason's "Mi Chalwa" tune is a Hi-Score Music production and mixed by Soundism.

2005-09-28
"Rasta Should be Deeper" with Junior Kelly gets nice comments in the "Tough Life" album review by Jamaican Gleaner.

2005-09-14
Junior Kelly releases full length album "Tough Life" on VP Records containing the hit song "Rasta Should be Deeper" (Soundism's Vladi Vargas did the mixing). This Roots Tonic Riddim track was released earlier on 7" by Hi-Score Music.

2005-08-09
"Chana Masala" with Looptroop enters the MTV Up North Chart.

2005-06-19
Junior Kelly continues to enjoy success across the globe with "Rasta Should Be Deeper", e.g. with a 4th position on German Dancehall Music Chart and 12th position at the Fresh 30 Chart of KISS 100 FM, the most listened radio station in Kenya. It is also on various play lists, e.g. London's BBC 1extra and Kiss FM.

2005-05-23
Luciano is on the German reggae chart with the track "Ancient Memories" (Roots Tonic Riddim) at number nine. Junior Kelly is reportedly well received on his tour with "Rasta Should Be Deeper". Looptroop is moving up to 2nd place on the MTV UpNorth chart with "Fort Europa", the title song from the album "Fort Europa".

2005-05-06
Looptroop enters the Swedish album chart at number five with the album "Fort Europa" released on both CD and Vinyl.

2005-02-24
"Not Tonite" by Embee is on MTV's UpNorth chart for the fifth week running. On the reggae side, Junior Kelly is doing well with "Rasta Should Be Deeper" on different charts across Europe.

2005-02-14
Embee's "Send someone away" is on Sveriges Radio P3's Top 10 Most Played song list.

2005-02-07
Embee received the 2005 Swedish Grammy award (Grammis) in the category Hip Hop/Soul of the Year for his solo album "Tellings from Solitaria". Congratulations! Post production, mixing, and mastering by Vladi Vargas at Soundism.

2004-12-16
Soundism's friends continue to get honorable appreciation... Promoe and Embee are both nominated for the 2005 Grammis award in the category Hip Hop/Soul of the Year for their solo albums "The Long Distance Runner" and "Tellings from Solitaria" respectively, released on the label David vs Goliath. IFPI's Grammis gala takes place at China Teatern in Stockholm on February 4th and will be broadcasted on TV4 the same evening.

2004-12-10
The nominees of Swedish National Public Radio award P3 Guld 2005 includes Embee in the category Hip-Hop/Soul of the Year for the album "Tellings from Solitaria" and Promoe who is nominated in both Hip-Hop/Soul of the Year and Male Artist of the Year with the album "The Long Distance Runner". The winners will be announced during the award gala in Gothenburg on January 22nd, 2005. The gala is broadcasted live on P3 over FM and web at 20:03-22:00. It will also be broadcasted on TV nationally by SVT2, at 21:15-23:15.

2004-11-02
We are happy to announce that several of the Urban Cuts prices at the Swedish DJ Awards 2004 went to friends of ours: Promoe in Artist/Group category, Embee in Producer/Remixer, Promoe with "These Walls Don't Lie" in 12", and JuJu Records in Label. The nominees also included DJ Large, Latin Kings, Petter, and Timbuktu.

2004-09-12
Congratulations to Gentleman for the entry straight into the number 1 position on the German Album sales chart! Switzerland responded with a number 4 on their album chart. Also check his newly released Maxi-CD "Superior" with the AA track "Overjoyed", a nice riddim by our Hi-Score friends produced in the Soundism Studio and Jamaica.

2004-07-24
Promoe has been ruling for weeks as number 1 on the MTV Up North chart with "These Walls Don't Lie" as he now passes the finishing line on this long distance run.

2004-02-08
The US Grammy Award Best Pop Performance by A Duo or Group with Vocal was given to No Doubt featuring Lady Saw for "Underneath it All".

2003-06-24
Eight of the songs on SkaWar's top 10 list as voted by listeners are with Soundism's friends: 59 Posse, Chilly, Tenor Diamond, The Cigarres, The Repeaters.

2003-04-26
The Best Album award went to Looptroop for "The Struggle Continues" at The Swedish HipHop Awards 2003.

2003-02-06
Looptroop receives the Swedish National Public Radio award P3 Guld Hip-Hop/Soul of the Year for the album "The Struggle Continues".