Welcome to the World of OH LAND

Welcome to the world of Oh Land… ‘Sinisterly transfixing’, ‘genuinely distinctive’ and ‘timeless and fresh’ are just a few quotes thrown around by critics in praise of the rising Danish newcomer, Oh Land who after being seen last year at SXSW was immediately signed to Epic Records. Oh Land’s self-titled EP is available on itunes. The full studio album release, also self-titled, will follow in 2011.

The four song self-titled EP of lavish loops and layered vocals will include “Sun of a Gun,” “White Nights,” “Rainbow” and “Wolf & I.” The speaker-panning samples, honeyed hooks, and the knob-twiddling skills of Dan Carey (The Kills, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip) and Dave McCracken (Depeche Mode, Beyoncé, AFI) along with Oh Land have created, “The folksy, mythic electro-pop…,” according to Interview magazine.

“I want my music to feel like 2050 meets something really classic, like meeting a stranger that feels as familiar as an old friend,” says Oh Land.

Oh Land will be performing throughout NYC and Brooklyn for the upcoming CMJ Music Marathon week (show details below). Her incredibly unique performance style confronts the audience via her “contraption” – a homemade one-woman-band music box including elements like drum pads and an omnicord. The music box is topped with a projector system that broadcasts homemade visuals across balloons.

This budding singer, songwriter and producer is already seeing early press features in Interview, Filter, NYLON and Vogue. “Sun of a Gun” reached the #2 “Most Popular Song” on online music blog monitoring website The Hype Machine and Oh Land herself landed in the top 10 for “Most Blogged About Artists” on the site.

“We can’t stop playing this Danish pop star in the office, so allow us to reiterate: you must listen to Oh Land now, before everyone else starts to play her at parties and you can pretend to be so over it. It’s the natural cycle of the tragically hip – don’t fight it.” – Nylon.com, August 13, 2010

“One to watch, indeed!” – Huffington Post, August 4, 2010

“The only thing better than listening to her sing was watching colorful images of sunsets, animals and Oh Land’s face projected against a tightly knit bunch of white balloons.” – Elle.com, July 31, 2010

“There’s this chick that sings like a hummingbird, drops 808 beats like an experienced Lily Allen and has the stage presence of a KISS show — and here’s the kicker, she’s drop dead gorgeous.” – NY Post Pop Wrap, August 20, 2010

“…The perfect blend of the electro-pop sound with classic pop arrangements and melodies. Her songs are rich with harmony and contain beautiful symphonic arrangements, all with a splash of the experimental electro sound.” – MTV.com, October 1, 2010

The 25 year-old Oh Land hails originally from Copenhagen, Denmark and now resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. With an opera singer for a mother, a theater organist for a father she originally spent much of her time pirouetting as a ballet dancer at the Danish Royal Ballet Academy when an injury forced her to reinvent herself and discover her true talent and passion as a musician. After releasing a critically acclaimed album FAUNA in Denmark she soon booked her own US tour ending at the SXSW festival where she was discovered and signed to Epic Records.