Soundism

Infobox musical artist
Name = Soundism


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Origin = Västerås, Sweden
Genre = Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae
Occupation = Producing, Arranger, Songwriter
Years_active = 1988- present
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Instrument = Guitar, Keyboards, Sequencer, Sampler (musical instrument), Saxophone, Snare Drum, Synthesizers, Trumpet
Associated_acts = Bombay Vikings, Buju Banton, Embee, Junior Kelly, Lady Saw, Looptroop Rockers, Måns Zelmerlöw, Promoe
URL = [http://www.soundism.com/ Soundism.com]
Current_members = Jimmy Ledrac, Mats Nyman, Vladi Vargas
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Music producers and sound engineers Soundism, with a music recording studio located in Västerås (Sweden), are part of the Swedish hip hop culture. Not only have new artists emerged, but also other actors in the hip hop culture that are less visible to the general public. Soundism has been one of the supporters of hip hop artists in Sweden, which meant that they could put forward recordings to the international scene. Growing out creating music of prerecorded music on vinyl records with the Dj style Turntablism, Soundism understood what sound that was required for hip hop records. Previous music producers and studios in Sweden mainly focused on pop or rock music. Hip hop music has origins in Reggae music, which partially explains Soundism's work within both of these genres.

In 2001, Papa Dee got his reggae song "Hottie Hottie Girls" featuring Grammy award winner Lady Saw remixed by Soundism. The graffiti themed Promoe song "These Walls Don't Lie", recorded and mixed by Soundism, took the charts across Europe in 2004. Soundism mixed producer Embee's "Tellings from Solitaria", which was rewarded with a Grammis in 2004 as Best HipHop/Soul of the Year. [ [http://www.grammis.se Swedish Grammy Organization] Retrieved 2006-12-19] The album included the single "Send Someone Away" featuring José Gonsález. Junior Kelly's "Rasta Should be Deeper", mixed my Soundism, was voted one of the top 10 best songs of all popular music genres in 2005 by 20 radio producers and staff at Swedish National Public Radio P3. [ [http://www.sr.se/p3/listor/arsbasta/2005/ Swedish National Radio] Retrieved 2006-12-19] YT was given urban music award "UK Reggae Artist of the Year" 2006, [ [http://www.urbanmusicawards.net/ Urban Music Awards] Retrieved 2006-12-19] Soundism contributed to the sound of his "Real Life" song. [Liner notes of YT's "Straight Outta Britain" album] While hip hop and reggae are the most common genres for Soundism's music productions, they have also produced Bombay Vikings' "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo", which made it to the top three position on the Indian music chart in 2006. The song is a soundtrack of the Indian movie "Munijimi".

Members

Soundism is a team of people rather one person, cf The Neptunes. Vladi Vargas in probably the leading member of Soundism, others have appeared more intermitently on credits for various projects.

Discography [Liner notes of respective release]

"Releases with Soundism credited for production, mixing, or mastering. (Years indicate release date, not year of production)."

*Bombay Vikings Zara Nazron Se Kehdo (2006)
*Embee Telings from Solitaria (2004)
*Embee Send Someone Away, featuring José Gonsález (2005)
*Jay Mason Mi Chalwa (2005)
*Junior Kelly Rasta Should be Deeper (2005)
*Papa Dee featuring Lady Saw Hottie Hottie (2001)
*Looptroop Fort Europa (2005)
*Looptroop Long Arm of the Law
*Looptroop Struggle Continues (2002)
*Looptroop Rockers Good Things (2008)
*Promoe Long Distance Runner (2004)
*Promoe These Walls Don't Lie (2004)
*Promoe White Man's Burden (2006)
*YT Real Life (2006)

References

External links

[http://www.soundism.com/ Soundism's official page]