Sonic Station: Sonic Station
Sonic Station
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- Label: Unknown, 2012
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.2.2012
Frontiers Records sind bekannt Newcomern aus den Bereichen Melodic
Rock und AOR ein Zuhause zu geben. So auch den Schweden Sonic
Station.
Sonic Station ist ein Projekt in Westcoast-AOR Manier, gegründet von Alexander Kronbrink (Gitarrist, Produzent und Songschreiber aus Schweden) der bei Jonathan Fritzén, dem Smooth Jazz Star, lernte und so seine musikalischen Skills entwickelte. Später entdeckte er Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins etc und formte seinen eigenen Stil wie er erklärt:
“I have always been interested in guitarists with the ability to play everything from Jazz, to Pop, to Country, to Hard Rock. I have listened a lot to American session guitarists such as Steve Lukather, Michael Landau and Dan Huff. I guess that type of guitar playing is what have influenced me the most.”
Jeder Song auf dem Debut besitzt Hitcharakter mit Fokus auf Melodien wie man das auch bei Künstlern wie Toto, Mr. Mister oder Journey kennt, ganz klare Vorbilder der Band.
Als stimmliches Aushängeschild holte sich der schwedische Musiker mehrere Sänger(innen) mit verschiedenen Backgrounds und Stilen mit ins Boot, allesamt sehr bekannt in seinem Heimatland: Marika Willstedt (aus der schwedischen TV Show “Så ska det låta”), Magnus Bäcklund (Duo „Fame“), Kristoffer Fogelmark und Tove Lo.
Sonic Station is a new Westcoast AOR Project put together by Alexander Kronbrink (a swedish guitarist, composer and producer). Alexander is a young musician who learned his skills working with smooth Jazz star Jonathan Fritzén – who lived in his neighborhood. Later on – after being introduced to Lee Ritenour - Alexander started to see a clearer direction in his playing. Through Ritenour he discovered the music of such giants as Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, composer and producer David Foster and guitarist Jay Graydon, to mention a few.
While studying music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, he teamed up with Marika Willstedt, a singer and piano player and they started writing music and playing together. This collaboration turned out to be the beginning of the Sonic Station record. Marika is today a well known artist and session musician in Sweden after appearing as pianist and teamleader in a prime time tv-show on national television. She sings and plays keyboards on the Sonic Station record and has also written most of the lyrics. Two of the songs have lyrics by Alexander’s father, Hans Kronbrink.
During the second half of the 00’s, while working on his Sonic Station project, Alexander also played the guitar with different artists and groups. Among them the thrilling side project Moonlight Sailors with, once again, his friend Jonathan Fritzén on keyboards, accompanied by drummer Aron Mellergård and bass player Henrik Linder. The last two are the founders of amazing group Dirty Loops, celebrated by both Lee Ritenour and Jay Graydon! Mellergård and Linder have also contributed with their talents on the Sonic Station record.
From the very beginning the Sonic Station project has been based in the 80’s AOR music (influenced by Toto, Mr Mister and Journey) and the West Coast-sound of Airplay and Chicago. To get the most quality out of each song Alexander, who composed ten tracks and also produced and arranged the whole record, engaged four singers with different singing styles and voices: Marika Willstedt, Magnus Bäcklund, Kristoffer Fogelmark and Tove Lo.
Backed up by a long line of session musicians and Alexander’s brilliant guitar playing Sonic Station is an expressive and warm record, where each song has an obvious and immediate hit feeling. With Sonic Station, Alexander Kronbrink has taken the 80’s into the future! (frontiers. it)
,,Bands wie Toto, Journey und Mr. Mister standen Pate für die elf Songs, bei denen entweder Marika Willstedt selbst oder auch Sänger wie Magnus Bäcklund, Kristoffer Fogelmark oder Tove Lo vor dem Mikro standen. Toll gemacht, für Freunde der oben genannten Bands absolut empfehlenswert." (Good Times, April / Mai 2012)
Rock It:
„Glänzen Songs wie das locker flockige ‘I Wish I Could Lie’ oder das gefühlvolle ‘Hold On To Me’ schon mit grandiosen Melodien, so wird das Gesamtbild von den unterschiedlichen Stimmen von Marika Willstedt, Magnus Bäcklund und Kristoffer Fogelmark, die einfach hervorragend zu den jeweiligen Titeln passen, perfekt abgerundet.“
Rheinpfalz:
„Ein Fest für alle Rock Nostalgiker“
Sonic Station ist ein Projekt in Westcoast-AOR Manier, gegründet von Alexander Kronbrink (Gitarrist, Produzent und Songschreiber aus Schweden) der bei Jonathan Fritzén, dem Smooth Jazz Star, lernte und so seine musikalischen Skills entwickelte. Später entdeckte er Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins etc und formte seinen eigenen Stil wie er erklärt:
“I have always been interested in guitarists with the ability to play everything from Jazz, to Pop, to Country, to Hard Rock. I have listened a lot to American session guitarists such as Steve Lukather, Michael Landau and Dan Huff. I guess that type of guitar playing is what have influenced me the most.”
Jeder Song auf dem Debut besitzt Hitcharakter mit Fokus auf Melodien wie man das auch bei Künstlern wie Toto, Mr. Mister oder Journey kennt, ganz klare Vorbilder der Band.
Als stimmliches Aushängeschild holte sich der schwedische Musiker mehrere Sänger(innen) mit verschiedenen Backgrounds und Stilen mit ins Boot, allesamt sehr bekannt in seinem Heimatland: Marika Willstedt (aus der schwedischen TV Show “Så ska det låta”), Magnus Bäcklund (Duo „Fame“), Kristoffer Fogelmark und Tove Lo.
Product Information
Sonic Station is a new Westcoast AOR Project put together by Alexander Kronbrink (a swedish guitarist, composer and producer). Alexander is a young musician who learned his skills working with smooth Jazz star Jonathan Fritzén – who lived in his neighborhood. Later on – after being introduced to Lee Ritenour - Alexander started to see a clearer direction in his playing. Through Ritenour he discovered the music of such giants as Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, composer and producer David Foster and guitarist Jay Graydon, to mention a few.
While studying music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, he teamed up with Marika Willstedt, a singer and piano player and they started writing music and playing together. This collaboration turned out to be the beginning of the Sonic Station record. Marika is today a well known artist and session musician in Sweden after appearing as pianist and teamleader in a prime time tv-show on national television. She sings and plays keyboards on the Sonic Station record and has also written most of the lyrics. Two of the songs have lyrics by Alexander’s father, Hans Kronbrink.
During the second half of the 00’s, while working on his Sonic Station project, Alexander also played the guitar with different artists and groups. Among them the thrilling side project Moonlight Sailors with, once again, his friend Jonathan Fritzén on keyboards, accompanied by drummer Aron Mellergård and bass player Henrik Linder. The last two are the founders of amazing group Dirty Loops, celebrated by both Lee Ritenour and Jay Graydon! Mellergård and Linder have also contributed with their talents on the Sonic Station record.
From the very beginning the Sonic Station project has been based in the 80’s AOR music (influenced by Toto, Mr Mister and Journey) and the West Coast-sound of Airplay and Chicago. To get the most quality out of each song Alexander, who composed ten tracks and also produced and arranged the whole record, engaged four singers with different singing styles and voices: Marika Willstedt, Magnus Bäcklund, Kristoffer Fogelmark and Tove Lo.
Backed up by a long line of session musicians and Alexander’s brilliant guitar playing Sonic Station is an expressive and warm record, where each song has an obvious and immediate hit feeling. With Sonic Station, Alexander Kronbrink has taken the 80’s into the future! (frontiers. it)
Rezensionen
,,Bands wie Toto, Journey und Mr. Mister standen Pate für die elf Songs, bei denen entweder Marika Willstedt selbst oder auch Sänger wie Magnus Bäcklund, Kristoffer Fogelmark oder Tove Lo vor dem Mikro standen. Toll gemacht, für Freunde der oben genannten Bands absolut empfehlenswert." (Good Times, April / Mai 2012)
Rock It:
„Glänzen Songs wie das locker flockige ‘I Wish I Could Lie’ oder das gefühlvolle ‘Hold On To Me’ schon mit grandiosen Melodien, so wird das Gesamtbild von den unterschiedlichen Stimmen von Marika Willstedt, Magnus Bäcklund und Kristoffer Fogelmark, die einfach hervorragend zu den jeweiligen Titeln passen, perfekt abgerundet.“
Rheinpfalz:
„Ein Fest für alle Rock Nostalgiker“
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Intro
- 2 Love's gonna show the way
- 3 I wish I could lie
- 4 Hold on to me
- 5 You have to let me go
- 6 The most beautiful fear
- 7 Running through the night
- 8 Never let the sunshine die
- 9 My last refrain
- 10 Love you more
- 11 Reasons
