life is too short to listen to old music
Smerz
country: Norway
genre: Electronic, Pop
styles: Experimental Pop, Electroclash
ABOUT THIS BAND
Underground dance music styles such as techno and footwork, along with field recordings and an out-of-joint approach to pop-flavored R&B, inform the sound of Smerz. Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt were involved with music as youngsters and attended high school together in their native Oslo, Norway, but they didn't collaborate with one another until they relocated to Denmark to attend the University of Copenhagen. They became so focused on music -- teaching themselves how to use Ableton for music production, and falling for music by the likes of DJ Rashad and Jessy Lanza -- that they opted to suspend their studies. Within a couple years, they made their recorded debut with the woozy, nearly indecipherable "Because" (2016). Eight months after that, the track appeared beside six similarly atmospheric numbers as Okey (also 2016), an EP released on the Escho label. The larger XL Recordings signed Stoltenberg and Motzfeldt, digitally reissued the EP, and set the musicians up in their New York City-based XL Studios. A second short batch of warped tunes, Have Fun (2018), was completed shortly thereafter. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
Source [Spotify]Releases
LP
Big city life
out on May 23, 2025
via Escho
Single
Feisty
out on April 30, 2025
via Escho
Single
Roll the dice
out on April 09, 2025
via Escho
Single
You got time and I got money
out on March 19, 2025
via Escho
Single
A thousand lies
out on February 19, 2025
via Escho
Single
Girls just wanna have fun
out on October 24, 2024
via Shopping Records
LP
Tidligere den dagen
out on June 06, 2024
via Shopping Records
Single
Det som kom
out on May 23, 2024
via Shopping Records
Single
Shining Star
out on March 21, 2024
via Shopping Records
EP
Allina
out on February 02, 2024
via Shopping Records
Single
My Producer
out on January 18, 2024
via Shopping Records
LP
Believer
out on February 26, 2021
via XL Recordings
Single
Believer
out on January 13, 2021
via XL Recordings
Single
The favourite - Rap interlude
out on October 08, 2020
via XL Recordings
Videos
Feisty
April 30, 2025
Roll the dice
April 09, 2025
You got time and I got money
March 19, 2025
, GAEA Tidligere den dagen: 5. Se det heve seg, se alt vannet
June 06, 2024
, Allina My Producer
January 18, 2024
Flashing
February 22, 2021
Believer
January 13, 2021
Concerts
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