ATOI
Fake Diamond Records
Release Date: 25Th April 2011
Following last year’s home country release of their second album the pop-scandi’s discovered by Bjork are now ready to release their long player to the world...
2011 is a good year in music for many reasons; Arcade Fire got a nod at the GRAMMYs, Bono’s back is on the mend and best of all the time has come for Atoi’s first international album ‘Waves of Past Relations’ to drop in the spring - on label burgeoning Fake Diamond.
The album is 10 tracks spanning ethereal, hazy sounds that hops through the night, from the dance floor to a gig, has a ride in the car and ends up in a cosy candle filled front room on a giant cushion...Early stand out tracks include current single ‘Yearning’ (with remixes from Taragana Pyjarama and Henrik Koefod) and the effortless groove and catchy summer hook of ‘The Flight’, whilst ‘Camouflage’ and ‘Don’t go to Bed’ take a deliciously emotive turn. This surely a band to watch.
Who Are Atoi?
Atoi is a 4 piece band from Copenhagen that you need to know about. Their music is stitched together by four individuals who join forces to create a diverse outcome. Dark pop melodies, added 80s synth melancholy, bass and guitar mixed with colourful electronic beats is their current forte.
Formed in 2005 Atoi were unearthed by Bjork no less, who featured their own sublime cover of the seminal track ‘Army of Me’ on her Tsunami Benefit long player. A natural progression following this was an official release of their cover on a subsequent Bjork album ‘Army of Me – Remixes and Covers’; and in February 2009 after cutting their teeth across Denmark’s most revered venues and events (Vega, Roskilde et al) they toured parts of the US and Scandinavia. Following that, Swedish chanteuse Jenny Wilson asked the band to join her on tour in 2009.
Atoi went on to release their debut album ‘Youth Machines’. The album called up other stalwarts from the Copenhagen scene for remixes including such as Opiate (Thomas Knak), Kasper Bjørke (Filur) and MhM One (Tartelet Records.)
Putting in some serious gig and studio time soon they blossomed into a slick outfit with a following in their home country, national radio play and press attention.
Creative’s to the core every detail is thought out by the band - with the stunning artwork previously made by artists MaMaMo and Laura Rathschau & Ditte Egholm.
Band Members
Ida Caecilie is the lead singer, with a delicate presence she grew up on a little Island somewhere in the pacific and spent her days smelling of sweet flowers, making up songs with the local children and collecting sea shells. She is also a trained actress.
Emil Assing is the beatmaster, he plays various instruments.
Joel Gjaersbol Pedersen plays every instrument under the sun. Literally. He experiments with free-form music, in his latest solo project "Human Autotune" he worked with vocals that are out of pitch and sung by a non singer with no tone recognition. Wow
Stig Helmer Jensen plays guitar and keys. We like Stig. Very much.