Jesper Norda is a multi-talented artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. He works with both music and visual arts, and has had art-exhibitions in several countries around the world.
We first wrote about him a year ago, when we featured his pop-band If There Is Something (together with Åbi Berglund), but this time Norda is on his own in his solo project. His songs are mainly based on piano and vocals, and it’s this simple instrumentation that really gets me hooked on his music. The warm vocals and the beautiful melodies comes so close, and the songs have this wonderful atmosphere that works especially good after dark. It might be his voice, – I don’t know – , but there’s something in his music that makes me think of Magnetic Fields. It’s not the obvious comparison, I know, but still…

I love the way Jesper Norda describes how he creates his songs on his website:

“I try to follow my hands along the keyboard, and then I try to sing something that feels
singable, and then I try to stop to play when I feel that something feels to complicated and messy. Then I start to play something new that I think I might like.»

A good and simple recipe for good songs.

Jesper Norda has a free digital 5 track ep called “Little Ones EP” available on his own website.

Jesper Norda – Make it pass

Jesper Norda – Tomorrow you will be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out