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Release of the album Gråton by Ola Backström with guests Mattias Alkberg, Torkel Rasmusson and others

Ola Backström Gråton, Rönnells

Ola Backström (1953–2004) played a key role in forming bands such as Dag Vag and Stockholm Norra in the 1970s. He also played the guitar and synthesiser on Torkel Rasmussen‘s solo albums. In the early 1980s, he put his music career on hold to focus on visual art. However, free from expectations and demands, he continued to write and record his own music, which almost no one got to hear. Until now.

Join us to celebrate the release of the album Gråton with Ola Backström.

  • Mattias Alkberg and his band will perform live!
  • Torkel Rasmussen will sing and talk about Ola.
  • Siri, Frej and Måns Backström will perform some of the album’s songs.
  • There will also be an exhibition featuring a selection of Ola’s paintings.

Compiled posthumously from Ola’s remaining recordings, the album Gråton reveals a low-key and expressive songwriter with a unique style. While the music bears traces of influences from Brian Eno, Tom Verlaine, and Swedish prog rock, it also has a personal voice that is both self-assured and fragile.

The album will be released on LP and via streaming services on 3 October 2025. ‘Gråton’ is released by the record label Fanfar!

Date

Thursday, 9 October 2025, 7–10 p.m.

Location

Rönnells Antikvariat, Birger Jarlsgatan 32, Stockholm

Admission

SEK 50 on the door; no advance registration required. Seats are limited.

This event is presented by Rönnells in collaboration with Fanfar!, Rönnells Vänner, the Swedish Arts Council, the City of Stockholm and Humlegården Fastigheter.

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“Till Berlin” is a strong return for KC BABY

KC BABY: "Till Berlin" ('To Berlin')

Finally, new material from KC BABY. Kajsa Magnarsson and Conny Nimmersjö follow up their strong debut with a single featuring Mattias Alkberg and Insomnia Taxxi.

The band KC BABY release the digital single “Till Berlin” (‘To Berlin’), a prelude to the album to be released in May. The song features guests Mattias Alkberg and Insomnia Taxxi. The latter is a pseudonym for Iryna Novikova, an experimental musician from Charkiv, Ukraine, with a style somewhere between Nico and Sisters of Mercy.

“Till Berlin” is a song about movement – away from something, towards something. The verses are about being stuck and looking for a way out – to a friend, to another place, to a better state. The lyrics could have felt out of date. They don’t.

The album “Nästan perfekt”, which will be released on 9 May, has evolved over five years – through a pandemic, separation, war and the toddler years.

“The songs have become a soundtrack to all this”, says Conny Nimmersjö, who forms the core of the band with Kajsa Magnarsson.

“Everything that is sung is true”, says Kajsa. “The record might be a bit noisy in its form, but that’s okay. It came out that way, like so many other things.”

Guests on the forthcoming album include Amanda Werne (Slowgold) on accordion and choir.

Release date for “Till Berlin”

“Till Berlin” is released on 4 April 2025. The song will initially be released as a digital-only track, but will be included on the LP to be released later this spring.

Listen to “Till Berlin”