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In a ski lift in Zermatt up to Kleine Matterhorn... Niklas and Bjorn met each other during a ski trip to Cervinia after finding out that they carved in the same pace and liked to eat and drink under the sun just as much as doing the skiing. In the lift up to Kleine Matterhorn Niklas told Bjorn about his interest in music, and that he had been making songs for many years, but finalized only a few in lack of inspiring lyrics. Bjorn then hatched the intimate secret that he liked to write poems and even novels as a personal hobby. So Niklas encouraged Bjorn to send him some of his amateur lyrics. Bjorn had no idea that he could write lyrics to songs, but was still brave enough to send Niklas some of his work. Since that day in the spring of 2014 their musical adventure took off like a rocket.
WRITTEN BY: bjorn bergqvist
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Welcome to Sherikan Music Magazine! This brand-new magazine will guide you into the music, the people, and the amazing world of creativity around the indieband Sherikan Music Attraction, often referred to as Sherikan, and pronounced like the tiger Shere Khan in the Jungle Book. Sherikan Music Attraction is a creative, independent and international rock band. Sherikan finds inspiration in all sorts of pop, rock, folk and country music. Sherikan believes that good songs communicate interesting stories, share experiences, and encourage reflection. Good songs shall also be easy to remember and easy to hum to. But, Sherikan is more than music – it’s also an art project involving photographers, video producers, artists, and music producers across the globe, from US to India - it’s a marketing project involving social media, networking, brand building, web design, and advertising. At last but most important - Sherikan wants to save tigers. It all started as a crazy initiative of creativity and friendly cooperation between Niklas and me in the spring of 2014. You can read more about our inspiring meeting on next page. Paradox Liar was released in November 2014 and the first live gig was held in December same year. After releasing the debut album Queen of Everything in July 2015, the band was interviewed in Swedish Radio, and played live in the studio. The rock hit, Claudius was released in the same radio show and interviews then continued with the Florida based radio station A.V.A Live Radio, which also formed the starting point of a fruitful cooperation with the radio host and promotor, Jacqueline Jax. In September, the band held a crowded Release Party for the new album at the classic scene Pustervik in Gothenburg. Jacqueline Jax introduced the band from Florida over Live Periscope, and the event was broadcasted through two parallel live streams to a global community invited via Periscope, Facebook and Twitter. The second album is up for release this summer of 2017. In fact, the legendary ABBA session guitarist, Janne Schaffer, who also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams has been invited as a guest artist. Sherikan Music Magazine is the latest creative work from the band, and is planned to be published three times per year in a limited printed version, as well as online. Do you want to join our network? Perhaps you have a talent and want to contribute in our project, or an amazing story we can cover in the next issue, or if you just want to share some feedback. Email us, magazine@sherikan.com Visit us, www.sherikan.com
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SHERIKAn MUSIC attraction
nyöppnat kafé i linné öppet 10-21 Linnégatan 59
WISER's PUB och restaurang öppet 16.00 - sent
The first video Queen of Everything was released in February 2016, filmed and directed by Ronjoy Gogoi. More than 5,000 views were reported over the first month. The second album is now being recorded and is planned to be released in the spring of 2017. The long-term objective is to put Sherikan Music Attraction in the minds of people who likes real music. Likeable songs and lyrics to be hooked up on with straight forward melodies influenced from the pop/rock/folk/country era of the 60's and 70's - mixed with energy and influence from today.
OUR FIRST VIDEO 'QUEEN OF EVERYTHING'
e managed to pick the worst and coldest days of December for the shooting of our first music video. It was only a few days before Christmas when we met up with Ronjoy, the photographer, and Klara Nyman who had been selected to be the solo actress for the role as Bjorn's sister Marie in the video. After picking up the Guitarist Mathias at his workplace in Saluhallen we wandered around in the inner city of Gothenburg in search for the street for Klara’s spontaneous dance scenes and for some serious face looks. We all felt sorry for Klara who had to appear in a very thin dress in the so typical crispy and humid Westcoast wind. It was not an easy task to keep the pedestrian street empty from passing people during the filming and at the same time light up torches to Klara and keeping them burning until the film sequences were completed. Mathias, our Guitarist only had his lunch available to attend the sessions, and his time pressure combined with a very light jacket didn’t help to keep the mood on top. For a while we all wondered what we were doing and why. On top of that, hats blew off, someone tried to explore and carry away our bags that were left aside and people started to question why we were blocking the street. Ronjoy’s camera also lost power in the chill, so it was a rough start indeed. Almost like a bad joke. After some Indian food and well deserved rest we were reloaded to continue to the next recording session at a windy and rainy seashore at Röda Sten and Sockerbruket6. We streamed the recording sessions to Periscope, played the songs a hundred times while Ronjoy crawled around with his camera to take some great shots. After some pizzas, we closed a very long day behind the cameras. Early next day we did the final shootings with Klara, dancing in a tunnel. Ronjoy was finally satisfied, having tons of Gigabytes to send to his friends at Paper Dragon Studios in Delhi. After a few weeks and several pre-views, we finally got the final cut of the video release – just in time and per schedule for our promotion tour to Florida. Thank you Klara - you were amazing!
QUEEN OF EVERYTHING
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Vagnelind created our logo and helped us with the styling for the first photo shots as well as the unique cover art for the releases. https://vagnelind.se/
"video release friday"
We had planned the release carefully, and even recorded and shared a series of interviews with background material to boost the interest for the video some weeks before the release. We came up with the idea to release the video on spot in Florida to increase the attention even more. The social media activities were coordinated together with Jacqueline Jax in US. We arrived late in the evening a couple of days before the release, in the beautiful hotel Pelican Grand Beach Resort, owned by Swedes and even recommended by Jacqueline as one of her favorite spots in Fort Lauderdale, literally on the beach. It had been two very busy months since we recorded the video and it felt fantastic to be under the Florida sun after so many dark and cold weeks in Sweden. On the Friday release day, we woke up early just to be met by this amazing sunrise. The announcement of the release happened through A.V.A. Live Radio at noon on a Friday and it was fantastic to see how quickly it went viral over the social medias. Our marketing campaign with banners also took off and we had no idea that our video would become popular even in South America. Thousands of clicks and likes started to roll in.
"THE POWER OF NETWORKING'
Wiser's Pub on Linnégatan 59 in Gothenburg is a partner of Sherikan Music Attraction. Amir opened his pub for Sherikan and hosted the very first live gig. https://www.facebook.com/pg/WisersGothenburg/
Ronjoy Gogoi is the band photographer and he shot the band's first video, Queen of Everything. He also involved his network in India to edit the video. See more of Ronjoy's fantastic work. http://www.ronjoygogoi.com/
music REVIEW
Jacqueline Jax at A.V.A. Live Radio has given Sherikan amazing support in promoting the music in the U.S. but also by supporting the introduction to live gigs as well as featured articles and interviews. www.avaliveradio.com
BY ALEX SOCCO, rock melodicO www.rockmelodico.com BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
"The long-term objective is to put Sherikan Music Attraction in the minds of people who likes real music influenced from the pop/rock/folk era" This can be heard in a song with great potential "Claudius" and also in the first single "Queen of Everything" which they did a video for. "Paradox Liar" is a more introspective track with more acoustic elements but minimalistic drums. "Universal Fear" increase the tempo but always with a touch of folk. "Cosa Nostra" is one at the same time inspiring and melancholic song. "Capitulation" shows british influences (Bowie, The Kinks), "Touch Me" doubles up with an aggressive uptempo spiced with Spanish ringing Guitars - just like "Catfish Girl", which is leaning towards the pop. The last song "Homo Sapiens Beasts" is more of a "folk"-composition with references to the 60s. In spite of this band being Swedish it sounds like they were born in Great Britain. Everyone who loves britpop from the 60s will appreciate this talented group. - translated into English) from Rock Melodico Apr 04, 2016
RELEASE PARTY AT PUSTERVIK
Studio Fonic supported the recording and mixing of the debut album. A fantastic recording studio has been installed in a classic factory environment. www.studiofonic.se
Sockerbruket 6 is a trendy interior design store managed by two young brothers. They helped Sherikan with stage styling and a cool environment for the first video. www.sockerbruket6.se
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Niklas is a genuine Gothenburg soul, grown up with long hair during the late 70s and 80s, and took an interest in music as a young teenager. He loved being on stage - playing for other young kids in public youth centers - or even in charity music festivals arranged by himself. In his twenties Niklas played on the scenes of Gothenburg in many different constellations, or as a guest trubadure in bars and taverns. Niklas always played and created his own song material, but the random encounter with Bjorn and his lyrics had a great impact on Niklas. Since Bjorn and Niklas met a couple of years ago, more than 30 songs have been produced, and Niklas is proud to mention that the second album will be released soon.
the lead singer, guitarist, and composer of songs
the lead singer, guitarist, and composer
NAME: niklas
Sherikan goes to the jungle...
follow the adventures of Sherikan!
released: september 2015 music: niklas philipson lyrics: björn bergqvist
guitar hero
Mathias joined Sherikan in August 2015 just after the release of Queen of Everything. He quickly found his place in the band and his rock inspired way of playing the Guitar and making amazing solos gave a new interesting flavor to the live act. He had just picked up the songs from the album and prepared for the release gig at Pustervik when Swedish Radio, channel P4 wanted the band to come for interviews and live play in the studio. Mathias who had been playing for many years and recorded some albums with other bands was absorbed by all attention around Sherikan. Mathias recognized the spirit and the potential in the band and loved the music. Mathias is popular with the fans for his world class Guitar solos and his charismatic and energetic performance.
claudius
Claudius (/ˈklɔːdiəs/; Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October 54 AD) was Roman emperor from 41 to 54, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul, the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy. Because he was afflicted with a limp and slight deafness due to sickness at a young age, his family ostracized him and excluded him from public office until his consulship, shared with his nephew Caligula in 37. Claudius' infirmity probably saved him from the fate of many other nobles during the purges of Tiberius and Caligula's reigns; potential enemies did not see him as a serious threat. His survival led to his being declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula's assassination, at which point he was the last man of his family. Despite his lack of experience, Claudius proved to be an able and efficient administrator. He was also an ambitious builder, constructing many new roads, aqueducts, and canals across the Empire. During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain (if the earlier invasions of Britain by Caesar and Caligula's aborted attempts are not counted). Having a personal interest in law, he presided at public trials, and issued up to twenty edicts a day. He was seen as vulnerable throughout his reign, particularly by elements of the nobility. Claudius was constantly forced to shore up his position; this resulted in the deaths of many senators. These events damaged his reputation among the ancient writers,though more recent historians have revised this opinion. Many authors contend that he was murdered by his own wife. After his death in 54 AD (at age of 63), his grand-nephew and adopted son Nero succeeded him as Emperor. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius used under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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NAME: MATHIAS
Why Sherikan ? Niklas says "We decided in the band at a very early stage to find a deeper meaning and purpose for our very existence, by connecting the music, and the band identity with a cause. We all agreed that the tiger was the animal that best represented who we were or wanted to be. We then tried to find a cool band name which referred to tigers. Bjorn came up with Sherikan which we all thought was a brilliant idea." What is your cause ? Niklas says "We want people to know that Sherikan Music Attraction is not only music. We also do good for the planet. Everyone can do something to make Earth a better place. We will use our music and media channels to reach out and remind people about the tiger extinction issue. We will even release a song on this theme very soon" Why tigers ? Bjorn says "Tigers possess many characteristics that we see needed to be in the music jungle today. The environment is extremely competitive, changing rapidly, and dominated by people, for good and bad. To survive and flourish we need to act like tigers. We need to be colorful and powerful. We need to be endurant, agile and focused when the moment is there. Tigers struggle to avoid extinction, and many bands making good music today are fighting the same battle." What are your plans ? Bjorn starts an enthusiastic briefing... "We have been planning to go to India and will seek the attention with Government officials to discuss how we can support in their tiger resque project. We know that the Indian government is trying hard to coup with public opinion and tiger poaching. At the turn of the 20th century there were 100,000 tigers in India. Most of these were slaughtered by colonial and Indian elite, during the British Raj period, and after India became independent. India has still the largest national population, about 1,400 tigers, but split into many small occurrences. In many parts of India tigers are still considered to be a major threat to the community. This can be compared with the the wolf debate in Sweden. On our next album we have devoted a song to the Indian tigers."
the percussions
NAME: mattias
Mattias and Niklas has been in the same workplace for a very long time. Occasionally they played live together at private parties. When Mattias heard some of the material from Niklas and Bjorn he got very excited. He decided to park all other ongoing initiatives, just to hook up with Sherikan. Mattias is a devoted drum player, and he also adds some amazing tunes to the choirs.
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vagnelind meets sherikan
When creative people meet... Bjorn explains that the band just decided to start for real and had the first live gig set at Wiser's Pub. By coincidence Bjorn passed Linda's studio and couldn't resist the colorful and strong paintings. Bjorn stepped in to the gallery, looked around and interrupted Linda who were busy talking to a pair of customers. - Hey, this is a cool place. What is this really? Are you the artist? Can you draw a logo with a tiger for our band? Linda smiled, and explained that, yes she was a painting artist and yes she could indeed paint a logo. Bjorn couldn't bare himself and said, - Fantastic! Are you here tomorrow. I will come and visit you together with Niklas, the co-founder of our band, and we will play a single for you which we want to release. The next day Niklas and Bjorn came in with coffee and buns. Linda said, - Very nice, but I don't like buns nor coffee. and Niklas responded immediately... - No problem, I eat the bun then, and took it in one bite. That was a bit embarrassing, Bjorn admits. Linda listened to the song, Paradox Liar, and really enjoyed it. She explained that the song was cool and suggestive, captured some good feelings, and over the next few weeks she played it on repeat for several days while painting. This meeting between Bjorn, Niklas and Linda formed the start of a cooperation that have taken many forms. Linda makes all the cover art for music to be released, she helps the band with styling, and also took on the challenge to create a collection of band photographies with her photographer colleague Ronjoy. Linda was really surprised when the band suddenly appeared on her art exhibition in Marstrand, and played live. We like to surprise… What is next? Bjorn says that a new album will be released shortly, and Linda will again paint the cover arts. We are also planning to find an opportunity to cooperate on stage, and to somehow add music to Linda's art shows. Another initiative we have discussed involve Tigers.
Niklas - Lead Guitar and vocals Rasmus - Bass and backing vocals Mattias- Drums and backing vocals Mathias - Guitar and backing vocals Bjorn - Lyrics and band manager
NAME: rasmus
the bass
Rasmus encouraged Niklas to start the band after listening to some of the songs that Bjorn and Niklas put together. He was convinced that the songs had potential and he was eager to get on stage again. In the past Rasmus played in other bands and even went to US on a tour in the late 90s. Rasmus plays the bass and adds choirs to many of the songs. Rasmus has a great network in the music business after spending many years on the road as well as working as a bartender at Pustervik for a long time.
By Hollingsworth, John and Karen, retouched by Zwoenitzer - Fish & Wildlife Service (ID WO0409-33F [1]), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39197
TIGERS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognisable for their pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The largest wild tiger ever reported had a total body length of 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and weighed 388.7 kg (857 lb). The species is classified in the genus Panthera with the lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other, of which about 2,000 exist on the Indian subcontinent. A 2016 global census estimated the population of wild tigers at approximately 3,890 individuals. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi). In 2016, wildlife conservation group at WWF declared that world's count of wild tigers has risen for the first time in a century. Tigers are among the most recognisable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. They have featured prominently in ancient mythology and folklore, and continue to be depicted in modern films and literature. The tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and South Korea. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger use under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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vagnelind - upside down
I went to meet with Linda, the artist behind the signature VA in her new studio and gallery in Linnéstan. Recently she celebrated three years as a painting artist by moving into a new, bigger and better space. In the new studio, Linda says she can be creative with a good flow, and at the ame time expose and share her productions in the gallery and open studio. She says this is a milestone, and in many ways a result of ambitious hard work for final recognition. Linda is standing out from the expected template. She doesn’t like flowers and cute puppies. Linda is passionate about her craft and indeed an expressionist. The paintings are raw, colorful and sometimes close to scary. She finds the right blend of colors, the palette, and then make a series of paintings, a collection based on the palette, sense and structure often portraits or a study of a human. Linda wants people to react on her paintings, to make them curious and interested. There is always a story behind, sometimes the spectator helps her to get new stories around the painting. Her new location couldn't be better. It is indeed a busy area with lots of people passing the large windows which even has been painted from the inside, readable from the outside. This is so typical for Linda, to paint from the wrong perspective. Live, and on stage she paints amazing portraits upside down for large audiences. Spectators are astonished by the result when the painting finally is turned around and expose famous faces like David Bowie, Bob Dylan, or Håkan Hellström. And, it only takes a few minutes for Linda, who for sure is a born talent. These black and white simplified paintings at live performance is not to be compared with her art work in the studio where she spends hundreds of hours and gallons of liter paint on the paintings. The gallery is often visited by interior designers, and art collectors with sense for expression and contemporary art. Recently Linda started a cooperation with a furniture designer, painting a limited collection of tables. This is the true potential of the talented Linda Vagnelind, one of the most productive and progressive painters in Sweden at this moment. Linda also gets involved in projects on occasional basis, like pimping apartments before sales with focus on the art and painting on walls in restaurants and clubs. Linda tells me about an apartment which was quite sterile and boring. She realized the place needed some cool art, so she went to the studio and collected a few large format paintings to uplift the character of the place. It was sold for a record price. Art really affects, and her signum is clear “MAKE YOUR WALLS TALK”. That is written on her painting coats and often associated with her name.
Bjorn was born in Gothenburg, and grew up in the 70s on the island of Hisingen, in Länsmansgården. Already in school his creativity and writing skills were recognized, and his teacher used to read his novels to the entire class during Friday's happy hour. Bjorn, who had secret dreams about becoming an author or a journalist found himself in a slightly different situation years later, writing tons of emails, business documents and sales offers. The meeting with Niklas and the formation of Sherikan Music Attraction gave Bjorn a new platform for his creative mind, a channel for sharing his creative work, ideas and life experiences with others.
the poet and band sponsor
NAME: bjorn
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Help Sherikan to find his Tigress and avoid the hunters
Tricks and Puzzles
Across 2. the first name of the bass player in the band 6. bjorn and niklas met here on the kleine ... 8. the animals we want to save from extinction Down 1. which famous venue hosted our first release party 3. who plays the drums 4. what is the first name of the lyricist 5. what is the first name of the guitarist 7. the lead singer and composer's first name