sophie rimheden - past:
Sophie Rimheden started to make songs before she started school. At her home, in south of Sweden (a village called Bjärnum, close to Hässleholm), she sat by an electric organ where she could have beats to the chords she was playing. The family had to stand in line to get to the organ. Her parents have always encouraged her and her older brother (Andreas Rimheden) to put a lot of time in music. When she started school, she learned to play the guitar and played chords to the sad songs she made. Her brother made music on an Atari and a synthesizer, and Sophie sat next to him and learned. When she was about 13 years old she bought herself an Atari, and a couple of years later her own cheep synthesizer. Now she had a whole band with bass, drums and strings. For a while Sophie played with a guy who had good studio equipment, but she has always loved being on her own. She bought the two synthesizers that she still own, and started the band Hayce (released an album called "Underneath the Floor" 1999, Memento Materia). 2001 she started Ban Ham which is electronica built on acoustic instruments that she and sometimes her dad played, and a few months later she started the Sophie Rimheden project. She participated on a Mille Plateaux compilation called "Electric Ladyland" 2001, with the song "Don´t Follow". Summer 2003 she released the debut album "Hi-Fi" under her own name on the Mitek label. On this album she tried for the first time to make more happy songs, mixed with a lot of noise. For "Hi-Fi" she got:
rewards 2004: manifest - postrock / electronica
nominations 2004: grammis - club/dance, p3 guld - female artist + pop, and SAMA - Scandinavian album.
thank yous:
"mum and dad for all help and support,
mitek for releasing my strange pop,
container publishing for good advices,
and all friends and fans,
love!" - sophie rimheden.
In March 2004 she released a CDEP, "Into Night", on a Swedish label called Ssschuitt. "Into Night" contains four exclusive tracks.

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