FAULT EXCLUSIVE: SINGAPORE SLING’S Henrik Björnsson

It just came to me one day. I knew that it had to be the title of the record.
It fits my state of mind and personality.

Last November I finally got a place where I could record music, after months of having nowhere to record. That’s where I recorded this record (in Reykjavik, Iceland), from early November till the end of February. I also wrote most of it in that period.

I guess hearing Doctor Mix and the Remix for the first time influenced me quite a bit. Also the 39 Clocks. And of course I am constantly influenced by music and things I have always loved and always will. But most importantly, on this record I didn’t want to spend too much time trying to make things “perfect”. I just wanted honesty. And besides, anyone can spend endless hours playing with their pro tools. The magic is when you are recording to capture an idea. That magic can be lost with too many re-takes and too much editing. I always get inspired by raw and simple things.

Singapore Sling – Never Forever

Well ideas come wherever whenever. When I sit down to make those ideas into songs I just need to have peace.

No.

I think with each record I make I want to make everything more simple. I used to make demos with a drum machine and then teach the songs to the band to play live, and then sometimes record live in a studio, or it would just be me in a studio. Now I just record myself in my own space and time, and turn that into a record.

Those who do it for themselves. Those that create their own world where nothing matters except their art/ music.

I started doing those projects about two years ago. The Go Go Darkness with Elsa Maria Blöndal and Dead Skeletons with Jón Sæmundur (Nonni Dead), because I wanted to do something other than Singapore Sling and to do different things with different people. The Go Go Darkness record we made two years ago, and we plan on making a new one very soon. The Dead Skeletons record will be out this summer.

I also have a project with my friend Tank called Hank and Tank and we released a record two years ago called Songs For The Birds. Then I have another project with Tank and Helgi Örn (both ex-Sling players) called Goddamn Skunks. We actually haven´t played together for years, but intend to do so this summer. We have one rule, to never ever rehearse. So each gig is a completely unique event. The last gig ended in the middle of a song with me strangling someone who had been bugging me.

Not at all, but I believe in curses. We also picked the date because it´s Mark´s birthday (Mark Openshaw of Outlier records).

Well, I am very lucky to have various talented friends who like my music. But the only actual (experienced) film maker that has worked with Singapore Sling though is Uli Schueppel. We had recently met in Berlin and become friends when we decided he should come to Iceland to make a video with us.

SIngapore Sling- Godman Directed by Uli Schueppel

I don´t pay attention. Vebeth is all I care about.

I haven´t really thought about it, but it´s possible. And live this time it will be different.

Well yes, there should be plenty of singles to look forward to, and videos.

No it is not limited to artists from Iceland. The Meek from LA are a part of Vebeth. And you can expect a killer record from them soon.

I met with Mark in London last summer and we talked and saw that we both shared a similar vision of how this recording and releasing business should be. Outlier is a sort of anti-label, so it fits Vebeth perfectly.

No plans yet, but there will be more music. Always.

Nothing. Everything. Never Forever.

NEVER FOREVER Track-list

1. The Nothing Inside
2. Freaks
3. Tunnel Vision
4. Take
5. Now It´s Time To Disappear
6. All I Want
7. Sleep
8. You Can´t Compare
9. Poison Ape
10. Afterlife
11. On A Different Star
12. Never Forever