Infernal (band)
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| Infernal | |
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 Leadsinger Lina Rafn at the 2007 Danish DJ Awards.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Denmark |
| Genre(s) | Pop Disco Electro-pop Dance Trance House |
| Years active | 1997—present |
| Label(s) | FLEX Records(DK) Border Breakers Europa Recordings (UK) under exclusive license |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Lina Rafn Paw Lagermann |
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| Former members | |
| Søren Haahr | |
Infernal is a two-piece Danish dance music group, consisting of members Lina Rafn and Paw Lagermann. They made their Danish debut in 1997 with the release of the track "Sorti de L'enfer", and have gone on to international chart success in recent years. Their most successful single to date has been "From Paris to Berlin", which charted well in many European countries throughout 2006 and 2007. In addition to the original single, an alternate version was released in the UK titled "From London to Berlin", supporting England in the 2006 Football World Cup
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[edit] History
[edit] Musical beginnings
Infernal started out as a three-piece band in 1997. Lina, Paw and the third being Søren Haahr, but Søren left the group in 2000. Initially they were known for their unconventional style of singing as well as their experimental blend of different genres of music. In recent years they have turned towards more songwriting and their sound have gone from a sub genre club-sound to dance-oriented pop-sound aimed at the charts. An example of their early musical experiments is their track "Kalinka" which is based on the Russian Drobushki folk melody. From 1998 to 2004, the band released four albums in their native Denmark, three studio albums, one of them being a re-issue and one remix/live compilation album. All of them spawned Top 10 hits in Denmark, for example "Sunrise", "Muzaik", "Kiss The Sky", "Kalinka" and "You Receive Me", the latter being the theme song for a Danish season of the TV show Big Brother.
[edit] International breakthrough
In 2004, their third studio album From Paris to Berlin was released. With the release of the title track, "From Paris To Berlin", they went on to major international chart-success. "From Paris to Berlin" became the only song released by a Danish act nominated at the Nordic Music Awards 2005. Ahead of the World Cup 2006, "From Paris to Berlin" was re-recorded for the English market with lyrics celebrating the English football squad, titled "From London to Berlin". However, the song was withdrawn from radio airplay and TV following England's knockout from the World Cup In May 2006, "From Paris to Berlin" climbed to #2 in the UK charts and remained in the top five for seven weeks, becoming the 6th best selling single in the UK in 2006. The following single released in the UK was titled "Self Control". It was a cover of a 1984 song by Italian pop singer Raf, which was also covered by Laura Branigan that same year. The Infernal version stalled at #18 in the UK charts, and #14 in Ireland. The single wasn't released in Spain, due to a similar version being released by Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas. Instead, they released "Ten Miles" in Spain, which topped the Spanish singles charts in November 2006. "I Won't Be Crying" served as the third single in Europe but failed to build momentum and gain significant airplay in the UK. It still went on to become a moderate hit in Europe and became the band's most watched video on YouTube, passing 1,500,000 views. On May 28, 2007, the band released a new version of their From Paris To Berlin album, this time in Europe and Asia. The new album contained two new songs and a bonus DVD on the Japanese edition. Counting sales of both first and second versions, From Paris To Berlin has sold more than one million copies worldwide.[1]
Afterwards, "Ten Miles", was released in Europe. The song became an unexpected hit for the duo, surpassing the peak of "I Won't Be Crying" in Europe and reaching Top 5 in Poland.
Not yet well-known in the United States, Infernal is hoping to break the North American market, with the album being added in the American and Canadian Itunes and receiving great reviews.[2].
[edit] Electric Cabaret
The band announced on February that their new album, entitled Electric Cabaret would be released worldwide on August 11, 2008.[3]. The first single, called "Downtown Boys" had its worldwide premiere at Boogie Prisen, a Danish award show. The single was released on April 14 to Danish radio stations and Itunes and peaked at number #2 on the Danish Singles Chart, surpassing the peak of "Self Control" and "I Won't Be Crying" and #1 for four weeks on the Danish Airplay Chart, being their first single to reach that position.[4] On June 13, 2008, the entire tracklist and album cover were released. For the first time, fans from all around the world were able to purchase the album through the band's official website. This allows fans from countries where the band isn't signed yet to legally buy their new music.[5] The album met positive reviews, stating that stand-out tracks from the album include "Punk Disco" and "Redefinition". Electric Cabaret has yet to be physically released in the UK, although Infernal is trying to look for a record partner to release the album.
[edit] Discography
See main article: Infernal discography
[edit] Albums
- Released: 1998
- Label: FLEX Records(DK)
- Released: 1998
- Label: FLEX Records(DK)
- Released: 2000
- Label: FLEX Records(DK)
- Released: 2001
- Label: FLEX Records(DK)
- Released: 2004/2007
- Label: Border Breakers
- Released: 2008
- Label: Border Breakers
[edit] Singles
All released singles and their peak positions in Australia (AUS),[6] Austria (AUT),[7] Denmark (DEN),[8] Finland (FIN),[9] France (FR),[10] Germany (GER),[11] Ireland (IR),[12] Netherlands (NL),[13] Norway (NOR),[14] Spain (SPA)[citation needed], Sweden (SWE),[15] Switzerland (SUI)[16] and the United Kingdom (UK).[17]
A blank field indicates the peak position for the single in that chart is unknown.
| Year | Title | Chart positions[18] | Album | ||||||||||||
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| AUS | AUT | DEN | FIN | FR | GER | IR | NL | NOR | SPA | SWE | SUI | UK | |||
| 1997 | "Sorti de l'enfer" 1 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Infernal Affairs |
| 1998 | "Highland Fling" 1 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Infernal Affairs |
| 1998 | "Kalinka" 1 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Infernal Affairs |
| 1998 | "Voodoo Cowboy" 1 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Infernal Affairs |
| 1999 | "Your Crown" 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Infernal Affairs |
| 2000 | "Serengeti" 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muzaik / Waiting for Daylight |
| 2001 | "Sunrise" | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muzaik / Waiting for Daylight |
| 2001 | "Muzaik" | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muzaik / Waiting for Daylight |
| 2001 | "You Receive Me" | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muzaik / Waiting for Daylight |
| 2001 | "Let Me Hear You Say Yeah" | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muzaik / Waiting for Daylight |
| 2003 | "The Cult of Noise" (feat. SNAP!) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Banjo Thing" (feat. Red$tar) | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2005 | "From Paris to Berlin" 2,3 | 20 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 61 | 2 | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2005 | "Keen on Disco" | — | — | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | 13 | — | — | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2004 | "Cheap Trick Kinda Girl" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2005 | "A to the B" | 53 | — | 3 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2006 | "Ten Miles" | — | — | 3 | 13 | 84 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | From Paris to Berlin |
| 2006 | "Self Control" | 40 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | 32 | — | 18 | From Paris to Berlin (UK) |
| 2007 | "I Won't Be Crying" | — | — | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | 123 | From Paris to Berlin (UK) |
| 2008 | "Downtown Boys" | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Cabaret |
| 2008 | "Whenever You Need Me" | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Cabaret |
| 2009 | "Electric Light" | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Cabaret |
| 2009 | "Redefinition" | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Cabaret |
- 1 The chart archive of the Danish Single Top 20 goes back only to the beginning of 2001, so the peak positions for the singles before that are unknown.
- 2 Some peak positions were for the 2006 release of "From Paris to Berlin."
[edit] References
- ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Talking Shop: Infernal
- ^ Infernal.dk news
- ^ Infernal comeback | Hitsurf.dk
- ^ DJz.dk - Endelig: Ny single fra Infernal!!
- ^ Home - INFERNAL
- ^ Australian Singles Chart - archive
- ^ Austrian Singles Chart - archive
- ^ Danish Singles Chart Archive
- ^ Finnish Singles Chart - archive
- ^ French Singles Chart - archive
- ^ German Singles Chart Archive
- ^ Irish Singles Chart Archive
- ^ Netherland Singles Chart
- ^ Norwegian Singles Chart - archive
- ^ Swedish Singles Chart - archive
- ^ Swiss Singles Chart - archive
- ^ UK Singles Chart - archive
- ^ Single chart positions
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Official MySpace
- UK Fan Site
- Paw Lagermann Fan Site
- Unofficial Forum
- BBC News - Interview
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