Sandra Kolstad

Sandra Kolstad makes electronic music. Dark and danceable, explosive and extravagant. She has seduced audiences with her strong live performances, in countries as Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark and Germany and is confirmed to Roskilde Festival 2012 and much more to come. When Sandra Kolstad’s debut album “CRUX” was released it received great reviews with standing ovations across the media. The record, produced by Kolstad herself, even had several critics ready to anoint her as the new queen of Norwegian electronic pop music. Laurie Anderson and Karin Dreijer Anderson aka Fever Ray let Sandra use some of their sounds on ”CRUX”. Kolstad is known for her highly visual performances. She makes electronic music, but as a classically trained pianist, she has big ambitions for the music’s live potential. Kolstad impressed – and surprised some perhaps – as a live proposition at last year’s Øya festival in Oslo, when she was joined on stage by a bodybuilder, in addition to noise musician Marck F**k and her faithful band member, the Swedish jazz musician and improviser Francis Petter Eldh. And Sandra Kolstad isn’t one to rest on her laurels, her next album is already slated for autumn 2012. "In Sandra Kolstad, Norway has finally found a worthy representative for electronic pop music". (5/6, Aftenposten, Norways biggest newspaper, 15.04.11) "Queen of electronic pop"(5/6, Dagsavisen, 29.04.11) "Berlin's electro music scene has a little Norwegian gem on it's hands and it's called Sandra Kolstad. With a wonderful synth-pop sound and instantly danceable and poptastic tunes we can't see this lady staying off your radar for too much longer."(Blitzgigs.de) "Sandra has some of that strong and independent you can also find in Jenny Wilson and Jenny Hval. As Robyn, she combines industrial techno with modern noise pop. That goes very well with her dark, dramatic voice". (Dagens næringsliv, 20.04.11) "Sandra Kolstad (...) composes synthesized constellations that provide meaningful resistance"(VG, 29.04.11)