Press release June 2009
Band: Andersen - One Nation Under A Groove
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Danish band played on Afghan radio station
The Danish band “One Nation Under A Groove” has
experienced something unique. An Afghan radio station has played
songs from their debut album ”Guardian Angel”. Perhaps
the songs are still on air throughout Afghanistan.
1. June 2009 the Danish band “One Nation Under A Groove”
with lead singer Henrik Andersen received a mail from Edwin Pinaroc,
Radio Editor-in-chief, CJPOTF, HQ ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan:
”Hello Henrik, I am - right now - no longer in Afghanistan,
but when I was there I did air some of your music on my radio
station”. Canadian Pinaroc works at ISAFs radio station
in Kabul. (ISAF: International Security Assistance Force)
This radio station is trying to reach the Afghans via information
in English and Pashtu. The radio produces news and often plays
Afghan pop and Bollywood-music from India; Indian music is very
popular in Afghanistan. Due to the Indian elements in the music
produced by One Nation Under A Groove (sitar and the Indian rhythmic
singing; ”Konnakol”), the radio editor-in-chief Edwin
Pinaroc has chosen to play several songs from the Danes debut
album ”Guardian Angel”, an album with English lyrics.
“It’s difficult to get more information from Afghanistan
right now, so we don’t know how the Afghans have responded
to our music. But we’re the first Danes, singing in English,
who have been on air in Afghan radio”, says lead singer
and composer Henrik Andersen.
Contact via the Danish Defence Command
The producer of the band, Morten Buschmann, has been working for
the Danish Defence Command in Copenhagen as a senior journalist
and editor.
“Via his job Morten found the address and sent our album
to Edwin Pinaroc. We don’t know whether ISAF still plays
our songs because it’s difficult to get in touch with Kabul.
But we’re extremely happy. And, we do hope that our music,
somehow, can build a peaceful cultural bridge between Denmark
and Afghanistan. This is our small contribution to peace in the
area”, says Henrik Andersen. For the time being, Denmark
has approximately 500 soldiers in the south of Afghanistan, the
province of Helmand.
Indie Indian western world pop
One Nation Under A Groove released their debut album ”Guardian
Angel” on 18th July 2008. Henrik Andersen lives in Copenhagen
and plays guitar, sitar, veena, sings the leadvokal, human beatbox
and the Indian vocal rhythms "Konnakol"; a rhythmic
style of singing without words. The band calls it a ”new
and different kind of rap”. The 12 songs are soul/triphop/pop/world
music with lyrics in English.
One Nation Under A Groove has many thousand fans on My Space,
Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and their website: www.onenation.dk.
Right now One Nation Under A Groove is recording their second
album, and meanwhile, ”Guardian Angel” is played on
many radio stations throughout the world –USA, UK, Netherland,
Belgium, India, Germany, Brazil, Schwitzerland, Bhutan (!) and,
now, in Afghanistan, too.
One Nation Under A Groove is:
Henrik Andersen: Lead singer, guitarist.
Morten Buschmann: Drums, producer.
Flemming Pedersen: Keyboards.
Band homepage: www.onenation.dk
(Lots of photos – for free downloading)
Music – six songs from ”Guardian
Angel”:
www.myspace.com/henrikandersenkingofnothing
Love and peace,
Morten Buschmann
Falkoner Allé 24, 2. th.
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Mobile: +45 26 15 44 74
Mail: Buschmann@webspeed.dk
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