Swedish electronic environmentalists TWICE A MAN drop a beautiful video clip for the previously released first advance single ‘Birds Eye View‘, which is taken from their forthcoming new full-length “The Coloured Breeze Is a New Dimension”.
The highly anticipated album has been scheduled for release on June 13, 2025.
Format
“The Coloured Breeze Is a New Dimension” is available as a 36-page hardcover CD artbook, and as a black vinyl LP.
Shop
http://lnk.spkr.media/twiceaman-breeze
Tracklist
1. Birds Eye View
2. Dahlia
3. Reality Blur
4. Unknown Threads
5. Birds Eye View 2
6. Moving Underground
7. Second Field
8. Trembling Forest
9. Floating Ashore
TWICE A MAN have always been pioneers. They spearheaded electronic music in their native Sweden. Long before it was fashionable, the Swedes positioned themselves as environmentalists. This theme is still running through their lyrics but is also reflected in their music that still amalgamates futuristic electronics and organic elements. In their holistic approach of creating a sonic cosmos of their own, the band resembles THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS. Musically, theirs is a different story that has been lovingly described as “Ultravox on weed – also melancholic but without the saccharine pathos” or “like a sad Gary Numan, but with a warm, organic touch”. There are also gentle echoes of TANGERINE DREAM, KLAUS SCHULZE, and THE HUMAN LEAGUE among many other possible references.
When singer, guitarist, and keyboarder Dan Söderqvist teamed up with synth player Karl Gasleben in 1977, the duo formed COSMIC OVERDOSE as the first electronic band in Scandinavia, which grew into TWICE A MAN. During their remarkable career, the Swedes released a multitude of full-length albums that include special projects and two compilations. They also played countless shows and went on to create a soundtrack for 7 full-evening theatre performances at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, music for movies, exhibitions, dance performances, and computer games.
TWICE A MAN‘s interest in nature, environmental issues, and natural protection was always present and manifested for example in music for an exhibition about whales at the Cultural House of Stockholm in 1984. The multimedia performance “Driftwood” (1988) described the nature of their childhood at the west coast of Sweden and in a similar vein they also released the ambient forest album “Cocoon” (2019). Samples from the sound of the natural world and field recordings have been incorporated into the music of TWICE A MAN already in the early 80s.
The natural world still remains as a strong presence in the lyrics and sound of “The Coloured Breeze Is a New Dimension”. It is the musical equivalent of TWICE A MAN seeking and offering comfort by allowing their minds to wander into nature, art, and towards friends and books to get away for some time from all modern evils.
Release Date: June 13, 2025
Label: Dependent Records
Line-up
Dan Söderqvist – electronics, guitars, vocals
Karl Gasleben – electronics
Jocke Söderqvist – electronics
Links
www.twiceaman.com
www.facebook.com/twiceaman