Description
Label Review.
2019 album also available on CD.
Our Overview.
Thea Hjelmeland is an artist, composer, writer and multiinstrumentalist from Norway now based in France. She is now releasing her third album ‘Kulla’ worldwide. After huge success and a break from the public eye The Hjelmeland is back with her third album; KULLA. This time she brings us to the dance floor, where she takes a stand against the taboos around our bodies, the passive spectators in the society and the twisted beauty ideals. The result is a solid and strong pop album, from a multi-artist with control. The album is filled with playful and danceable pop, that magical sound Thea is known for.
Thea was raised in a little village, inside one of Norways deep fjords by an artist mother and a musician father where music was present before she could even walk. As far as she knows she has always been singing, and as the years passed by she picked up instrument after instrument. Growing up with rhythm & blues, soul music and world music, Thea started to create her own thing. She plays acoustic pop, but the influences of music and travels can be heard in her style and lyrics. Her voice can make even the toughest man cry, reaching from the highest to the deepest notes, powerful or soft. Her playfulness in music and her presence on stage gives audience a rare adventure.
In Norway she is known as an exceptional live artist with a unique, playful expression and soundscape: on her albums as well as on stage. ‘Kulla’ is an upbeat experimental pop album with a taste of soul, jazz, trip hop and electronics. The lyrics touch upon feminism, with a sarcastic and sometimes morbid sense of humour, but always contain depth and an underlying severity. Thea Hjelmeland is honest and energetic, as are her albums and concerts.
Thea is a 2 times winner of the Norwegian Grammy for best Indie album and 4 times nominee. She has toured extensively in Norway, Europe and Cuba since her teenage years; released three albums and also composes music for theatre, dance companies and movies.