Chikan
Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden | INDIE
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The best kept secret in music
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Discography
Official Releases:
"Chikan / Ariel Kill Him" split 7" (Circle Around A Circle, 2002)
"Cops and Crooks in Your Head" CD, (Circle Around A Circle, 2006)
- Baseball Bat Persuasive recieved long and frequent exposure on national TV commercial spot.
"I Like You Better (When You're Drunk)" (EP, Circle Around A Circle, 2011)
Compilations:
Yeah Yeah Gefle IF (Bilda, 2005)
I Love Gävle (Diet Records, 2006)
Boomtown Loves Sweden (Boomtown, 2011)
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Bio
Standing with one foot in the dark woods of Dalarna, Sweden whilst dipping the toes of the other one in the Baltic Sea and the gateway to the Northern parts of the country, Petter Söderberg alias Chikan, is using both hands to hammer all day long in his musical carpentry.
Söderberg's previous indie/posthardcore outfit Amical toured Europe frequently and shared bills with acts such as Pretty Girls Make Graves, Blood Brothers and Brandtson and recieved attention on Swedish national radio P3.
The music of Chikan has since gained followers through a strong live performance, a characteristic voice and lyrics of multilayered relevance displayed on several tours around Europe. Chikan's new song "I Like You Better (When Your Drunk)", already prior to its release, received attention from radio stations in Germany (where it was listed for several months on the very acknowledged station Motor FM during the the time Söderberg lived and made music in Berlin), Sweden aswell as college radio in the States.
The track "Baseball Bat Persuasive" from the debut album "Cops and Crooks in Your Head" was before that featured in a television commercial that run on national TV for 2 years.
Chikan has shared stages with acts like: The Radio Dpt, Kevin Devine and Tiger Lou and last year Chikan was on the well renowned German music Festival MELT!
All senses open to dress the creations in observations, experiences and semantics.
Gaining followers through a strong live performance, a characteristic voice and lyrics of multilayered relevance.
It's hard to sort Chikan into merely one existing genre due to a willingness to try out new tools and techniques. You've heard and seen Chikan as a loud, full scale rock band, as an electro act providing the radio with alcohol-related drama. And many times has he taken on an audience armed with nothing but Canadian wood and some stories that desperately needed to be told.
2011-03-26 Mora, S:t Mikaelsskolan
2011-02-11 Göteborg, Kontiki
2010-12-16 Borlänge, Boomtown
2010-11-10 Gävle, Spegeln w/ Britta Persson
2010-10-22 Berlin (Ger), Arcanoa w/ Chimneyheart
2010-08-21 Berlin (Ger), The Establishment
2010-08-19 Berlin (Ger), 7tsd. Kreuzberg w/ Chimneyheart
2010-08-06 Berlin (Ger), Magnet w/ The Radio Dpt
2010-07-29 Berlin (Ger), Schokoladen w/ Björn Kleinhenz
2010-07-16 MELT! FESTIVAL (Ger)
2010-07-10 Berlin (Ger), Art Gerecht w/ Chimneyheart
2010-07-08 Berlin (Ger), Duncker w/ Chimneyheart
2010-06-11 Göteborg, Mitt Andra Hem w/The Preacher & the Bear
2010-05-22 Stockholm, Debaser Medis w/ Sic Alps & Dinosaurs Are Still Alive
2010-05-08 Gävle, Konstcentrum w/Twiggy Frostbite
2010-04-23 Gävle, Lättings w/ Anna Frank
2010-02-14 Bremen (Ger), Wohnzimmer
2010-02-14 Bremen (Ger), Altes Fundamt, Cake & Tunes
2010-02-12 Hamburg (Ger), Hasenschaukel
2010-01-26 Berlin (Ger), Madame Claude w/ Chimneyheart
2009-12-13 Berlin (Ger), Privatclub w/ Kevin Devine
2009-10-31 Berlin (Ger), KvU w/ Smash It Up
2009-10-20 Görlitz (Ger), Stille Post Club w/ Björn Kleinhenz
2009-08-27 Berlin (Ger), Soupanova
2009-07-28 Berlin (Ger), Madame Claude
2009-05-30 Berlin (Ger), Lovelite
2009-05-26 Berlin (Ger), Intersoap w/ Euphoria and the Lazy Boy, Winter Took His Life, Tvärvägen & Hajen
2009-05-22 Berlin (Ger), NBI
2009-05-21 Berlin (Ger), Yuma Bar
2009-05-17 Leipzig (Ger), Kultiviert Anders! w/ Euphoria and the Lazy Boy, Winter Took His Life, Tvärvägen & Hajen
2009-02-15 Berlin (Ger), Schokoladen
2009-01-15 Berlin (Ger), Schokoladen w/ Ned Collette
2008-12-13 Magdeburg (Ger), Project 7 w/ Tiger Lou & Firefox AK
2008-04-30 Göteborg, Kontiki w/ Ida Redig
2008-04-04 Hamburg (Ger), Indra
2008-04-04 Hamburg (Ger), Yoome TV
2008-04-03 Bremen (Ger), Urlaub w/ Chelsy
2008-04-02 Solingen-Wald (Ger), Waldmeister w/ Chelsy
2008-03-30 Wuppertal (Ger), Beatz und Kekse w/ Videoclub
2008-03-29 Münster (Ger), Amp w/ Chelsy
2008-03-28 Enschede (NL), Molly Malone w/ Chelsy
2008-03-27 Oldenburg (Ger), Polyester w/ Chelsy
2008-03-08 Göteborg, Prebendegatan
2008-03-05 Göteborg, Go Ahead/The Camp @ Sticky Fingers
2007-12-08 Gävle, Spegeln
2007-11-03 Göteborg, Vedfesten w/ Sicken Skuta & The Eyeshades
2007-06-10 Wuppertal (Ger), Beatz und Kekse w/ The Sodapop Diaries
2007-06-09 Mülheim (Ger), KMH w/ Chelsy
2007-06-08 Lingen (Ger), Rock am Dom
2007-06-04 Göteborg, Klubb Sunkpop w/ Cape Farewell & Think-Box
2007-06-02 Uppsala, Ungdomens Hus w/ Cape Farewell
2007-05-31 Gävle, Klubb Sunkpop w/ Cape Farewell & Hillnor
2007-05-26 Gävle, Art Garden
2006-08-26 Schwerin (Ger), Zeppelin
2006-08-25 Döbeln (Ger), Café Courage
2006-08-23 Chemnitz (Ger), Subway to Peter
2006-08-22 Limburg (Ger), Benni´s
2006-08-21 Frankfurt (Ger), Das Bett
2006-08-20 Mülheim (Ger), KMH
2006-08-19 Münster (Ger), Fieber Tanzparty
2006-08-18 Halle (Ger), Objekt 5
2006-08-17 Berlin
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