Norwegian duo Smerz have released Believer, their debut album, out now via XL Recordings. With Believer, which Motzfeldt and Stoltenberg starting working on three years ago, they formalise the boundless sonic world that started to emerge within each of their famed NTS shows: these new songs seamlessly weave together techniques and sounds pulled from chamber and classical music, hip hop, R&B, and trance, but the end product is something altogether uncanny. Working mostly on their computer, their main instrument, Motzfeldt and Stoltenberg search...
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Norwegian duo Smerz have announced the release of Believer, their debut album, coming on 26 February 2021 via XL Recordings. The announcement is accompanied by a music video for the title track. “The lyrics for this song were written over a period of almost two years,” the duo recall. “So it ended up having a natural development parallel to our lives.” ‘Believer’ is another taste from the forthcoming album that...
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Norwegian duo Smerz release ‘I don’t talk about that much‘ and ‘Hva hvis‘ together in a visual that’s both enchanting and bizarre. Following the recent release of the Believer trailer that featured ‘The favourite‘ and ‘Rap interlude‘, the visuals released today traverse as many varied influences as the duo’s music. Smerz, who are Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg, star in the video, which shows the Norwegian folk tradition Hallingdansen, a...
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Norway’s Smerz return with two new songs, shared in the form of a trailer for an as-yet-unannounced project known as Believer. The visual takes shape around the songs ‘The favourite‘ and ‘Rap interlude‘, a taster for a forthcoming body of work that pushes Smerz far beyond their previous releases. The duo of Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg decamped for a time from Copenhagen (where they cut their teeth in the...
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Smerz have released their much-awaited EP, Have fun. Launched with a video for new track ‘Worth it’, produced and directed by the Norwegian duo. Watch below! Produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Copenhagen-based duo. Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldts’ EP compiles the duo’s recent output with some new unreleased music. The visual for ‘Worth it’ follows a similar narrative output that we’ve come to expect from Smerz. A dark, twisted...
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Smerz have released their third new track and video in as many months. The new single ‘Have fun’ is a groovier cut of their breathed vocals and minimal beats. Watch the clip below! The video was produced and directed by Smerz, and as with all Smerz music, the track was produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Norwegian duo. Prolific doesn’t even cover it. Henriette and Catharina, who comprise Smerz, were...
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Smerz are on a roll at the tail end of 2017, with their second single ‘Half life’. Catharina and Henriette’s new track continues the duo’s penchant for minimalist beats and R&B vocals. Watch the video below! The video was produced and directed by Smerz, and as with all Smerz music, the track was produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Norwegian duo. The video is an off-kilter version of those classic R&B...
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Norwegian duo Smerz are back with new track ‘Oh my my’, their first new music since releasing the critically-acclaimed debut EP Okey, which Gorilla vs. Bear called “one of the best debuts of last year.” Produced, programmed and sung entirely by the duo, ‘Oh my my’, their debut release on XL Recordings / Remote Control, is a minimal track that’s pinned together by speaker sucking bass and soulful vocal melodies, crafting a modern techno sound that’s uniquely Smerz. Henriette and Catharina, who comprise Smerz, were raised...
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