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Ace of Base
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We are thrilled to announce that our new single "All For You" just been released from our forthcoming studio album, to be released in the fall of 2010!
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Welcome to the Official Ace of Base YouTube Site!
We are thrilled to announce that our new studio album - The Golden Ratio is being released this fall of 2010!
Seldom has a band been so eagerly awaited. But now the wait is over; pop phenomena Ace of Base are back on the international music scene, with two new vocalists Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson joining Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg.
If you've heard "Alejandro" (and who hasn't), then you know that Lady Gaga is a huge fan of Ace of Base. Katy Perry has expressed her love for the Swedish quartet too, but they are only two of the millions of fans who will be ecstatic to hear the first new studio album by Ace of Base in eight years, "The Golden Ratio." The first taste of the album, the new single, "All for you," is now availabe.
"We are extremely honored to have two of the biggest and most creative artists in the world saying those nice things about us," says Ulf Ekberg, who founded Ace of Base with Jonas Berggren. "I listen to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and find myself in turn being inspired by them. In many ways their singles 'Just Dance' and 'I Kissed A Girl' opened up radio for pop and dance again. We did a little of that in the early '90s in the U.S., so it's amazing they are inspired by us and we've come back."
The band still holds the world record for the most selling debut album of all time; Happy Nation (The Sign), which sold over 23 million copies and went gold and platinum in over 40 countries. In 1993, Ace of Base stayed no 1 for 6 weeks on Billboards single and album list with The Sign and sold, as the first non-American band ever, diamond with the album.
In 1993 they where nominated in the USA for 2 Grammy Awards, won 2 American Music Awards, 2 Billboard Awards and 7 World Music Awards. 2000, both All that she wants and The Sign ended up on Billboards top ten of the most played songs ever in America. Ace of Base have reached the no 1-chart position worldwide and released 4 albums and 1 "best of" album with 4 new songs. Ace of Base have sold almost 60 million albums and singles and have contributed songs to over 750 million sold compilation albums!
"The Golden Ratio" is the end result of three years of work in the studio for Ulf and Jonas. Their main challenge was to find what the Ace of Base sound would be in the second decade of the 21st century. After a year of experimenting, they realized they wanted to embrace and preserve the original Ace of Base sound and make it contemporary at the same time.
"I bought my first Kraftwerk album when I was eight," says Ulf. "Our music came from that and the first new wave of Depeche Mode, OMD, Human League and Eurythmics. We asked ourselves how would we sound now if we did exactly the music that we love, so we experimented with analog synthesizers, Pendell basses and live drums. Of course, we have matured a little bit, so we wanted to present that side of us as well and do some songs with only live instruments and show a more mature side of our songwriting. So take music from the early '80s, mix it with Ace of Base from the early '90s and bring it up to 2010 -- that was the challenge and it took the first two years spending every day in the studio mixing, fixing, changing and producing before we started to feel that we were on the right path."
Jonas and Ulf had another challenge: to find two new female vocalists. Jonas' sisters, Malin and Jenny, were charter members of Ace of Base. But Malin didn't want to continue and Jenny wanted to focus on a solo album.
"We did a very discreet search because we wanted to find the two best girls for the band without calling a lot of attention to it," says Ulf. Martin Dodd, who signed Ace of Base to the Danish label Mega in 1991 and who was a close associate to the famed Cheiron Studios in Stockholm with Max Martin and Denniz PoP, suggested Julia Williamson. "She came to our studio, and when she opened her mouth and sang the first tune, it took us one second to realize she was exactly what we needed for our new songs," says Ulf. "We still needed to find someone with a different style of voice for other songs so we continued to look." Filling in as a judge on the Swedish version of "Idol," Ulf met Clara Hagman, a finalist who had been eliminated before she made the top 10. "She was breathtaking, and when she sang 'Warwick Avenue,' I fell in love with her voice," says Ulf. "I was afraid she would win 'Idol' and not be available to us but fortunately she didn't!"
By December 2009, "The Golden Ratio" was complete -- or so Jonas and Ulf thought. "We wrote 'All for you" to bridge the dance world of 2010 to our hit 'Beautiful Life.' It was one of the first songs we recorded with Clara, who joined the group some time after Julia," Ulf explains. "We were so inspired by 'All for you´ that we went into the studio and recorded another song, 'The Golden Ratio,' which became the title track."
Formation Date:
May 1, 1988
Record Label:
The Golden Ratio
Label Type:
Major Label
Band Members:
Ulf Ekberg, Jonas Berggren, Julia Williamson and Clara Hagman
Influences:
Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Snap, Bob Marley
Sounds Like:
Classic hooky pop with reggae and dance influences
Hometown:
Gothenburg/Stockholm
Country:
Sweden
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Channel Comments
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metritavara
(1 year ago)
Hi. I have made a remix of a song All For You. Can I put it here on Youtube?
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emhayastan
(1 year ago)
Finally! I love you guys. Definitely going to miss Linn and Jenny, it wouldn't be the same without you ladies :(
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Aventtis
(1 year ago)
Hello ACE of BASED, they were left to surprise ... successes regards from Lima - Perú
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miltonebr
(1 year ago)
me encanta ace of base,bellas canciones
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24khicaa
(1 year ago)
bravo .cristi romania
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sunny94343
(1 year ago)
happy nation is your song?????????????
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paladinodasensatez
(1 year ago)
I suggest another accoustic version, this time of The Sign.
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pupetia
(1 year ago)
Great songs I love the new album, try to make it to the US and make a comeback!!
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loverangel08
(1 year ago)
you are the best i love your music
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mipa26
(1 year ago)
your album rocks!!!!thanks a lot ACE OF BASE!!!HI from Greece!!!!
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