This Swedish couple strip hip-hop tracks of their machismo and turn them into haunting torch songsjj, aka Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander, are a Swedish couple whose fragile pop walks the fine line between gorgeously sighing and lazily non-committal. Their three records thus far – jj no 1, jj no 2 and, er, jj no 3 – have ranged from moments of perfection to scraps of songs that seem like neither can really be bothered. One thing they can do, however, is reimagine other people's compositions...
Guardian Music — This Swedish couple strip hip-hop tracks of their machismo and turn them into haunting torch songsjj, aka Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander, are a Swedish couple whose fra... more info