{"id":31733,"date":"2017-05-27T20:13:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=31733"},"modified":"2017-05-27T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T18:26:13","slug":"sleeping-jakob-ogawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/sleeping-jakob-ogawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping with Jakob Ogawa!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Friday night, I did not have a Katy Perry-style house party, but I did party on a rooftop with mountain views and funky grooves\u00a0in Bergen, Norway with Jakob<\/strong> and his band. Earlier in the evening, he\u00a0played Bergen’s jewel of a venue, Landmark, where I ‘woo’ed, swayed and clapped as loudly as I could with a beer glass nestled between arm and chest. However, I certainly was out-danced by one Bergenite with near jelly-like limbs).<\/p>\n

Ogawa<\/strong>\u00a0and I met a few months ago in Berlin where I interviewed him (read here<\/a>)\u00a0and first saw him live. We got lost in conversation for about an hour and a half, and not only was I taken by his eloquence and passion, but also\u00a0his\u00a0sound which has the rare ability to lull the listener into a dream-like trance, pairing\u00a0warm vocals with easy-on-the-ear drums and mellow, legato guitar.<\/p>\n

His latest track, ‘You Might Be Sleeping’ is his first to feature another artist – in this case, 18 year old\u00a0Clairo<\/a>\u00a0from Boston), and transports you to a peach-coloured\u00a0bedroom with pink translucent curtains,\u00a0allowing\u00a0a soft haze of sunlight in. It recounts an easy, cosy romance with the power to melt away the blues.<\/p>\n

As the European summer starts to tease its way into our cities, leave your room, mix up\u00a0a fruit salad and park yourself in\u00a0the park with Jakob Ogawa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His\u00a0debut EP, \u201cBedroom Tapes\u201d, will be released June 16th, 2017, & yesterday\u00a0was his birthday! Gratulerer med dagen homie!<\/h3>\n