Preview of I Blame Coco's "The Constant"

The band of I Blame Coco (that sometimes are seen with the spelling I Blåme Coco) with 20-year-old singer Coco Sumner (Eliot Paulina Sumner) as front figure, were in Sweden two weeks ago performing a great live show at Berns and also released the debut album "The Content" here.

They wanted to release it in Sweden first because it was here it all started. Together with great Swedish producer Klas Åhlund (Teddybears) Coco founded her electro sound in Stockholm. Klas has for example written and produced for our "Swedish Queen of Pop" Robyn with great success. And now it's time for the next success, I Blame Coco!

Coco is the daughter of kind-of-famous Sting. She is living in England, love Sweden but was born in Italy. And her career is about to burst worldwide. With the first single "Caesar" together with mentioned Robyn it all started out with rocket pace. Then with remixes of Miike Snow and Diplo the snowball was on the roll (find the Diplo remix in this older post)

I Blame Coco feat. Robyn - Caesar (Miike Snow Remix)

But now over to the debut album "The Constant", which is a fine release. Love Coco's smoky and raspy voice together with the energetic sound. A mix of electro, pop and 80s rock. It's a record to like every day of the week. As said earlier, released in Sweden two weeks ago, and then it's been released in a couple of other countries in Scandinavia and Europe. But the homeland of Coco have to wait until November 8 to get their hands of the release. Pre-order your copy here. And for the people of England there will some extra fun, because of the UK tour, buy your tickets for the shows here.

Here are some of the greatest tracks from the album, but don't forget to buy the whole release, because every track is good!

I Blame Coco - Selfmachine

I Blame Coco - Quicker

I Blame Coco - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

I Blame Coco - Please Rewind

And a fine acoustic live performance of "Selfmachine":


And to honour Coco's father (and a friend of him) we bring on this bonus edit of Rayko.

Eric Clapton & Sting - It's Probably Me (Rayko Edit)

Swedish Queen of Pop: Robyn

Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and Madonna was the Queen of Pop back in the days and now they say that Lady GaGa is today's Queen of Pop. I could definitely argue about that for long but until that argument sets off I will stick to that our amazing Robyn is the Swedish Queen of Pop.

To show the world that she is, she will release three mini-albums named "Body Talk" this year. The first one is out now "Body Talk Pt. 1" and it shows how multi-talented Robyn is. If the two other albums hold the same quality it's going to be Robyn's year big time. Buy "Body Talk Pt. 1" on CD here or digital here.

There are some of the tracks on the album that needs some comments. After last years hit "The Girl and the Robot" together with Röyksopp it was time for them to give it all up for Robyn. "None of Dem" is a new collaboration between Röyksopp and Robyn.

Robyn feat. Röyksopp - None of Dem

Diplo is helping out on "Dancehall Queen" and also made a remix of I Blåme Coco's "Caesar" where Robyn features. More on I Blåme Coco to come...

Robyn - Dancehall Queen

I Blåme Coco feat. Robyn - Caesar (Diplo Remix)

"Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do" is a track that got some sounds that reminds me of her latest album. Really dig this track, it's good electro from Sweden.

Robyn - Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do

The greatest track on "Body Talk Pt. 1" is "Dancing On My Own" and it was also released as a single to the album. It has been around in the blogosphere for a while now with reason. Some of our favourite remixers have also contributed with some splendid remixes of this track. Fred Falke and Rex the Dog are guys that got the well-earned respect of Tracasseur.

Robyn - Dancing On My Own

Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix)
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Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Rex The Dog Remix)

Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Chew Fu Extended Remix)

Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Jakwob Remix)

Robyn - Dancing On My Own ('Live Lounge' Performance)

The last track above is Robyn performing live in BBC's Radio One Live show. Fantastic version that once again shows that Robyn is the Swedish Queen of Pop: