Artist: Francis Bowie
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
CD: Francis Bowie EP
Release date: Oct 17, 2011
Label: Interscope Digital
Production: Michelle Djarling & Kasper Larsen (Kay & Ndustry)
Websites: http://francisbowie.bandcamp.c
Style: Intelligent Pop Music
Streaming link: http://francisbowie.bandcamp.c
Secure Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?t3nl
Music video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
“Sunny Day” music video: http://youtu.be/260f6EIaQi4
Bio: Francis Bowie is a metrosexual whirlwind of creativity within the Danish music and art scene; aside of his singing and songwriting, he is a painter, sculptor, designer, writer and gallery owner.
Along with a growing band of people worldwide who love pop music but are disenfranchised by the bland ‘Pop Idol style’ music that dominate the charts, Francis Bowie has decided to promote his new concept of Intelligent Pop Music, aka IPM.
The Francis Bowie EP is a beautifully crafted selection of his finest songs in a NuWave vein. With soaring synthlines and orchestral backing, it’s light yet deep; sincere and thoughtful; catchy yet cool, it’s a superb example of the IPM genre.
In Copenhagen in 2007, he opened his first art gallery GalArtery, while also releasing the debut album “Too Much” with his indie art rock band “A LOVE YOU”. GalArtery soon became a place where young artists could gather and do their shows and performances. After touring constantly in 2010 with A LOVE YOU, Francis decided to leave the band for a while and do solo projects. In the spring of 2011 along with two designers, he opened a second art gallery called MATT 18 which also exhibits fashion, clothing and design.
Francis is frustrated by the scene today: “I’m disappointed by many contemporary pop musicians and producers because it seems like it’s just about going for the cash and a pretty young face. Anything else like the quality and content of the songs themselves rather than just the look often get overlooked in the race for the charts.
Francis Bowie does not think that pop music should deal with all these matters at once or necessarily be too complex. But neither should pop music should be as banal as it can so often be in his opinion. In his own words; “IPM is an attempt to put some quality, dignity and honour back into popular music”
View video ‘Sunny Day’ from the EP here:
http://youtu.be/260f6EIaQi4