Per Gessle

Aftonbladet: Roxette to conquer the world again

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In the Friday’s paper and online editions of Aftonbladet – the great feature about Roxette’s forthcoming tour and album was published by Jens Peterson. He was Roxette’s guest during several concerts in 2011 – in Poland and Sweden – and last week he also visited Roxette in the Stockholm Atlantis Studio, where the last recording session for T2 album took place. Here are the most interesting quotes from Marie, Per and pieces of information they revealed.

Big thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for all his help.

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“Small Apartments” opens on SXSW Film Festival

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SXSW Film website informs that Jonas Åkerlund’s second full-length production called “Small Apartments” will have its world premiere on the festival in Austin, Texas, US between March 9-17, 2012.

Small Apartments (World Premiere)
Director: Jonas Åkerlund

When Franklin Franklin accidentally kills his landlord, he must hide the body; but, the wisdom of his beloved brother and the quirks of his neighbors, force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Cast: Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan

Per Gessle’s “Kurt – the fastest plumber in the west” in Åkerlund’s “Small Apartments” trailer

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As we informed 10 days ago – Per Gessle has written some new songs for Jonas Akerlund’s film called “Small Apartments”. Below you can see the very first trailer for this film – still being in production. 2005 song called “Kurt – the fastest plumber in the west” (homeage to Kurt Gessle, Per’s father) from Son Of A Plumber project is used in this 3-minute clip.

 

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for sending this through.

Per Gessle writes soundtrack for new Jonas Åkerlund film

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Per Gessle has just confirmed what we already suspected in November: that the soundtrack he was working on is indeed for “Small Apartments”, the new film by Jonas Åkerlund. Per has just written the following on Facebook:

Yes Box Alright! I’ve done the soundtrack, based on the Son of a Plumber vibe, for Jonas Åkerlund’s new movie “Small Apartments”. The music has been recorded at the AGM Studio and as expected the mighty Mr Lundquist & Mr Ofwerman have been the cornerstones. The film? Well, it’s a “dark comedy” (based on the S.A. novel) starring Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan and Peter Stormare in the leading parts. And yes, it’s a wonderful movie. And yes, there will be a soundtrack. And yes, we have to release it on vinyl as well. I’m really proud to be part of this. Cheers, P. PS. Jonas is God.

So if we didn’t have enough with Tourism 2 (or 2rism or 2Rism or however it will be called) and the tour.. there is even more for our ears this year.