Sweet Tempest

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Contradictions surround SWEET TEMPEST, Luna Kira’s and Julian Winding’s Berlin-based synth- pop duo, originally formed in Copenhagen. Aside from that ambiguous moniker, there’s the fact they want people to dance to songs about inequality and prejudice, and the way those songs are sometimes superficially frigid yet always warm-hearted beneath. Ask them who inspired them, too, and they’re as likely to point to Tom Waits as Ace of Base (though only the latter’s first album. It’s important to make that distinction.) And then there’s their personal history, an ‘Are they? /Aren’t they?’ soap opera which went on for over a decade.

SWEET TEMPEST, in other words, offer plenty to reflect upon, just like their debut debut album, GOING DOWN DANCING, which is drenched in 80s synths rewired for the 2020s, recalling artists like Lykke Li, Little Dragon, La Roux and Annie, with Pet Shop Boys’ literate pop and Stevie Nicks’ otherworldliness among further crucial ingredients. Inspired by a turbulent era in not only their own world but the world at large, they’ve have left behind the dream-pop of their foolish youth in favour of something less escapist, challenging listeners with essential if not always palatable ideas buried in often-exuberant pop like ground glass in toffee apples. “We may be privileged,” they explain, “but we value compassion and never learned how to shut up.” Sweet indeed, but razor-sharp, and a sign of storms on the horizon that no one can afford to ignore.
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Mine
Sweet Tempest
The Neon Demon (Original Soundtrack Album)
03:42
Composers: Julian Winding - Luna Rud-Petersen
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Mine (Julian Winding Highway 666 Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Mine (Julian Winding Highway 666 Mix)
04:14

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Albums
2023 KKX
18-08-2023
White Country (Remixes)
01
White Country (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
03:56
02
White Country (Edit by Kasper Winding)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
03:55
03
White Country (No Bloom Now Remix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
04:58
04
White Country (DJ iDJa Groovy Techno Mix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
06:40
05
White Country (Sacrobosco Remix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
04:27
06
White Country (Max Project Remix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
04:59
07
White Country (Max Project Instrumental)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (Remixes)
04:59
2022 KKX
25-11-2022
Going Down Dancing
01
White Country (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
03:56
02
Diamond Eyes (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
03:13
03
Giving It Up (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
03:37
04
I Was Young (Album Version)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
04:23
05
Love And Motown (Album Version)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
05:08
06
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
04:03
07
Modern Justice (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Going Down Dancing
04:06
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EPs
2023 KKX
16-06-2023
Party In Panama (Remixes)
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Party in Panama (Julian Winding Remix)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
05:24
02
Party in Panama (Nakilo Dance Remix)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
02:32
03
Party in Panama (Nakilo Remix)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
02:42
04
Party in Panama (Edit by Kasper Winding)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
03:56
05
Party in Panama (Album Version)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
03:56
06
Party in Panama (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Party In Panama (Remixes)
04:06
2021 KKX
21-12-2021
Home Session
01
Monsters Under the Bed (Home Session) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Home Session
04:19
02
The Truth (Home Session) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Home Session
04:02
03
My Boulder (Home Session) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Home Session
03:31
04
Never Break (Home Session) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Home Session
03:55
05
Empty Box (Home Session) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Home Session
04:17
2018 KKX
19-01-2018
Snow
01
Snow (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Snow
04:17
02
The Truth (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Snow
03:10
03
My Boulder (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Snow
03:31
04
Never Break (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Snow
03:45
05
Monsters Under the Bed (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Snow
04:39
2017 KKX
05-05-2017
Bones & Machinations
01
Colourful Rain (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Bones & Machinations
04:28
02
Wandering Song (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Bones & Machinations
03:52
03
From the Night (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Bones & Machinations
04:13
04
Bones (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Bones & Machinations
05:41
05
Empty Box (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Bones & Machinations
04:11
Singles
2023 KKX
15-12-2023
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Sacrobosco Remix)
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Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Sacrobosco Remix)
Sweet Tempest
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Sacrobosco Remix)
04:48
2023 KKX
27-10-2023
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Alex Drift Remix)
01
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Alex Drift Remix) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Alex Drift Remix)
04:17
2023 KKX
29-09-2023
Mine (No Bloom Now Remix)
01
Mine (No Bloom Now Remix)
Sweet Tempest
Mine (No Bloom Now Remix)
04:34
2023 KKX
04-08-2023
White Country (DJ iDJa Groovy Techno Mix)
01
White Country (DJ iDJa Groovy Techno Mix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (DJ iDJa Groovy Techno Mix)
06:40
2023 KKX
21-07-2023
White Country (No Bloom Now Remix)
01
White Country (No Bloom Now Remix)
Sweet Tempest
White Country (No Bloom Now Remix)
04:58
2022 KKX
18-11-2022
Love And Motown
01
Love And Motown (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Love And Motown
03:20
2022 KKX
21-10-2022
Over Them Hills (I Find You)
01
Over Them Hills (I Find You) (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Over Them Hills (I Find You)
04:04
2022 KKX
23-09-2022
Giving It Up
01
Giving It Up (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Giving It Up
03:13
2022 KKX
26-08-2022
Diamond Eyes
01
Diamond Eyes (Original Mix)
Sweet Tempest
Diamond Eyes
03:13