Vanessa Liftig

Born: 1984 Stockholm (passport: Leksand). Home: Gothenburg. Nationality: Swedish/ American.

Brunnsbo music class, 94-00

Hvitfeldtska music class, 00-03

Individual musician (composing) – the conservatory, Gothenburg 04-

First sound work: Just some rain with Mimi Terris, -04

“Dreamsville” – Electronic duo with Mimi Terris. We produce music focusing a lot on vocals. The music is mostly beat based, but suggestive parts often colour.

“Vanessa and the Devilment” Me – voc, git, pi, David Ståhl – git, Thomas Jansson – bass, Fredrik Hamrå – dr. We play my music. Songs that are straight but crooked. Music ranging from explosive, implosive, contemplative, raw or bittersweet.

Composing/ singing. I come from minimalism, have worked with free improvisation widening my conception of the voice and writing. I try to stay open, not judging sound or source. I interpret other people’s music, with a strong twist of me. Philosophy – a big part of my creative work; I often translate ideas into music, or the other way around. My opinion: there is something to be found in everything. Sometimes the means is not as important as the goal, at other times there is no goal, only a means which can mean anything, nothing or everything.