Badlands
Nobody Dies
RITE
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ROSIE BOYD // PUBLICIST
AVA KELLY // PUBLICIST
Composer, producer & sound alchemist Catharina Jaunviksna has been operating under the moniker of Badlands since 2011, under which she makes lush tracks from a wide palette of inspiration; stretching from post-punk, folk and shoegaze, to electro, dub and gritty techno working with analog electronics, sampling & organic orchestration. She’s the founder of the imprint and production company RITE based in Malmö, Sweden; her platform for making transboundary arts and documentary, original music and sound design for film and theater, as well as production for and collaborations with other labels and artists.
Badlands’ fourth studio album Nobody Dies is a metafictional journey, tracing rustic folk and post-apocalyptic ambient themes into a bouquet of peculiar lofi-ballads. Inspired by a longing for human primitive musicality, the project embraces a raw sound using old string instruments and electronic scrap; thus exploring our need for authentic expression and synergy in a new fragmented world. Catharina Jaunviksna’s ever-evolving solo project this time invites guest musicians such as Maggie Björklund (Jack White, Mark Lanegan) on pedal steel guitar and folklorist Ida Mitchell on cello. With its distinct streaks of storytelling, along with a pronounced visual presentation, Nobody Dies is blurring the lines between reality and fiction, reflecting on music's role in human identity amid modern challenges.