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Freestyle (Swedish band)

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Origin
  
Sweden

Associated acts
  
Style, DaYeene

Active until
  
1983

Years active
  
1980 – 1983

Past members
  
Kayo Shekoni

Record label
  
Warner Music Group

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Genres
  
electronic pop, post-disco, bubblegum pop, euro-pop, dance-pop

Labels
  
Sound of Scandinavia, Warner Music Sweden

Albums
  
Modiga agenter, Fantasi, Guldkorn, Freestyle's bästa, Golden Hits, 10, Vill ha dej

Members
  
Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Gigi Hamilton, Kayo

Freestyle was a short lived Swedish electronic music group active in the early 1980s. The original line-up consisted of Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Gigi Hamilton, Joakim Hagleitner, Anders Uddberg and Kayo Shekoni, but Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single Vill ha dej and was replaced by Diane Corinne Söderholm, a half-sister of Rita Marley. The most notable hits of the group include "Vill ha dej", "Fantasi", "Ögon som glittrar" and "Rider omkring". "Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig") did stay on top of the list for 5 consecutive weeks and was covered by Swedish solo project Drömhus in 1998. Freestyle disbanded in 1983 with Ekman, Sandelin and Hamilton continuing as Style. Söderholm formed DaYeene with her sister Jeanette. Freestyle reformed for the Summer of 1998 to re-record "Fantasi" and "Ögon Som Glittrar" and to release a new compilation album. "Fantasi" became a huge hit once again and Freestyle made a one-off concert in Stockholm.

Contents

Albums

  • Fantasi (1981) #1
  • Modiga agenter (1982) #13
  • 10 (1990) #47

    • Compilations

  • Freestyle's Bästa (1986)
  • Guldkorn-Den Kompletta Samlingen (1998) #2
  • Golden Hits/2CD (1998)

    • Singles

  • "Take Me Home" (1980)
  • "Running Away" (1980)
  • "Vill ha dej/I Want You" (1980) #1
  • "Fantasi" (1981) #13
  • "Rider Omkring" (1981)
  • "Nära Dej" (1981)
  • "Bubblar" (1981)
  • "Är Det Värt..." (1981)
  • "One More Ride/Fantasy" (1981)
  • "Ögon Som Glittrar" (1982) #3
  • "Att Leka Med Känslor" (1982)
  • "Modiga Agenter/Vill Du Ha En Del Av Min Sommar" (1982) #13
  • "Mission Impossible/Hard To Handle" (1982)
  • "Fingers In Motion" (1983)
  • "Musiken Gör Mig Vild/Nattens Dockor" (1983)
  • "Fantasi/10" (1991)
  • "C&N Medley '98/DJ Promotion" (1998)
  • "Fantasi '98" (1998) #37
  • "Ögon Som Glittrar '98" (1998)

    • Songs

    Vill ha dig1986
    Vill ha dejFantasi · 1981
    Ögon som glittrarModiga agenter · 1982

    References

    Freestyle (Swedish band) Wikipedia
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