Years active 2009–present Website www.kallemattson.com | Name Kalle Mattson Role Singer | |
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Born September 21, 1990 (age 33)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ( 1990-09-21 ) Genres Folk rock, alternative rock Labels Home Music Co., Trickser Tontrager Associated acts The Wooden Sky, Cuff The Duke, Jeremy Fisher, Howie Beck Albums Someday, the Moon Will Be Gold, Anchors, Seven Songs, Lives in Between Profiles | ||
Kalle mattson pick me up acoustic
Kalle Mattson (born Kalle Mattson Wainio, September 21, 1990 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Kalle mattson pick me up acoustic
- Kalle Mattson Full Concert
- Notable music videos
- Thick As Thieves video
- Water Falls video
- A Love Song to the City video
- Avalanche video
- References
His music video "Avalanche" was nominated for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, and won the 2016 Prism Prize. His album Someday, the Moon Will Be Gold was nominated for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize, and he has also won SOCAN's Songwriter of the Year and four Northern Ontario Music Awards for Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in both 2012 and 2015.
Mattson began writing songs in 2009 and has toured with The Wooden Sky, Sunparlour Players, Cuff The Duke, Jeremy Fisher, Hozier, Jim Bryson, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Blue Rodeo. In 2012 his music video for "Water Falls" was dubbed "the coolest music video of 2012” by The Huffington Post. and in 2014 he went on four tours of Europe and three of North America in support of "Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold".
Kalle Mattson | Full Concert
Notable music videos
Mattson has received attention in mainstream media for several music videos:
"Thick As Thieves" video
In November 2011 Mattson's music video for "Thick As Thieves" went viral with over 1,000,000 views over the three uploads of the video. The video was created with only $250 in materials and depicted a "stopmotion history of the world". It was covered by Time Magazine, Huffington Post, Yahoo! and MuchMusic.
"Water Falls" video
In spring 2012 Mattson released a second viral music video for "Water Falls", with a camera 'slingshotting' through San Francisco using a novel stop-motion technique. The video was premiered by NPR's All Songs Considered and was featured in The Atlantic, CBS News, Gizmodo, and the Huffington Post. It was directed by Kevin Parry.
"A Love Song to the City" video
In 2014 Mattson released a video for "A Love Song to the City", featuring his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It premiered on USA Today, and was nominated in the Best Music Video category at the 2015 Northern Ontario Music Awards.
"Avalanche" video
In 2015 Mattson released a new music video for the title track from his 6-song EP "Avalanche". The video, directed by Philip Sportel, depicts Mattson creatively recreating 35 iconic album covers over the course of 3:45 featuring the likes of Elliott Smith, Jay-Z, Wilco, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan & Beck. The video went on to widespread critical acclaim including being nominating for Video Of The Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, in the Best Director category at the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, & Mattson & Sportel won the 2016 Prism Prize for artistry in modern Canadian music videos.