Mette Marie Cecilia Nordlund (born 13 September 1973 in

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

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) is a Swedish songwriter, singer, composer and guitarist from

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. She has been part of the bands Souls, Monkeystrikes and Sunshine Rabbits, and has released solo work under the stage name Cilihili.

Biography

Nordlund joined the band Souls in

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in 1991 with Johan Karlsson (bass), Andreas Danielsson (guitar) and Tony Fideke (drums). They released two albums, both produced by

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, and opened for Bush and

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in the US. After Souls disbanded, Nordlund founded the band Monkeystrikes with

Christoffer Lundquist Carl Christoffer Lundquist (born 16 January 1970) is a Sweden, Swedish musician and producer. He was once in the band Brainpool (band), Brainpool, where he started as a bass player and backing vocalist, but moved to play both the bass and the g ...

of Brainpool. They released one album, ''You Hate My Beautiful Love'', in 2005. Nordlund released a solo album, ''Not Listening'', in 2009 under the stage name Cilihili. Nordlund has directed music videos for

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and

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. She sings on Bergman's "Adios Amigos" and Fever Ray's "Keep the Streets Empty for Me." She also composed the soundtracks for ''The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower'' (2005). Nordlund appears, with Josefsson,

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and Lotta Wenglen, in the 2011 documentary ''I Am My Own Dolly Parton'', directed by Jessica Nettelbladt, which premiered at the Tempo documentary film festival. She is active with Sweden's Popkollo series of music camps for girls

Discography

* ''Not Listening'' – 2009

References

External links

Official site
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