Sally Shapiro































Sally Shapiro
Origin
Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres
Italo disco, synthpop
Years active 2006–2016
Labels Diskokaine, Permanent Vacation, Paper Bag, Husmus Media
Website www.johanagebjorn.info/sally.html
Members Sally Shapiro
Johan Agebjörn

Sally Shapiro is the pseudonym of a Swedish vocalist and the name of the Italo disco/synthpop duo composed of Shapiro and musician Johan Agebjörn. On April 28, 2016 Sally Shapiro announced the end of its 10-year career alongside the release of the final single "If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind". They returned in January 2018 from retirement for a one-off collaboration with Italo Disco legend Ryan Paris called "Love On Ice".[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Discography


    • 2.1 Studio albums


    • 2.2 Remix albums


    • 2.3 Singles




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


Shapiro grew up listening to Swedish pop and disco and the band was influenced by Eurobeat and Italo disco.[2] Agebjörn shed some light on the choice of the fictional stage name in an October 2007 interview with Exclaim!' magazine:










Sally Shapiro's debut album, 2007's Disco Romance, was produced by Agebjörn. The album received strong reviews, and Shapiro was championed by many prominent music blogs including Pitchfork Media. The album was released in North America on 16 October 2007 by Canadian-based indie label Paper Bag Records; it is a ten-track album featuring artwork by Canadian designer Geoff Wilson.


Shapiro is notable for shunning publicity and has never revealed her real name. However, in an interview with Swedish webzine Judy in September 2007, she talked for the first time about considering performing live:










In spring 2008, Sally Shapiro went on a short DJ tour, but on a February 2009 post on Sally Shapiro's Myspace blog, Agebjörn stated that Sally would not perform again:










On 15 April 2008, Sally Shapiro's remix album Remix Romance Vol. 1 was released worldwide by Paper Bag Records. Some of the names on this remix album are Junior Boys, Jon Brooks, Lindstrøm, Holy Fuck and Juan Maclean.


Quickly following Vol. 1, Remix Romance Vol. 2 was released on 17 June 2008.[6][7] It contains remixes by Dntel, The Russian Futurists, Solvent and Alexander Robotnick. This volume is only available as a download.


Sally Shapiro's single "Miracle" was released on 16 June 2009. It is similar in style to previous Shapiro singles.


Their second studio album, My Guilty Pleasure, was released in August 2009. Like the previous work, it was recorded alone.[8]


Later 2011 the duo revealed that they had been working on new material to be released in the near future. Later 2012 they announced officially the release of their third album in Paper Bag Records, called "Somewhere Else", which was one more time masterminded by Agebjörn's production, featuring Cloetta Paris' Roger Gunnarsson and Le Prix as massive collaborators for this new project. The album #3 had as leading single "What Can I Do", being released in December 2012. "What Can I Do" showed that the duo have been experimenting new instruments such sax and flutes, with an audible influence of indie pop / folk scenario, without missing their Italo disco identity. On 26 February 2013 the album Somewhere Else was released worldwide physically and digitally.



Discography



Studio albums




  • Disco Romance (2006)


  • My Guilty Pleasure (2009)


  • Somewhere Else (2013)


  • The Collection (2016)



Remix albums




  • Remix Romance Vol. 1 (2008)


  • Remix Romance Vol. 2 (2008)


  • My Guilty Pleasure – Remixes (2010)


  • Elsewhere (2013)


  • Sweetened (2013)



Singles



  • "I'll Be By Your Side" (2006)

  • "Anorak Christmas" (2006)

  • "Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter with Me)" (2008)

  • "Spacer Woman from Mars" (with Johan Agebjörn, Rude 66 and Elitechnique) (2008)

  • "He Keeps Me Alive" (2008)

  • "Miracle" (2009)

  • "Love in July" (2009)

  • "The Explorers" (CFCF featuring Sally Shapiro) (2009)

  • "Don't Be Afraid" (Anoraak featuring Sally Shapiro) (2010)

  • "Casablanca Nights" (Johan Agebjörn featuring Lovelock & Sally Shapiro) (2011)

  • "Alice" (Johan Agebjörn featuring Le Prix, Fred Ventura & Sally Shapiro) (2011)

  • "Spacer Woman From Mars" (Johan Agebjörn featuring Sally Shapiro) (2011)

  • "What Can I Do" (2012)

  • "Starman (featuring Electric Youth)" (2013)

  • "If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind" (2016)



References





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  2. ^ "Sally Shapiro". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.


  3. ^ "Sally Shapiro's secret Disco". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 24 May 2016.


  4. ^ "Sally Shapiro: Välkomna vanföreställningar om ett alter ego - Judy". Judy.se. Retrieved 24 May 2016.


  5. ^ [1]


  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2008.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2008.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2009.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)




External links



  • Official website

  • Sally Shapiro's MySpace

  • Johan Agebjörn website

  • DISKOKAINE is Sally's Label Worldwide except North America

  • Paper Bag Records is Sally's Label in North America

  • Audiojunkies Interview with Sally Shapiro

  • Judy.se interview with Sally Shapiro, in Swedish


  • Swedish Dancing Queen Comes to Canada AOL Music Canada article


  • Sally Shapiro article November 2007

  • Venus Zine article

  • Just Mag interview

  • Out article

  • Dummy interview

  • Stream: "The Leftovers" (with Loney Dear)










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