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Serena Maneesh (sometimes spelled Serena-Maneesh or shortened to S-M ) is an alternative rockband from Oslo, Norway.

In an interview with Village Indian , Emil Nikolaisen, the songwriter of the band, explains the rather mysterious word-constellation the following way:

’Serena’ is an adaptation of the Norwegian word for veil...The name came out from this veil you can see, you can see the melody through a stressful storm of noise. That’s what I love about music – you can work with this veil. There is so much stress in the world, you know? Serena could also mean serenity, serene. There are all these connotations. Then you see glints -- you see something incredible, but it’s in the moment. It’s through this veil. ‘Maneesh’ is a rewriting of the Norwegian word manesje, which is the area around a stage. Sirkus Merano, remember that? We later found out it was also the Hindu Lord of the Mind. But it is more a picture…if you look at a stage in a circus or opera, there’s an area surrounding the stage containing a lot of elements. Small, subtle elements that make the stage presence that much more powerful. That’s incredible. If you take that to the sound world…The whole thing is talking about the sound elements...For that reason, it's perfect. If ever two words conjured the elemental nature of this band’s sound, they are Serena-Maneesh.

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Biography

The team of musicians who each contribute to the band's sound is organized around its main protagonist and songwriter Emil Nikolaisen. Emil has previously appeared as a guitarist and songwriter in the indie band Royal, played the drums in Norwegian punk rock band Silver as well as in the retro-pop orchestra The Loch Ness Mouse. He even has a past as guitarist in the metal band Extol.

Important sources of musical inspiration are amongst others Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Amon Düül, The Stooges, Swans, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Stereolab, Royal Trux, Neu!, and George Gershwin. As these names indicate, Serena Maneesh is a band built upon a love of musical tensions. Intense noise and pulsating rhythms often reveal hidden harmonies and melodies, while crooked and distorted blues-riffs are replaced by psychedelic strings and vague vibes, flutes and organs. The structure of the songs is often unorthodox. The vocals of Serena Maneesh serve as an instrument, yet the merely decipherable words reflect the tensions existing in the music itself: the struggle within a soul simultaneously threatened to be choked by darkness, despair and superficiality, yet searching for light, hope and spiritual depth.

In late 2005, the band toured Europe in support of The Dandy Warhols. In early 2006, Serena Maneesh landed the opening gig for British band Oasis during its UK tour. They supported Nine Inch Nails on the Australia/Japan leg of their 2007 world tour.

The highly acclaimed self-titled debut album was released on the Norwegian record-label HoneyMilk in the autumn of 2005. In December of the same year, the Norwegian vinyl label Hype City released an LP print featuring two exclusive tracks, and the Spanish indie distributor Touchme Records published the CD. In March 2006, the band announced its transfer to the Playlouder-branch of the Beggars-group established in Europe (UK, Germany & Italy), North America (United States & Canada) and Oceania (Australia). In June 2006, the band released an international edition of its self-titled album (both CD & LP) through the international label Playlouder.

The long awaited second album is set to be released early 2010.

Band members

Current members:

Emil Nikolaisen, vocals and guitar.
Hilma Nikolaisen, bass.
Øystein Sandsdalen, guitar.
Tommy Akerholdt, drums.
Lina Holmstroem, vocals, percussion and organ.

Previous or associated members:

Sondre T. Midttun, guitar.
Ann Sung-An Lee, vocals, percussion and organ.
Håvard Krogedal, organ and cello.
Marco Storm, Drums
Eivind Schou, viola.
Anders Møller, percussion.
Einar Lukerstuen, drums.

Discography

Albums

Serena Maneesh (bonus) - 2LP
* (December 20, 2005) Hype City Recordings HCR-011
* (May 9 2006) Playlouder Recordings/Beggars Group PLAYR4LP
* (May 23 2006) Playlouder Recordings/Beggars Group PLAYR4LP
* (June 23 2006) Indigo/Beggars Group 80041
* (June 24 2006) Remote Control Records/Beggars Group PLAYR4LP
* (June 26 2006) Playlouder Recordings/Beggars Group PLOU42
* (June 27 2006) Naïve Records/Beggars Group PLAYR4LP
Serena Maneesh - CD
* (Aug 29 2005) HoneyMilk Records HONEY020
* (December 11 2005) TouchMe Records
* (May 9 2006) Playlouder Recordings/Beggars Group PLAYR4CD
* (June 23 2006) Indigo/Beggars Group 80042
* (June 24 2006) Remote Control Records/Beggars Group PLAYR4CD
* (June 26 2006) Playlouder Recordings/Beggars Group PLOU41
* (June 27 2006) Naïve Records/Beggars Group PLAYR4CD

EPs

Zurück: Retrospectives 1999-2003 - ECD (June 20, 2005) HoneyMilk Records HONEY019
Fixxations (bonus) - 12" (September 22, 2003) Hype City Recordings HCR-005
Fixxations - CD (December, 2002) HoneyMilk Records HONEY002