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The Text Below Was Retired From Http //magnatune.Com/artists/lizzi There's Both Longing And Loneliness In Lizzi's Dark Sensual Voice. Love And Chill -- Like The Icy Winter Winds Sweeping Across Her Native Island Of Gotland In Sweden. "To Be In Love Is A Kind Of Isolation " She Says. "It's Not All Happiness And Joy There's A Lot Of Pain And Emptiness Too. But Longing Is Also An Incredible Feeling Much Under-Valued Today." Growing Up In A Poor Music-Loving Family Of Six Children Lizzi Knows All About Longing. "I Was Lucky " Lizzi Says. "I Was On Friendly Terms With The Preacher. He Let Me Use The Village Church To Sing Whenever I Wanted." The Mental Image Of A Little Girl Singing Her Heart Out -- Alone In A Vast Empty Church In The Dark Of Night -- Still Resonates Through One's Mind When Listening To Lizzi's Music Today. Lizzi Started Singing Professionally In The Synth Band Houses & Gardens. "One Of The Band Members Heard Me Singing In The Shower And Thought I Should Have A Go. Some Of The Other Guys In The Band Thought I Was Too Cheerful. I Was Prohibited To Laugh During Performances." She Says Synth-Rock Really Wasn't Her Style But She Did It Because She Loved To Sing. "And I've Always Been A Chameleon. It's Taken Me A Long Time To Find My Own Voice." In 1994 She Released Her First Solo Album "Lizzie " For Which She Wrote Most Of The Songs. "But That Wasn't Really Me Either Even Though I Believed So At The Time. It Didn't Take Very Long To Find Out..." Later She Spent Two Years Singing With The Swedish Avant-Garde Group The Flesh Quartet. Working In The Flesh Quartet Brought Her Together With Producer Jacob Hellner. After Having Turned Down One Record Company Who Wanted To Morph Her Into A Swedish Kylie Minogue ! Lizzi And Jacob Decided To Make Her New Album On Their Own. "I Can't Sell My Soul. If I Did I'd Really Be Poor Forever. I'd Rather Work Petty Day Jobs As Long As I Can Sing. Besides I Can Only Sing About Things I've Experienced - That's When It Gets Good." The New Album "Love And You And I " Is About Uniting Opposites -- Staying And Walking Away Sadness And Happiness -- And Musically Uniting The Coldness Of Loops And Computers With The Warmth Of Real Instruments. "The Album Is The Story Of A Love Affair -- From The Beginning Through All The Conflicting Emotions To The Not Necessarily Bitter End... Simplicity Is The Keyword Both Musically And Lyrically " Lizzi Says. Though She Left Gotland Long Ago The Magic Island Is Still In Her Blood. "When I Sing My Lyrics It's As If I'm Back There Somehow. It's The Same Feeling I Had When I Lived There As A Child -- The Sunlight Flooding Sideways At Dusk Like A Flash Of Lightning Racing Through The Landscape." Somehow That Feeling Flows Through Her Songs Too. Lizzi Is WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read less