Service
Service is a Swedish record label founded in 2001 by Ola Borgström together with Dan Lissvik in Gothenburg. Service has released records by, among others, Studio, The Embassy, Franke, Jens Lekman, Erik de Vahl, The Tough Alliance, Lake Heartbeat and Ikons. Called Sweden's most important record label and has, despite its underground character, been influental for music in Sweden and beyond in the 21:st century.
Service
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- 2002
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- Sweden
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Service is a Swedish record label founded in 2001 by Ola Borgström together with Dan Lissvik in Gothenburg. Service has released records by, among others, Studio, The Embassy, Franke, Jens Lekman, Erik de Vahl, The Tough Alliance, Lake Heartbeat and Ikons. Called Sweden's most important record label and has, despite its underground character, been influental for music in Sweden and beyond in the 21:st century.
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Other albums by Jens Lekman, The Embassy and The Tough Alliance also charted in the top 20. Kleerup and Robyn's With Every Heartbeat was first released by Service's imprint Risky Dazzle. The label was awarded the Vice Label Award 2009 for "its spotless catalogue, a strong last year, design that is always the best in our eyes and a fearless approach to online distribution". In 2012 Borgström announced that the label would stop issuing new material.
• Studio • The Embassy • Franke • Ikons • Jackpot • Lake Heartbeat • Jens Lekman • The Tough Alliance • Erik de Vahl • The Whitest Boy Alive
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• Catalog number — Artist — Title — Format • SERV001 — Studio — "The End of Fame" — 7" • SERV002 — Studio — "The Jungle" — 7" • SERV003 — Studio — "Down Here, Like You" — 7" • SERV004 — The Embassy — "It Never Entered My Mind" — 7" • SERV005 — The Embassy — "The Pointer" — single • SERV006 — The Embassy — Futile Crimes — album • SERV007 — Franke — Ställs mot dig — EP • SERV008 — Franke — Optimismens hån — album • SERV009 — Jens Lekman — Maple Leaves — EP • SERV010 — Erik de Vahl — Secrets Adrift — album • SERV011 — Jens Lekman — Rocky Dennis In Heaven — EP • SERV012 — Jens Lekman / José Gonzáles — "If You Ever Need a Stranger" — 7" • SERV013 — The Tough Alliance — Make It Happen — EP • SERV014 — The Embassy — Wearing Our Pop Art Hearts... — EP • SERV015 — Jens Lekman — When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog — album • SERV016 — Jens Lekman — Julie EP — EP • SERV017 — The Tough Alliance — Holiday — EP • SERV018 — Olika artister — Risky Dazzle - a Service Party Shuffle — album • SERV019 — The Tough Alliance — The New School — album • SERV020 — Jens Lekman — "Oh, You're So Silent Jens" — album • SERV021 — The Embassy — "Some Indulgence" — single • SERV022 — Cat5 — "Play This Loud" — single • SERV023 — Erik de Vahl — Friendly Fire — album • SERV024 — The Embassy — Tacking — album • SERV025 — Harlem — Game/Watch — EP • SERV026 — The Whitest Boy Alive — "Burning" — single • SERV027 — The Whitest Boy Alive — Dreams — album • SERV028 — The Embassy — A Compact Disc Including The Embassy — EP • SERV029 — The Embassy — "Some Indulgence rewind" — single • SERV030 — Jens Lekman — "Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo" — 7" single • SERV031 — Jens Lekman — Night Falls Over Kortedala — album • SERV032 — Jackpot — "Uno Dos Tres / Move In the Light" — 12" • SERV033 — Kool Dj Dust — The Disco Opera — album • SERV034 — The Embassy — "You Tend to Forget" — 12" • SERV035 — Lake Heartbeat — Trust In Numbers — album • SERV036 — Ikons — Ikons — album • SERV037 — Forest — Forest — album • SERV038 — Jens Lekman — An Argument With Myself — EP • SERV039 — The Embassy — Life In the Trenches — album • SERV040 — Ikons — Life Rhythm — album • SERV041 — Jens Lekman — I Know What Love Isn't — album
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