The Record Union expedition to Peace and Love was a huge success. The Record Union team had great responses from all the people coming to chat to us at the Record Union tent. However, the highlight of the festival for us was undoubtedly the 3 extraordinary performances by Boris Valdes, Frantic Sunday and Lissi Dancefloor Disaster, who took the stage at the Record Union P&L Showcase on Saturday. The turn out was impressive and the bands definitely did not disappoint.

The crooning accoustic melodies by Boris and his band captured the audience as if in a spell. Frantic Sunday, with their incredible onstage energy and quality delivery certainly gave their audience more than they could ever have bargained for. And Lissi Dancefloor Disaster, well, their talent combined with the guest appearances of Sophie Rimheden and rapper Henry Bowers quickly turned the dancefloor into a riotous effervescent frenzy.

Check the slideshow below for some pictures. We would like to thank Joakim Kvist ans Oscar Omne of Rock Foto for taking them. If you are having trouble with the slideshow, you can check them out on our Flickr page.

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster are the third band joining us at Peace & Love this week. The Uppsala based electronic dancepunk duo of Josefin Lindh and Johan Tilli have been making infectious, danceable music since November 2007. They have been described as “punk meets sleek electronica” and create enough energy in their live shows to power a small african country. Here is the video for their latest offering featuring Henry Bowers who will be joining them on stage at P&L.

Check out more of their music over at their myspace then put on your dancing shoes and head over to the Orion stage on saturday at 1:15am to catch them. Oh, and don’t forget to come find us for a chat at the Record Union tent in the middle of the festival ground… we have snacks!

Here comes a little update on the second of the bands playing for us at Peace & Love, Swedens biggest festival later this week.

Frantic Sunday are a four piece from Uppsala in Sweden who have been making people jump around to their brand of explosive pop-rock since 2008. They have just released their new EP ‘Sunday School’ via Record Union and the boys have been getting compliments left, right and center from the bloggers and critics over here. We can’t wait to see them on stage later this week!

If you can’t make it to the festival then you can listen to the new EP “Sunday School” here … turn it up, close your eyes, jump around, throw some beer over yourself and imagine you are there!

They will be gracing the Orion Stage at 23:15 - 23:45 on Saturday night.

Check out more at their myspace

As you may know by now, we have a few artists from the Record Union camp playing at the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge next week. We want to introduce those of you who are lucky enough to have a ticket to one of our acts Boris Valdes. We will be introducing you to the other two acts over the coming week.

Malmö native Boris plays acoustic guitar and will be joined on stage by a full band at P&L. The music is made up of soulful, acoustic melodies, his voice filling each song with emotion and depth. Fans of José González, Ben Harper etc will find their influences in his music, but it is fair to say Boris brings something quite special into the mix. You can give him a listen in the video below.

Boris will be releasing his new album via Record Union later this year for those of you who want to get your hands on some more of his music. He will be playing on Saturday the 27th at the Orion stage from 21:15 - 21:45. Make sure you come find us at the RU festival tent, near the center of the festival ground!

We would like to thank all the artists who sent us their application to play at the P&L Showcase this year. Both Record Union and the A&R network were extremely impressed by the quality of the entries we received, which made it very difficult to chose the final line up. However, we have now arrived at our decision. The 3 bands chosen by Record Union and our A&R network to play at Peace & Love this year are:

Boris Valdes

Boris lives in Malmö and passes most of his days in his studio in möllevången. He plays sweeping acoustic melodies, his distinctive voice penetrating each song with emotion and depth. His chosen instrument is the guitar.

www.myspace.com/boriskitchen

Uppsala based electro duo Lissi Dancefloor Disaster consist of Johan Tilli and Josefin Lindh. LDD create electronic pop with an attitude. With LDD, contagious dance-punk meets attractive electronic soundscapes and wonderful upbeat rhythms.

www.myspace.com/lissidancefloordisaster

Frantic Sunday was formed in Uppsala, Sweden, September 2008. The band members are: Tomas Karlsson vocals and organ, Ola Renman bass, Joel Yngvesson guitar and Henrik Nilsson drums. Their beating pop music is highly expressive and organic, influenced by bands such as Razorlight, The Strokes and Yo La Tengo,

www.myspace.com/franticsunday