In his thought-provoking novel "Epepe" the Hungarian writer Ferenc Karinthy tells a story about a linguist who finds himself stranded in an, to him unknown Metropolis. A place where he doesn't understand a single word. The result is a great but nightmarish and at parts quite Kafkaesque story about alienation and frustration.

So what's the connection between this glimpse from the world of "books-you-really-ought-to-read" and the first recorded music from a Swedish Electro Pop combo working under the moniker Ghost vs. Sanne? The connection is very obvious if you ask Ghost (i e Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhé: producers/songwriters/musicians) and Sanne Karlsson (vocalist/songwriter) The music that really affects you is often based on a lot more than just some good licks and a nice hooky chorus. It's so easy to tell yourself as an artist that it's too high-flown to mention a book like "Epepe" in conjunction with Pop music. ”But to hell with unwritten rules like that! If we're obviously influenced and provoked by some other art - heavy or featherweight - we'll admit it to ourselves and to others". Says Sanne of the Stockholm based threesome. They decided early on to go for intuition instead of frames decided by yourself and/or your environment. Musically and socially. Lindstrom continues: "It's in the end about looking for something better instead of adapting. About finding your way back to the passion you feel when you truly believe in something. If you don't... I think you run the risk taking the spice out of your personality and in the end that's just gonna make you lonely.

The musical result of this little private revolution redefines the fusion between Soul and Electronic Pop. At times it's possible to trace parts of what Ghost once contributed to three multi-platinum albums by fellow Swede Robyn. But then arrives soundscapes never before heard in a Swedish recording studio. Add to that 22 year old prodigy Sanne's otherworldly voice and out comes a kind of Soul Electronica that is immensly soulful yet provoking and edgy.

The dramatic debut single "Hold This Girl" is one key moment on the forthcoming album. Another is the very unlikely – but extremely suiting – remake/remodelling of the Queens of the Stone Age 2002 song "No One Knows". A cover picked for, among aspects, the lines: "We get some rules to follow/That and this/These and those/No one knows."

Johan Ekhé reflects on the rules of life and art: "The album is about finding your own truth, to escape the things that suck the energy out of you and not letting experience weigh you down. He pauses and makes a grin: "I know it might sound pretentious, but you know...I don't really care, cause I can't put it in a ligther way without losing the message...”

The debut album from Ghost vs. Sanne will be released in the US digitally October and in stores January 2009 on the San Fransisco based Zip Records label through Sony BMG RED