Komeda

Komeda is a Swedish pop/indie band from Umeå.The group is named in honour of the late jazz musician Krzysztof Komeda.The band started in 1991 as a pit band for a Buster Keaton festival.Forming as a quartet, Komeda consisted of vocalist Lena Karlsson, guitarist Henrik Andersson (in 1994 replaced by Mattias Norlander), bassist Marcus Holmberg and Holmberg's brother Jonas on drums.During 2001 the band was reduced to a trio with the departure of Norlander.In 2002, Marcus Holmberg joined guitarists Frans Perris and Magnus Kollberg to form the band The Most.In 2010 Jonas Holmberg launched his new project Gilles & Felix, an experimental audio/visual performance. Komeda provided the score music for the animated film Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten (2000).They have also recorded under the name Projektor 7, adding music to silent movies. In 2006, "Check It Out", a hidden track from the Kokomemedada album, was used in commercials for Old Navy.Simultaneously, the song "Out from the Rain" from the same album was used in a commercial for Kirby: Canvas Curse on the Nintendo DS.