Lydmor

Jenny Rossander was born in Aarup, Denmark, on the island of Funen.^[1] She and her sister were raised by a single mother.^[2] At age 14, she moved to Struer before attending boarding school on Langeland.^[1] She later moved to Aarhus at age 17 to finish high school, after having previously dropped out.^[3] She worked several jobs during her half-year away from school, including cleaning jobs and a call center position.^[3]

While living in Aarup, Rossander began writing songs at age 14.^[4] After finishing high school at Århus Statsgymnasium, she purchased her own studio equipment, including a microphone, audio interface, and keyboard.^[3] After beginning to make songs at home, she began making electronic music at Frontløberne with a group.^[3] She explained in an interview that during her time at Frontløberne is when she received the name Lydmor (lit. 'sound mother') after frequently recording demos for other artists for free.^[3] As Lydmor, she played her first concert at Viva lá Revolution in Aalborg.^[3]

Alongside Bon Homme, Lydmor released the collaborative album Seven Dreams of Fire on 6 November 2015.^[5] The duo debuted the song "Dream of Fire" with the release of a music video.^[6]

Lydmor, in 2016, left Denmark and moved to Shanghai, where she lived for six months.^[7] She later admitted that following the release of Y in 2015, she found her music and persona as a musician "boring."^[8] Her next album, I Told You I'd Tell Them Our Story released in September 2018, which featured Shanghai on the cover.^[9][8] The album received generally positive reviews.^[10]

On 22 February 2018, at the annual Gaffa Awards, Lydmor performed during the show. She made her appearance entirely nude, wearing fluorescent paints while performing under a blacklight.^[11] The fluorescent paint remained a part of her performances during her 2018 concerts.^[8] Due to her appearance at the Gaffa Awards, she admitted being sent a letter directly from a German TV show where he was scheduled to perform, reminding her to dress "appropriately."^[8] In June, taking the place of Susanne Sundfør, Lydmor performed at the 2018 NorthSide Festival.^[12]

On 29 May 2020, Gaffa published an article written by Lydmor.^[13] In the article, she took aim at Ekstra Bladet writer Thomas Treo.^[14] The article gained traction amongst Danish media outlets, leading to a television debate between Lydmor and Ekstra Bladet editor-in-chief Poul Madsen [da].^[15] Her article discussed Treo's writing, which Lydmor described as "sexist" in the ways Treo described female artists.^[15]

Lydmor's experience after writing the article carried to her next album, Capacity, released in 2021.^[14][16] The album discusses the effects of speaking up about sexism, gender, and equality.^[14] The album became the first of her albums to reach the Hitlisten charts, peaking at number 26.^[17] Capacity went on to secure two awards at the 2022 Gaffa Awards, winning Danish Electronic Release of the Year and the HiFi Award.^[18]

Studio albums

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Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		DEN [17]
A Pile of Empty Tapes	Release date: 1 January 2012[19] Labels: HFN Music	—
Y	Release date: 8 January 2016[20] Labels: Mermaid Records, Sony Music Denmark	—
I Told You I'd Tell Them Our Story	Release date: 28 September 2018[9] Label: HFN Music	—
Capacity	Release date: 12 March 2021[16] Label: HFN Music	26
Nimue	Release date: 30 September 2022[21] Label: Mermaid Records	28
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Collaborations

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Title	Details
Seven Dreams of Fire (with Bon Homme)	Release date: 6 November 2015[5] Labels: HFN Music

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