SOFTWAVE continue their tradition of remixing their albums and present ‘Things We’ve Remixed’.
This collection features 9 remixes spanning artists from 6 countries to celebrate a decade of musical connections; among those contributing are BLACK NAIL CABARET, VAINERZ, OCTOLAB and DISKODIKTATOR.
Among the highlights, Sophie Sarigiannidou from MARSHEAUX transforms ‘Supernova’ into her own electronic universe while keeping the heart of the original song alive under her solo moniker ASPRA while former PET SHOP BOYS protégé David Cicero adds his rich hypnotic electronic disco touch to ‘Wake Up’.
ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK brought Catrine Christensen and Jerry Olsen together for an interview in the style of the old married couple TV quiz show ‘Mr & Mrs’. The Danish synthpop couple answered the same questions on their creative partnership and personal relationship separately without knowledge of the other’s answers… so here are SOFTWAVE playing ‘Mr & Mrs’…
What was your first impression of the other?
Jerry: I wasn’t interested to start with, but we were actually forced to dance with each other at an electronic music club. After some time together, I was more interested and I gave her my number. She called me the next day and we talked for a couple of hours. She then visited me one of the following days and we had so much in common. We’ve been together since. That’s 20 years ago now…
Catrine: I remember when I was introduced to Jerry at Culture Box in Copenhagen April 2007, I thought “What a terrible taste in clothes” haha… he was wearing a too large white t-shirt on his well-trained body.
Photo by Krestine Havemann
What was the moment that you knew you could be make music together?
Catrine: When Jerry bought a microphone in 2008 to try recording vocoded vocals for his instrumental music projects, and he afterwards asked me to give it a try.
Jerry: After we made the demo of ‘Follow You’ (from our first EP ‘Together Alone’) and another unreleased track called ‘Share’, I knew that we could make music together. The first EP was like a test run for us. We agreed that if that went well we would continue with a full album.
What’s the skill or trait which the other has in abundance that you wish you had?
Catrine: Jerry has an incredibly strong memory, so he’s a fast learner. Especially when it comes to music.
Jerry: Drive… I wish I had the positive drive that Catrine possesses. She always sees opportunities were I see problems and obstacles.
Who has the best music taste?
Catrine: Hard to tell, as Jerry is more into old music than I am. I love late 80s music as much as Jerry, which we both think was when the best music was produced. I especially like to discover new music, no matter genre. My taste is wider than Jerrys and for me that’s a good thing. But if you ask Jerry, he would probably say that he has the best music taste. Hahaha…
Jerry: Me, for sure 😉
What song by another artist does the other love that you hate?
Jerry: I can’t come up with a particular song but when Catrine plays meditation music, I hate that. It’s not relaxing to me at all, it’s sad, boring and irritating at the same time!
Catrine: I thought this question would be impossible for me to answer, because I rarely actually hate a song. But one night I was struggling to fall asleep when Jerry decided to put on ‘Unreleased Bitterness’ by MY DYING BRIDE. That did it! No one should disturb me with something that dark and depressing when I’m trying to sleep. Hahaha…
Photo by Krestine Havemann
How would you describe your songwriting dynamic?
Jerry: Still in development. We’ve tried different methods. Me writing a whole song first, us working together from the start, me starting a simple piano version. The method with starting with piano only is a great strategy because you will know if the track works out before adding synth stuff. We haven’t done that before actually.
Catrine: I’m not the best songwriter, but my talent is within the toplining, the melody ideas come to me very easily. I always try to make the melodies and lyrics as dynamic as possible, so the listeners won’t get bored. My main rule is always to analyse the whole thing thinking “When would I get bored?”. If there is a part in the song that I find boring, I try to fix it immediately.
Can the other cook? If so, what is their best dish?
Catrine: Yes and it’s Neapolitan pizza.
Jerry: Yes she can. I really like her pies and poke bowl.
When was the last time you walked out angry after a disagreement between you and how did you resolve it?
Catrine: Not long ago actually. Jerry disagreed on one of my ideas for a new song – then I had to leave the studio for a while. But when I returned, we resolved it by talking about the pros and cons. Doesn’t happen often, but when it does, we always try to talk it through.
Jerry: Uh I don’t remember when I felt like that, but when it happens I need an hour or two to myself to cool down. We then hug each other and move on.
Photo by Krestine Havemann
How do you look back on the making and subsequent reception of ‘Things We’ve Done’?
Catrine: With ‘Things We’ve Done’, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make every song even better. There’s always that fear that the second album won’t live up to the first, and suddenly we had ‘Game On’ to compare everything with. So it took us longer to finish, and perhaps we were trying a little too hard to find “the hit”. In the end, though, we created a collection of songs that each worked in their own way.
The music, artwork and promotion all came together really well, and the album gave us some amazing milestones, including a GAFFA review, 2nd place at the ISSA Awards and many new musical connections along the way. Looking back, we’re very proud of it. And, following the tradition we started with ‘Together Alone – The Remixes’ (2017) and ‘Game On 1Up’ (2019), we felt this album deserved its own remix album too, which is how things we’ve remixed was born.
Jerry: Hmm the hard second album. I think it’s technically better than the debut album but we definitely had more success with the first album. I think the time around the debut and the OMD gigs was a magical time. The corona times following was a nightmare and ‘Things We’ve Done’ was conceived in this very nightmare. So it’s like this negative energy is clinging on to it.
And also, the second album doesn’t have a hit track like I feel ‘Something Is Missing’ was for the debut. All in all I think the reception of the second album was very dull compared to the debut…
On the new SOFTWAVE remix album ‘Things We’ve Remixed’, how did you choose the remixers?
Jerry: We talked about what resources we could pull on. We remixed for David Cicero, we know ASPRA aka Sophie Sarigiannidou from MARSHEAUX and Catrine had been writing a lot with BLACK NAIL CABARET, so these 3 where obvious to ask for a remix. The others were acquaintances or colleagues through music. One of the tracks is actually by our long time mix and master engineer Jacob Cederberg.
Catrine: We didn’t really choose the remixers from a list – we chose them from our journey. Every remixer has a connection to SOFTWAVE and represents friendships and musical relationships we’ve built across different countries over the years. Some we’ve remixed ourselves, some have remixed us, and some became friends along the way. We also wanted each of them to bring their own identity to the songs rather than simply making another version of the original. That’s why things we’ve remixed feels almost like a musical scrapbook of the past decade.
What’s your favourite remix on this ‘Things We’ve Remixed’?
Catrine: ‘Wake Up (Cicero Remix)’ – I actually chose ‘Wake Up’ for Cicero myself, because he had recently released a song with the same title through one of his other projects. I thought it would be fun to hear what he could bring to our ‘Wake Up’ and he completely transformed it while still keeping the heart of the original. I couldn’t have asked for more. I was even told that his daughter sang along while he was working on the remix, so I guess that says it all! Hahaha…
Jerry: Cicero’s remix. That’s a banger 😀
How do you decide what songs to perform live, do you each have an individual power of veto?
Catrine: That’s on me. I always try to tailor the setlist to the audience. When the setlist is done, Jerry looks it through to say if there’s some songs that he rather wants to play at the moment.
Jerry: We both have veto. So if one of us doesn’t want a particular track on the setlist, it won’t make it.
What is your favourite song to play live?
Catrine: This might actually be the hardest question of them all, because I LOVE performing live! If I had to narrow it down, I have a special connection with ‘Something Is Missing’, ‘No Need To Hide’, ‘Don’t Bully Me Again’, ‘Never Gonna Let You Down’ and ‘This World’. They each bring out a different side of me on stage, from emotional and vulnerable to powerful and playful, while ‘This World’ brings out a more serious side of me. So asking me to choose just one is almost cruel! Hahaha…
Jerry: I like to play ‘Taking Life for Granted’.
What is your favourite city to perform in?
Catrine: If you refer to a city where we’ve already played, I would say Stockholm in Sweden, the venue was Berns.
Jerry: I don’t care about the city, I care about the venue. I must say the coolest place we ever played was at Berns in Stockholm. A very beautiful place and the best backstage room we’ve ever been in.
Photo by Dag Stinus
What is the essential thing that you can’t do without on tour?
Catrine: As no15 is my lucky number, this fifteenth question might be my favourite 😉
The essential thing for me, is definitely to have a solid plan A & B. This includes a checklist with everything from scheduling our transport, get-in time, soundcheck, contacts to hair/outfit styling and vocal-warm-ups.
Jerry: That has to be my addiction to gaming. I have a hard time without my PS5 and my favourite game ‘Arc Raiders’.
What’s the most annoying habit that the other has?
Jerry: Instead of using a finger, she makes this irritating sound with her throat when her ear itches and it’s really annoying!
Catrine: When Jerry thinks all hope is lost when a plan gets ruined. Now it’s obvious why I always have a plan B. Hahaha…
What is your favourite concert by another artist?
Jerry: That has to be ERASURE in Copenhagen 1997 on their ‘Cowboy’ tour, that was the first time I ever saw them live. That was amazing.
Catrine: HUGORM at Grøn Koncert in 2024
ERASURE or PET SHOP BOYS?
Jerry: Without a shadow of a doubt ERASURE. I like PET SHOP BOYS and listen to them occasionally but ERASURE is like an obsession for me. I’ve been a fan since I saw the ‘Stop!’ music video on television when I was about 10-11 years old. I absolutely adore Vince as a grandmaster synth wizard. Adding Andy to the mix, something magical happens. I’m not really a fan of their solo stuff but together they absolutely shine.
Catrine: ERASURE. I love the energy and personality Andy brings to the stage – that really speaks to me as a performer. But I have huge respect for PET SHOP BOYS too, especially how Neil Tennant has maintained that clean, soft vocal over the years, and of course Chris Lowe’s cool and understated personality.
Photo by Krestine Havemann
Which “romcom” couple is most like SOFTWAVE and why?
Catrine: Definitely ‘Lady & The Tramp’! Since I was little, I’ve loved cartoons, romance and silly romantic scenes like the famous spaghetti kiss, and dreamed of finding my own partner one day. Then I found Jerry… who is much more serious, structured and definitely needs a plan! Over the years I’ve learned to organise everything around SOFTWAVE so his nerves can survive our adventures. And since Jerry loves Italian food, especially tomato sauce, I think I actually got my ‘Lady & The Tramp’ ending after all.
Jerry: I don’t know much about romcoms…
What is next for SOFTWAVE?
Catrine: After ‘Things We’ve Remixed, we’re ready to move forward. We’ve already been writing a lot of new material for our third studio album, and that will be our main focus going into 2027. We feel like we’ve grown a lot since ‘Things We’ve Done’, both as songwriters and as people, so we’re excited to see where the new songs will take us. And of course, we want to bring SOFTWAVE to more stages.
Jerry: There’s the remix album and we are working on album 3 right now.
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‘Things We’ve Remixed’ is released on 23rd October 2026, available on digitally via https://softwave.bandcamp.com/
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Text and Interview by Chi Ming Lai
15th October 2026
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