Jonah Lake

First of all I am so grateful to all of you who still listen to my songs. I thought it would last 2-3 years max. Not even my close friends believed in me. 13 years later and I’m back after a long time away.

With my two albums Free soul and Neverland I have travelled the globe looking for the perfect waves while playing my music at different venues and festivals. From Lofoten in Norway and all over New Zealand to tropical Indonesia, Sri Lanka and across Europe. What started off as a small side project turned into so much more.

I took the artist name Jonah Lake while living in a cabin for 5 days next to a Swedish lake. Johan became Jonah and Lake sounded better than Ocean. Jonah Ocean sounded more like a house DJ which I am not.

I was writing on some songs with an island/reggae vibe to them and I had a few older songs I thought would mix well with the new ones. So I decided to record an acoustic album called Free Soul. The album was recorded with only two Röde microphones, one Apogee audiointerface and a Macbook pro during July 2013 in a 9 square meter livingroom in Gothenburg.

I wrote all songs, played all instruments, recorded, sang, produced and mastered everything on my own recordlabel Tangled up in blue records.

That's 13 years ago. Since then I've played in over 10 countries, on radio, music videos and met so many amazing people on the way. Enough jamsessions for a few lifetimes.

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I’m currently working on new songs. Some have the same vibe as my first album but I’ve written alot of different styles over the years so some of the new songs won’t be for everyone. More folky and mellow.

SOMEONE USED MY SONGS FOR THEIR TRAVEL VIDEO COMPILATION

6 million streams will be celebrated with some new songs and re-recording of my top three songs

future?

Due to a problem in my left hand I can no longer do concerts but I can still record my songs. Hopefully i will be having an operation this year so I might be back on tour 2027

Here is a photo of one of my last official concert as Jonah Lake. Shot during the Hoddevik surffestival 2019 in a 100 year old school. There was only a few more concerts in New Zealand after this. My last time on a small stage playing three of my own songs were in Indonesia 2025.