Why the blog has been dead

Dear readers, apologies for not posting anything in the blog for almost 6 months.

In april I was in a rather severe motorcycle accident and have spent over 3 months in hospital and 1 month (so far, more to go) in rehab. I really am happy to have survived, it was a close call.. I am truly grateful to all the people who give blood, I will start doing so myself as soon as my health is OK again.

Anyways, I am back home now and have started to walk little by little again. Needless to say my music life has been suffering a lot during this period so there's not much news on that front.
But bare with me! There's more techno that needs to come out of this injured Swede.

'Made Tomorrow EP (SECT5R)' is due in september as well as a remix of Voidloss coming on Dynamic Reflection.

Today's listening is: Roof Light - Kirkwood Gaps (Highpoint Lowlife - HPLL052)
Found this during a random music googling night.
Digi-only album stretching from Boards Of Canada vibes to Flying Lotus madness to more conventional/contemporary dubstep. Nice summer home-listening.

Update + Soundcloud

Haven't posted in a while, been kind of caught up in the studio (and some Mass Effect 2......).
Finished remix for Voidloss inspired by times when techno was trance and trance was techno.
Also, new Sect EP 50% finished. I know I said it was going to be a 10" release but I just had to cram in some more remixes!
Very excited about it.. Now waiting for Delta Funktionen and JR Seaton to finish.

My current goal is to keep working on my project with Pyro. Really flowering collaboration so far. Expect VINYL releases from us this year. Can't spill the beans regarding labels yet. No worries, it's going to be TECHNO and no half arsed whatevertheycallit?

By the way, finally made a SoundCloud account.


Today's listening is: Aiton - Lover's Dub (Abucs - ABUCS006)

Bought this by mistake during an ordering frenzy. At first I was very upset with myself for buying "cheesy dubstep" but after giving it a shot while enjoying the Swedish winter landscape I started to really appreciate it. Sparse and beautiful stuff. Very far from "brostep".

Computers....

Finally recovered from the total system meltdown last week.
Thank god for bootable Linux CDs and geek friends who love to help!

Anyways, all work from last week was lost.. I should back up more often than once a month I guess!


Had to restart on my remix of Voidloss' 'Actaeon'.. Since I had to do a reinstall of whole system I only used the Cubase 5 built in instruments so it ain't gonna be sounding like a tapdancing mecha spider on ice anymore! I am taking it in a 90s minimal direction now. Was inspired by that Robert Hood video interview - "it's all about the rhythm". I am buying a straw hat to wear for my studio sessions, I am sure that will help my grooveless white ass!

In other news I am going to Copenhagen this coming weekend to make some music with my friend and excellent Danish DnB producer Pyro! The fact that Ben Klock and Shed are playing there the very same weekend doesn't make it any worse at all! Holla.


Today's listening is: Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

Very fitting album title for my current situation...!
Almost a year old now but I recently discovered it thanks to my beloved The Nursery. Since I have an untrained ear for this kind of music I won't go into pigeonholing, but supposedly it is new school hiphop with Detroit techno/house influences.
Anyways, some very enjoyable beats on here. Rap is the most overrated thing in hiphop!

Working on a remix for Dynamic Reflection

Going from my recent melodical and acoustic music making to remixing Voidloss' (depicted) stunning 'Actaeon' for Dynamic Reflection Records, kinda steep!

Been very influenced by Monolake's new 'Silence' album and some of the recent techier/housier "dubsteps" (Mordant Music - Symptoms, Harmonia and Eno 76 - By The Riverside (Appleblim & Komonazmuk Remix)) this week.
So intending to make this remix very atmospheric, wintery and shuffly. Like a mecha spider tap-dancing on a frozen lake.
We'll see what label says about that!


Today's listening is: Delta Funktionen - Silhouette

I heard Marcel Dettmann play this in his set in Sweden (yeah finally techno is coming to Sweden!!) two months ago and was blown away. I don't know what to say, it just has that amazing "white man can funk" G-Man groove.
Note to self (and you;), keep an eye on this fresh Dutch talent!