Sprung out of the funky, concrete cubicle ghetto of suburban Stockholm, Kenny Black happened to be the right age to fully appreciate the new sounds that were starting to emerge at around '83 - hip hop and electro music. This new, fresh and distinctly...

Alongside Stockholm's Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull and Jesper Dahlbäck, Adam Beyer has become synonymous with the hard percussive techno sound of Sweden, which has quite literally shaken the world since the mid-nineties. Remaining on the forefront of techno innovation with deeper and more reduced sound aesthetics in recent years, Beyer...

Håkan Lidbo is without doubt one of the more prolific and diverse producers the electronic music scene has ever witnessed, having released more than 100 records in a career spanning just under fifteen years. From early experiments in the studio and original homemade releases through to becoming one of the most creative and sought...

Hugg & Pepp, the dynamic duo consisting of the two cousins John and Jesper Dahlbäck, started out in 2003 and released their first EP together called Bastratt EP. Since then they have continously kept releasing high qualitative releases on their own record...

John Dahlbäck was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1985. He moved to a small village outside Stockholm at an early age with both his mother and father being musicians, and almost everyone in his family was too. He got in touch with house music through his...

It's been a decade ago since Aril Brikha put his name down in the book of techno history: His track 'Groove La' Chord' off his debut EP 'Art Of Vengeance' still stands tall as a timeless techno classic, utilizing chord stabs and subtle changes of intensity to maximum effect. By no means a one hit wonder, Brikha has since released his...

Sweden's Andreas Tilliander first used the Mokira name for his release 'Clip Hop' on Raster-Noton. This album almost single handedly started the glitchy hiphop sound that Mille Plateaux most notably fell for, and made Andreas a respected and revered name...

After a small number of obscure ambient recordings, Stockholm's Axel Willner joined the Kompakt family in 2005 as The Field with the release of his 12" debut 'Things Keep Falling Down'. His combination of dreamy shoegaze psychedelia with 4/4 dance beats...

Mixing deconstructed sounds with funky beats to create minimal dance textures, Stockholm's Mikael Stavöstrand is known as a key figure in the Swedish electronic music scene. His distinct execution of minimal club techno, as well as his production of some...

Harald Björk's music is a naive and emotional, melodic type of minimal techno with a melancholic Scandinavian touch. Harald made a name for himself with his 'Brus' EP on Traum Schallplatten and his live performances, which dive into melancholic melodic...