Stefan Klaverdal from Malmö is a composer and sound artist, who primarily works with comtemporary classical music, a genre that can be hard to define. This is more than obvious when you listen to Stefan’s works which ranges from classical pieces for choirs and orchestras to electronic sound experiments to genre crossing music and a lot of other endeavours. “Revelations” is a fascinating album he released in 2010, where he collaborates with other musicians, performing two of his suites: “The Sacred Family” and “Revelation Pieces”.

“The Sacred Family” consists of three parts and is performed by the string quartet Tippet Quartet and Stefan with his electronic effects, beats and pads, united in a most natural way. He was originally inspired, which the name implies, by Gaudi’s amazing unfinished construction La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. When he started composing, his wife had a serious illness, which of course made his work with the music stop from time to time, as he had to take care of his wife and his one-year old daughter. His wife eventually recovered and it took him three years to finish the composition, and by then the music contained another meaning as a celebration to being alive and being together and also a reflection of this near-death process they went through, which you can strongly sense when you listen. Interestingly the cathedral La Sagrada Familila has three sides, named Nativity, Passion and Glory, which is also the name of the three parts. You can listen to the first part here below: “Façade Of The Nativity”.
The second half of the album, which is no less fascinating, “Revelation Pieces” is inspired by scenes from The Book of Revelation. Here the electronica is more in focus, and consists of three parts, independent of each other, and paint four different images.

Stefan Klaverdal’s site – on Spotify – on Wimp

A little while ago Love Is A Burning Thing launched their debut album. They call it “Greatest Hits” which is not a bad name for such a good album. Electro punk they wrote somewhere about the music which is a rather fitting characterization for these eight tracks, where a hard working distorted bass plows deep furrows in the dense, black electronic soil. It feels both like retro post punk and like their very own indie electronica. Listen here below in two songs.

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Jipset is a trio that consists of the the two producers Stefan Kvarnström and Jonas Elofsson, based in Malmö, and the singer Patrik Englund, hailing from Stockholm. They’ve experimented their way through some different styles and landed in this soft, slightly melancholic electro pop. Patrik’s calm vocals fits like hand in glove with this sound and they feel a bit like Adolphsson & Falk for the 2010’s. Here are a couple of songs:

Jipset on Facebook – on Soundcloud

All That Is

Here’s a collection of singles I’ve picked up this Autumn. Quite a varied mix I believe.

All That Is – “You Are Drugs”

We’ve met Patrick Ray and the producer LJB before in the band Sidewalk, whom I’ve written about a couple of times. A little more than a year ago they started the project All That Is together, and early this Autumn the first song “You Are Drugs” was released. A new EP will follow within short.

All That Is on Facebook – on Soundcloud

Banana Beach – “Pelican Bay”

The quintet Banana Beach released their debut EP in Spring, “Window Licking”, and from the EP they picked out this single, “Pelican Bay”, an indie tune with dance ambitions.

Banana Beach’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Projekt Elliot – “Del 2: Sommarnattens Sång”

About two years ago I wrote about Projekt Elliot’s “Del 1: Äventyr i Lo Fi“. Now he’s back with the second part in the shape of the single “Sommarnattens Sång”, another track with acoustic Swedish pop and his characteristic glowing vocals.

Projekt Elliots site – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Bandcamp

Billy Fitzgerald – “Compass”

Billy Fitzgerald, aka Adam Rosenkvist, released this single a couple of months ago, “Compass”, a quiet, soft, lo fi-sounding tune with a fine melody.

Billy Fitzgerald on Facebook – on Bandcamp

Djävulen Möblerar Om – “Universum i en kub”

Malte from closed down Malte X has started a new project: Djävulen Möblerar Om. “Universum i en kub” is the first single and I recognise the music to some extent, in the punk and the rock’n’roll, but this is more garage and has a rawer sound overall. Here’s the single video.

Djävulen Möblerar Om on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Here’s a couple of songs from Jonas Linngård’s project Kontroll. It’s about instrumental, melodic electro pop, where he describes the first song, “Home of the Wild”, as “Amiga 500 Bubble Gum Electro Pop”.

Kontroll’s site – on Facebook – on Soundcloud