FAMILJEN

JAAKKO EINO KALEVI

SOFIA GEIDEBY

FREDRIK NIELSEN

LISA BORG

MATEAS PARES

CHARLOTTE BIALAS

DANIEL WESTER

NICOLAS AMA SIAM

FARVASH

INGEGERD RÅMAN

MOHAMMED HINDI

MOHAMMED HINDI

electronic artist

MOHAMMED HINDI wearing BATTY

MOHAMMED HINDI wearing BATTY

⟶ My parents emigrated from Syria to Sweden a couple of months before I was born. I was raised in a small town in southern Dalarna where our family were the only immigrants. It’s kind of weird since Sweden is now such a multi-cultural nation. The town didn’t have much on offer for teenagers.

At that time, technology was developing fast. I began spending more and more time in front of the computer, downloading music and video games. Music became really important for me and I started to find music I had never heard before. I remember hearing Black Sabbath for the first time, I started crying - it was such a powerful and mesmerizing sound. After that I was on fire to discover new music. I still get teary-eyed when I hear something new and powerful. It’s a sort of litmus test for me. The reaction is purely instinctive and I can’t control it, it just happens. 

I’m a big fan of electronic music. I love electronic music because it has never been about the person producing the music, the music speaks for itself. Burial is a great example of that, he released his first albums without anyone knowing who he was, the music simply told the story of the artist. 

I prefer it that way, I firmly believe that the looks and face of an artist are unimportant. Looks are not the reason I listen to music! If an artist hides behind a mask or a symbol, fine by me, I just want to hear their music.  I’m a bit tired of the modern way of marketing artists, where the face is just as important as the sound. 

I love how producing music, especially electronic, has become available to everyone. If you have a smartphone or computer you can pretty much make anything. This has revolutionized the identity of a typical music producer from being an old, white man behind a big mixing table, to being someone from any walk of life in front of their computer/phone. 

Electronic music has become such a wide array of genres it can be anything from eclectic harsh noise to banging techno to ambient field recordings.  It truly is the modern punk; it’s the definition of DIY. Just record something, don’t worry about pleasing people. If it sounds good to you, just release it. All you need is a computer or phone and imagination.

FAMILJEN

JAAKKO EINO KALEVI

SOFIA GEIDEBY

FREDRIK NIELSEN

LISA BORG

MATEAS PARES

CHARLOTTE BIALAS

DANIEL WESTER

NICOLAS AMA SIAM

FARVASH

INGEGERD RÅMAN

MOHAMMED HINDI

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