This year’s summer compilation is a mixtape comprising 24 tracks by Swedish artists and bands where each track represents one hour of a typical Swedish summer day. I did not mean to patronize or canonize my own country’s music and culture - but with a risk of coming across as, dare I say nationalistic, this [...]

Misinterpret me correctly here, that Andreas Tilliander released a new album under his own name this year is nothing but a triumph for me and many other fans of Swedish brilliance and mind-twitching electronic music. But was it really necessary with THIS many remixes of the lead single Caught In A Riot. I mean, it’s [...]

A sky photo of a small part of my hometown: Sigtuna
I got a sudden urge last evening to go out biking. The time was around 19:10 and I knew it would be light outside at least for a couple of more hours. Now, I live in a small town - a really small town. For [...]

After the mainstream reggae detour of last week, I decided it was time to spend this week getting back into some great indie/alternative music which you prior to this post could not find on Hypem. Oh, and why yes, I do know I posted Coralcola’s Dawn Edit of Capri Sun Caravan yesterday, but somehow it [...]

Of course Fever Ray’s debut album can’t recreate the haunting soundscapes of the clash between dream and nightmare of Silent Shout, but it’s nonetheless a suggestive and out-of-this-world experience that shouldn’t be missed this year. Dark, exotic and mysteriously calm, it comes across as rather heartless but not particularly evil either, and that’s what makes [...]