J O H A N • A G E B J Ö R N

 

about me

I live in Lund, Sweden. I study psychology. I'm a father. I make music from time to time.

I have wide range of styles - electro, house, piano music - but I have two main projects:

• My ambient music. It could be described as "ambient electro" or "arctic ambient"; not too far away from the sounds of Krister Linder (Sweden) and early Biosphere (Norway). That is, ambient with electro beats, giving the music a rich atmosphere as well as a distinct move forward in a sci-fi kind of way. On some tracks I collaborate with the singer Lisa Barra. I've played live a few times and released my debut ambient album "Mossebo" in September 2008 on Lotuspike / Spotted Peccary (and you can listen to more examples in the music section). I have also appeared with exclusive tracks on the compilations "Chilltronica vol. 1" (Soundcolours) and "Collection 4" (Databloem). Influences include Biosphere, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Kraftwerk, The KLF, Future Sound of London, Krister Linder, Derrick May, Pete Namlook, Laurent Garnier, early Moby, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy.

• Sally Shapiro. This started as a side-project of mine, but soon became more and more inspiring. Sally Shapiro is a ”neo-italo disco” project consisting of a female singer (whose real name remains a secret) with me as a composer and producer. We have released two albums "Disco Romance" and "My Guilty Pleasures", as well as a few EPs and remix collections with remixes by Junior Boys, Lindstrøm, Juan MacLean, Tensnake to mention a few. However, Sally is too shy to perform live, so this is a studio project only. I often DJ with this kind of music though. Full-length streams are available from MySpace and mp3 samples from the discography. Influences include 80s italo disco artists like Valerie Dore, Katy Gray, Savage, Fun Fun and German singer Sandra as well as modern disco-inspired acts like FPU, Bogdan Irkük and Alden Tyrell.

Also check out my own little label, Husmus Media, where I have released one floppy disk single with an 8bit-ish track and one piano album on CDR.

If you want to know what kind of music I listen to, check this link for some - rather old - top 10 & top 5 lists.

Political statement: I care about animals, global justice and the environment. I am a vegan and I try to purchase ecological and fair trade products as much as I can. I don't like capitalism and have spent a lot of time unsuccessfully thinking about an alternative.

There's also a short biography on Billboard.