So much good music coming from Scandinavia, always top quality and right across the board in terms of genres/styles, they seem to have a knack of nailing certain sounds and putting their own distinctive twist on it……
Be interested to hear peeps favourites & recommendations, as always
Here’s a few personal favourites to kick it off
Biosphere leading the charge, awesome bleepy techno groove
big fan of the ‘scandolearic’ sound (at dangerous risk of generalising) so much good stuff on Full Pupp and obviously all those big populist Terje bombs that seemed to own every summer for a while. Bjorn Torske too (often overlooked?) the absolute beast was Mungolian Jetset “Moon Jocks & Prog Rocks” which sounded unlike anything else I’d ever heard
The most obvious of the obvious. But everyone loved it. Played across the board (heard Marcellus Pittman give it. a spin). Communal scenes of euphoria on the dancefloor. Terje proved (even limiting himself to one synth) that he could fashion a record that literally made ANYTHING played after it sound pathetic.
Actual genius despite how sick everyone is of it now.
my favourite Inspector Norse moment was when I went to a night billed as a tribute to Frankie Knuckles and yet whoever was DJing played it, twice in one night too
I´m genuinly surprised that anybody still listens to these type of records, they were so awful when they came out and has aged even worse. The more recent Fasaan stuff and the likes posted is something completely different imo. The norwegian stuff from 10+ years back is an insult to the word disco.
I know a few people sniffed but those Terje bombs weren’t really designed for deeper heads-down clubs. They were firmly pitched at your lowlife get togethers with people dressed as horses in a field where all hell could break loose… each have their place imo
I love that scene, too (already posted Northern Disco Lights in the documentaries thread )
Great internet nights trying to track down every Todd Terje edit/remix/whateverest ever made!
Apart from the “sacred triangle” Lindstrom/Prins/Terje, I think the Tellé sampler is a great introduction to what was orbiting around that cities at the time: Wall Of Sound Presents Tellé (2000, CD) - Discogs
Another favourite of mine is the whole catalog of Studio/Information/personal projects from Dan Lissvik, or the Service label for something more pop oriented.
Scandidisco finest moment came with Lindström - i feel space. Still gives me chills. Must have played that record a billion times when it came out. Also the Todd Terje Utopia edit.
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