Feb 1 2016

Alternative Swedish Mixtape

By Eric Welles Nyström

Song Artist Purchase
Softkalas Gang Bang Discogs
Sinnenas Eldorado Coste Apetrea Discogs
Tid Att Stå Stilla Björn Holm Discogs
Ögon Fia Nyström Discogs
Lycka Till! Mantraction Discogs
What Can I Say? Container Discogs
Står vid ett vägskäl Roger Rönning Amazon
Vie De Vogue Studio Discogs
Hej Rapid
Agenter Från Orienten Simon Ådahl Discogs
Vatten Friends of Mozart Discogs
Lena Antarktis Discogs
What Should Your Mama Say Kisa Magnusson & Hans Edler Amazon
Running Away Freestyle Discogs
Hej Där Coste Apetrea Discogs
Ännu en Natt Ted Ström Discogs
Back to Tellus Tom Rocker Record Palace
Nattfärd (Sakta Gå Hem) Live Jam Discogs
Himmel, Eld Och Hav Carina Carlsson Amazon
Malena Ivarsson (Dub Version) Demba Conta Discogs
Summerwind GlenDisco Discogs

Leo Hallin is an illustrator, animator and visual artist from Sweden, who goes by name Leolyxxx. For this month’s show, he has put together a fun mix of left-field Swedish music from the ’70s and ’80s (being Swedish myself, I was surprised to realize I had never heard any of these songs before!).

Leo is a passionate record collector who has his hands deep in many different styles of music. Whether it be intensely beautiful, long-lost soul from the American south, or brilliantly weird disco jams from northern Europe—he always introduces me to great stuff. He is one of those people who will always know loads about whatever seemingly obscure record project we’re working on here at Luaka Bop, making it feel all the less obscure… ha!

Leo is also an excellent story teller. With a long background in graffiti and street art, I’ve always admired his ability to capture the essence of any story or subject, and how he makes it accessible to a wider range of people, independent of their age, or background. Since I got to know him a few years ago, we have come to collaborate on a bunch of projects together. He made these videos for our William Onyeabor album, and recently just finished a biographic animation about Doug Hream Blunt, narrated by Doug’s 11 year old daughter, Juanita (that we are to release soon!). Here is one of my favorite short films by him with music by Chuck Jackson:

Hope you like music. And thanks to David A Macleod for editing the audio for this month's playlist!

Love,
Luaka Bop

PS: If you like what you hear in this month’s show, don’t miss Leo’s second part of this mix, which was just posted on the site Dream Chimney.

Feb 1 2016

Alternative Swedish Mixtape

By Eric Welles Nyström

Song Artist Purchase
Softkalas Gang Bang Discogs
Sinnenas Eldorado Coste Apetrea Discogs
Tid Att Stå Stilla Björn Holm Discogs
Ögon Fia Nyström Discogs
Lycka Till! Mantraction Discogs
What Can I Say? Container Discogs
Står vid ett vägskäl Roger Rönning Amazon
Vie De Vogue Studio Discogs
Hej Rapid
Agenter Från Orienten Simon Ådahl Discogs
Vatten Friends of Mozart Discogs
Lena Antarktis Discogs
What Should Your Mama Say Kisa Magnusson & Hans Edler Amazon
Running Away Freestyle Discogs
Hej Där Coste Apetrea Discogs
Ännu en Natt Ted Ström Discogs
Back to Tellus Tom Rocker Record Palace
Nattfärd (Sakta Gå Hem) Live Jam Discogs
Himmel, Eld Och Hav Carina Carlsson Amazon
Malena Ivarsson (Dub Version) Demba Conta Discogs
Summerwind GlenDisco Discogs

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