Sweden taking over the world

What do Steve Angello, Spotify, Abba, Pirate Bay, Max Martin and Marcus Schossow have in common?

They are all Swedish musical phenomenons. Some famous for their brilliant music making and some for their sharing of music, both legal and illegal.

According to the latest IFPI figures Sweden now has the world’s fastest growing music market.

The country of the blue and yellow vikings is the third biggest exporter of music around the globe.

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Chillout classics Spotify playlist

 

What music gives you that special summer feeling?

It is of course an individual thing, but for me good downtempo sounds like summer. I mean, I listen to slow beats all year long, but there still are some tracks that suits better to sun, smiling people and lazy days.

I’ve made a Spotify playlist with a bunch of tracks I would define as chillout classics. Some obvious picks, like Bent – Swollen and Moby – Porcelain, but also pieces from artists like Jon Hopkins, Røyksopp, Orbital, Air, Boards of Canada, Thievery Corporation and Sebastién Tellier. And many more, of course.

Click here to listen to the playlist “Chillout classics”.

The happiest DJ performance ever

Here’s a video that will make you smile. But it’s also a slap in the face to all those serious faces behind the decks. Loosen up and skip the cool look. This guy sure makes his crowd happy.

A big thank you to Bjørn for the tip.

Volcano dance music

Check out Oliver Englafjord – a new and undescribed act from Iceland. There’s not much info to find on this guy, other than the dark, slow and tight sound on a couple of YouTube clips. It’s the soundtrack of Eyjafjallajökull. And since the economy is flat out broken, this might be Icelands way of giving something back to frustrated flight passengers.

Great electronica Spotify listens

We’ve made a Spotify playlist for you. It contains a bunch of more or less new electronica albums that we think you should check out.

Subscribe to Innotune Album Picks May 2010 at Spotify

The new version of Spotify with Facebook integration works quite nice. It’s easier to share your playlists and discover new music through your friends. If you’ve got Spotify, try our fresh playlist and share it with your homies.

At Innotune we feature a lot of single EDM releases through our podcast, but we also enjoy a couple of longplayers every now and then. This playlist gathers some of the most interesting albums of 2010 so far.

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March and April blog roundup

Time to do a small sum up.

If you’re up for retro EDM, check out Håkon’s post about mind.in.a.box and their album R.E.T.R.O. Ville Lope wrote about performing electronic music live. Pick up a few hints from Ville and Steve Helstrip. We’ve also posted news about a new label from Joonas Hahmo. Marcus Schossow created a sick and quite different track that he decided to give away for free to all Innotune readers. Download Tone Diary – Psykopat.

The podcast episodes of March and April gave you loads of kickin’ dance music and trance heads Airwave and Darude in the mix. No need to hesitate, just download and share now.

Free download: Tone Diary – Psykopat

Innotune brings you a special treat from Uncle Marcus.

This is your chance to grab a free download of Psykopat. It’s a brand new and unreleased track from Innotune resident Marcus Schossow. And yes, it sounds just as sick as the title implies.

Here’s his own words about the tune: “If you don’t feel sick, you will when you hear this. Anxiety all over.”

Download, enjoy and share.

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Joonas Hahmo to set up a label

Joonas Hahmo has become one of Finland’s hottest electronic music exporters. In 2004, Joonas’s first productions were collaborations under the successful trance aliases “Alt+F4” and “Avanto”.

Alt+F4 was signed to trance super label Anjunabeats while Avanto was released under a small finnish independent label Electric Sauna Records.

Soon Joonas started to seek for a new sound and his first solo single The Fusion, released on Andy Moor’s Ava Recordings in 2006 gained a lot of attention from trance and progressive trance jocks around the world. But it wasn’t until he got signed back to Anjunabeats, this time on their Anjunadeep imprint until he got lifted to the big league.

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Proper R.E.T.R.O.

Innotune aren’t known for reviewing all sorts of albums and releases from every corner of the world. When we like something – we put it in our podcast.

However, every now and then something special, different, and fresh pops up. That’s exactly what reached my ears today, and it’s called R.E.T.R.O. by the group mind.in.a.box.

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Six months – The best so far

Our electronic music blog and podcast has been around for six months! Here’s the best of Innotune until now.

Top 5 most read:

1. Dj Mag Top 100 backstage
   A video to cheer you up, posted by Håkon Lofthus.
2. When you put things into perspective
   Marcus Schossow wrote about his everyday life as a travelling DJ. An interesting read for any aspiring producer or DJ.
3. 5 great iPhone apps for music production and inspiration
   Quick reviews of five apps you should own to boost your musical creativity whilst on the move. Written by Endal.
4. What is podcasting?
   This is our view of the phenomenon podcasting. Written by Endal right after we had to shut down the MP3 feed of our podcast.
5. OHM 64 – Yet another MIDI spaceship?
   The first thoughts of Marcus Schossow after trying the OHM 64 MIDI controller.

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