The avant gardist Peder Mannerfelt creates his own electronic universe with certitude and originality. As part of the duo Roll The Dice he has created experimental, drone-oriented electronic music since 2007, but is probably most known under the pseudonym The Sublimal Kid, under which he has worked with Fever Ray and Blonde Redhead as well as remixed Massice Attack, Lykke Li and Bat for Lashes. On his latest album, the nine-track Controlling Body which was released as late as april this year, he has collaborated with the artist Glasser who’s voice adds a new dimension to his deconstructed universe of sound.
Mabiisi is the artistic meeting between the musicians Art Melody from Burkina Faso and Steve Atambire from Ghana, The two artists speak similiar languages, come from similar cultures but are separated by colonial borders which still divide the two groups. Mabiisi, which means “brother from another morher” in both languages, strive to unite the rawness from classical hip hop with the traditional kologo music.
There are few bands whose members have played in hardcore and punk bands, but are also trained oudist who have studied with masters such as Mehmet Bitmez och Naseer Shamma. There are also few bands who since the age of five have been writing protest songs for the first Intifada. And who fifteen years later wrote song right during the gunfights of the second Intifada, and at the same time running a record label. But all of these are parts that make up Alif.