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Biography of Mikael Stavostrand | | | Real name / | Mikael Stavöstrand | | Moniker(s) / | The Skull, Vita, Bulgur Brothers, Ortega&Stavostrand, Skugge&Stavostrand, Men in Slippers |
He has been lauded as a important figure of the Swedish electronic music scene for his unique interpretations of minimal club techno as well as for producing some of the most essential experimental electronic music of the past years. Stavöstrand mixes deconstructed sounds with funky little beats to create minimal dance textures. On his debut album on Force Inc., "Reduce", swarms of glitches, crackles and skips infiltrate the 4/4 drive formula of minimal techno. As Vita, his "Vita" 12" on Force Inc. imprint Force Labs was welcomed by critical praise and became one of the best selling releases with its digitalized organic groove.
He started to produce music in the early nineties, but back then he was a part of the industrial scene and released some now labeled as "classic" records under different names. Lately due to a lot of demand from different labels, he agreed to allow reissues of these early works.
After that period he got more interested into sound research and minimalism, which also led to a couple of CD releases on labels as Staalplaat in The Netherlands to name a few. In 2000 he became more focused on bringing his experiences and sound from the pure minimal scene into a more club context, so he started to work with minimal techno sounds, which immediately resulted with releases on Force Inc. in Germany.
He has released over 50 12" Ep's and 19 Albums (CD, DLP, LP) so far and he has been featured on many compilation and mix records. He is also a sought after as a remix artist.
The last years he has been playing live around the world at such events as Mutek in Canada and in Mexico, Decibel Festival in Seattle, WMC in Miami and Swedish Style in Tokyo. He has also played in Japan, North & South America and all over Europe at respected clubs such as Panorama Bar, Fabric, Weekend, Watergate, Fuse, Otto Zuts, Cargo, Brancaleone, Avalon and many more.
Between 2000 to 2007 he ran the record label Mitek. Mitek's aim was to produce and promote upcoming Swedish talents in the field of electronic music. In the years Mitek produced 22 records with different kinds of electronic music, from avant-garde to club. Mitek often received grants from The Swedish Art Council to produce the records.
In the summer of 2006 he also started his new label "Sunset Diskos". This label is purely for club music and deep, funky minimal tunes are the aim here. With artists such as himself, [a]pendics shuffle, agaric & Bulgur Brothers, Pheek and Franco Cinelli.
Now he is released by Kindisch/Get Physical [DE], Clink [US/DE], Spectral Sound [US], Minisketch [IT], Adjunct [US], Lick My Deck [UK], Sounderground [UK] We Are [SE], Sushitech [UK], Thema [US] and others, with more exciting prospects on the way soon.
He has licensed tracks for Fabric mix CD's (Audion & Steve Bug), mix cd's by James Holden, Tanja Vulcano, Steve Bug, Agoria, Joris Voorn and more. His music is heavily played by Dj's such as Matthew Dear, MANDY, Alexkid, Richie Hawtin, Paco Osuna, Joris Voorn, Steve Bug, Claude Von Stroke, Ricardo Villalobos, DJ T, Mr C, Ryan Elliot, Jeff Samuel, Tanya Vulcano, Davide Squillace, Marco Carola, Dinky, Butane, Jeff Milligan, Dubfire, Troy Pierce, Magda, Ryan Crosson, Mark Henning, Miss Fitz, and Jay Haze to name a few.
info:
http://www.myspace.com/mikaelstavostrand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mikael-Stavoestrand/50367518857
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mikael+Stav%C3%B6strand
download music:
http://sunset-diskos.com/tempo/MikaelStavostrandLiveRebarSeattle14.1.2011.mp3.zip
http://sunset-diskos.com/mixes/Mikael%20Stav%25f6strand%20Mix%20August%2011th%202010.zip
youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBawCIHHftg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiybCyqhwT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiybCyqhwT0
Booking:
Europe & Asia: Eva Beavoir, Highgrade Bookings, Berlin - eva@highgrade-booking.com
North, Central & South America: Vivien Bilbao, Cohenshi Entertainment, San Francisco - vivien@cohenshi.com
Quotes:
Dubfire " One of my favourite producers! "
Stephan Bodzin "wonderfull release. love all 3 tracks!!!!" (about Crushed EP).
Sian "liking moment and movement especially,very strong ep" (about Crushed EP).
F.E.X "excellent release,in my next chart and for sure in my all next Dj set ;). (about Crushed EP).
Silicone Soul "oh yes - this is great - deep dark edgy will be supporting to the max! QUALITY!". (about Crushed EP).
Kiki "Im really missing the sun while listening to this, but it both originals make me dream myself to better places, which is already a big compliment and exactly what house music should be about. (about Crushed EP).
Chris Duckenfield "Solid EP of squelchyness" (about Crushed EP).
Xpansul "Three tracks are amazing. Mike's remix is perfect for me, but the other two are monsters! (about Crushed EP).
Mazi "Whole EP is the shit." (about Crushed EP).
Trent Cantrelle "Support!" (about Crushed EP).
Miss Kittin "Super nice little deep strange tool... " (about Crushed EP).
Brother's Vibe "Nice work..I like the second mix allot!" (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Mathias Kaden "great sweet record with mikael......i really like it!!!" (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Miss Fitz "Die a Little is my favorite part of the set. absolute bomb!!" (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Troy Pierce "Mikael’s stuff is always super good, these tracks rock !!" (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Droog "Die a Little has that throbbing bass that you want, no, NEED in dance music. Played it as last song last week - it was deadly. Both sides are doing it." (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Davide Squillace "This is a pure Bomb! Mikael is a great guy as much as a great musician! Love his stuff!" (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Butane "I've been playing this everywhere for the last 6-weeks and it's a real killer." (about Waiting For So Long EP).
Mathias Kaden "great like usuall!!!!!!, i´m 100% "in the mood" for this"
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Selected discography of Mikael Stavostrand
Discography (Excerpt)
Le Plaisir // Mikael Stavöstrand & Cesare vs. Disorder // Clink 2011
The Clap // Mikael Stavöstrand // Retrospect 2011
TBA // Mikael Stavöstrand // Amam 2011
TBA // Mikael Stavöstrand & [a]pendics. shuffle // Lick My Deck 2011
Your Skin // Vita // TBA // 2011
Body Lines // Vita // Adjunct 2011
How To Be // Mikael Stavöstrand // Highgrade // 2010
Send Me Signs // Mikael Stavöstrand // Lick My Deck // 2010
No Turning Back Remixes // Mikael Stavöstrand feat. Big Bully // Mo's Ferry // 2010
Money Talks Remixes // Mikael Stavöstrand & Franco Cinelli // Sunset Diskos // 2010
Dig Down // Vita // Adjunct // 2010
Time For Romance // Mikael Stavöstrand // Thema // 2009
Just For You // Mikael Stavöstrand // Titbit // 2009
Waiting For So Long Reworked // Mikael Stavöstrand feat. K.atou // Lick My Deck // 2009
Crushed // Mikael Stavöstrand // Imprimé // 2008
M500/09 // Men In Slippers // Minisketch // 2008
Spaceflake // Mikael Stavöstrand // Sounderground // 2008
Anything From Here // Men In Slippers // Resopal // 2008
Pink Phantom // Skugge&Stavöstrand // Percistancebit // 2008
Waiting For So Long // Mikael Stavöstrand feat. K.atou // Lick My Deck // 2008
At The Bottom/ Can't Hold It // Mikael Stavöstrand/ Bang Goes // GS/ 2008
Must Have Back // The Skull // KIndisch // 2008
Monday Blue // Mikael Stavöstrand & Franco Cinelli // Sunset Diskos // 2007
Daydream // Vita // Kindisch // 2007
Please My Pain // Mikael Stavöstrand // Thema // 2007
Housedays // Mikael Stavöstrand // Sushitech // 2007
Smoothie Remixes // Bulgur Brothers // Sunset Diskos // 2007
Join The Ortega&Stavöstrand Funk Revolution // Ortega&Stavöstrand // Rrygular // 2007
Take Me Higher // [a]pendics.shuffle & Mikael Stavöstrand // Adjunct // 2007
Enter The Skull // The Skull // Kindisch // 2007
Bulgur Brothers / [a]pendics.shuffle // We Are // 2007
Looking For Me // [a]pendics.shuffle & Mikael Stavöstrand // Adjunct // 2006
Soulful // Mikael Stavöstrand // Kontra Musik // 2006
Smoothie Man // Bulgur Brothers // Sunset Diskos // 2006
No Turning Back // Mikael Stavöstrand feat. Big Bully // Mo's Ferry // 2006
Dosage of the Ortega & Stavöstrand Satellite // Rrygular // 2006
Mikael Stavöstrand / Pheek // We Are // 2006
Funkage // Mikael Stavöstrand // Audiobahn // 2006
My Moon // Mikael Stavöstrand // Sunset Diskos // 2006
Compliments // Mikael Stavöstrand // Adjunct // 2006
Jaffa // Bulgur Brothers // Karat // 2006
Mosquito Morpher // Mikael Stavöstrand // DSP // 2006
ep2 // Luus // Gastspiel // 2005
Disco // Skugge&Stavöstrand //Budenzauber // 2005
Gräns // Skugge&Stavöstrand // Onitor // 2005
Humla // Skugge&Stavöstrand // Onitor // 2005
Ängel // Skugge&Stavöstrand // Onitor // 2005
Rheinsberger EP // Skugge&Stavöstrand // Onitor // 2004
Formula // Mikael Stavöstrand // Textone // 2004
Jay Haze vs. Mikael Stavöstrand // Contexterrior // 2004
Lite Remixed // Mikael Stavöstrand // Mitek // 2003
Format // Mikael Stavöstrand // Klitekture // 2003
Ena // Vita // Force Inc. // 2001
Vita // Vita // Force Inc. // 2001
Reduce // Mikael Stavöstrand // Force Inc. // 2001
Lite // Mikael Stavöstrand // Mitek // 2000
Remixes (Excerpt):
Hijacker - Afterhours (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Bombis // 2010
Les Freres Royale - Love Store (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Emote // 2010
Dilo - Waheyra (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Igloo // 2010
DEVELOPEr - Edificio (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Modularz // 2010
Balcazar - Movida De Nervios (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Blaq 2010
Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind - Madison Man (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Retrospect // 2010
Kriss - Mirage (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Mussen Project Records // 2010
Andreas Tilliander - Caught In A Riot (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Adrian // 2010
Geoff Weichmann - Deep & Fat Groove (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Rationalism Records // 2010
Danton Eeprom - Give Me Pain (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Infiné Music // 2010
Dubloner - Quad Rebeliion (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Adjunct / 2010
Gummish & Francisco Allendes - Vital Transformation (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Globox // 2010
Molex - Sonic Food (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Rubber Band // 2009
Soul Clap - Puppy Crack (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Airdrop // 2009
Brad Laner - Vecino (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Adjunct // 2009
Dj Slip - Available Light (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Thema // 2009
Bentobox - Aemon (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Imprimé // 2008
Agaric - Come Below (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sunset Diskos // 2008
Gummish & Francisco Allendes - Vital Transformation (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Globox // 2008
Anthony Collins - Rabouine House (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Freak n' Chic // 2008
[a]oendics.shuffle - Mas Lines (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Ransom Note // 2008
Shadi Megallaa - Giza Visa (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Dilek // 2008
Blani vs. Robert Pedrini - Geografia Privada (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // FMBE // 2008
Alland Byallo - Curd (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Nightlight // 2008
Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Adrian // 2008
M16 - Q.S. (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Persistencebit // 2008
Mario Kober - Im Doppelpack (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // GooGoo Records // 2007
Martin Brodin - Semitone Shuffle (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Audiobahn // 2007
Lila D. - Rica Y Sucia (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Eintakt // 2007
Jens Lodén - Maximini (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sunset Diskos // 2007
LOD - Dataflow (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sinergy Networks // 2007
Stefan Tretau - Ellis Perry (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sounderground // 2007
Dafluke - Date With Dora ([a]pendics. shuffle & Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Complot // 2007
Franco Cinelli - Antenna 2 (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Esperanza // 2007
Premature Wig - Place Detection (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Force Tracks // 2006
Koljah - Leckerkuchen (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sushitech // 2006
Familjen - Hög Luft (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Adrian // 2006
[a]pendics. shuffle - In Charge (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sunset Diskos // 2006
Lineas De Nazca - El Jardin De Las Delicias (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Eintakt // 2006
Fenin - Thrill (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Shitkatapult // 2005
Tonne - Luteum (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Sinergy Networks // 2004
Sophie Rimheden (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Mitek // 2004
Johan Skugge - Bring Me On (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // Mitek // 2004
Tennis - Loose-Knit (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix) // BiP_HOp // 2003
Appears on (Excerpt):
Icarian Games & Indian Clubs Vol. 4 // No More Monkey Business // Adjunct // 2010
Primavera Pt. 5 // Look Kids // Auralism // 2009
Mo's Ferry Flipside Comp. // Where Did You Go? // Mo's Ferry // 2009
Icarian Games & Indian Clubs Vol. 1 // Liquid Man // Adjunct // 2009
Joris Voorn - Balance 014 // Stol // EQ Recordings // 2009
Mar-t & Tobi Neumann - Amnesia Ibiza Underground #7 // Keep It Moving // DJ Center // 2008
Flumo Unmixed Edition 001 // Sweet & Messy // Flumo // 2008
4 On 12 // Baba Limit // We Are // 2008
Katapult vol. 3 // Carefully Hiding // Karat // 2007
Fumiya Tanaka - Via // Breezen Seagulls Pt. 2 // Soundscape // 2007
Hear The Drummer // Chela Tibia // We Are // 2007
Steve Bug - Fuse Presents Steve Bug // No Turning Back // Music Man // 2007
Steve Bug - Fabric 37 // Can You See Thru My Eyes // Fabric // 2007
Diabolika Live In Space Ibiza 2007 // Housedays // Time // 2007
Claude VonStroke - at The Controls CD // Semitone Shuffle (Mikael Stavostrands Berlin Tin Can Mix) // Resist // 2007
Death Is Nothing To Fear // Can You See Thru My Eyes // Spectral // 2007
Tania Vulcano - Circo Loco @ DC 10 // No Turning Back // Mixmag // 2007
Agoria - At The Controls // Housedays (Koljah Remix) // Resist // 2007
James Holden - at The Controls CD // Medean // Resist // 2006
Matthew Dear as Audion - Fabric 27 // Mosquito Morpher // Fabric // 2006
Matthew Dear as Audion - Fabric 27 // Body Control // Fabric // 2006
Bargrooves Black // Finker Stomper // Seamless // 2006
Adjunct vol. 2 // Body Control // Adjunct // 2005
4 In A Row // Lie In The Sun // Tic Tac Toe // 2005
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