Slash Dot Dash Podcast 027: Pär Grindvik

Pär Grindvik, or his pseudonym The Hollow, has been a core person of the Swedish electronic scene since the nineties as a record-store owner (Illegal Stockholm), label manager and producer. He is a well established artist and has been touring for many years and releases on big name labels like Drumcode, Spectral Sound, Saved Records and his own label Stockholm Ltd, which he created and founded in 2002.

Stockholm Ltd began as an outlet for singles and Eps from Swedish electronic artists with a focus on releasing timeless electronic music. Nowadays it's much more, as each release tells it's own story. Pär also founded the sub label Islands & Islets in 2008. Every inch of Pär's work, including the labels, artwork, release info and music, is wrapped with heart and emotion, which keeps the sparkle and curiosity alive within the ever changing adaptations of the artists world.

Thus, Pär Grindvik is one of the most promising names around today and one of the most respected producers out there! With this in mind, Pär was an artist that we felt had to be part of the Slash Dot Dash Podcast family. He asked us the brief and we simply told him "do what you feel". And what resulted is a rare downtempo home listening mix from the Swede.

All the heart and emotion, that's the benchmark of everything he does, is present in this glorious 70 minute excursion into landscapes of sound, that touch you on the deepest of levels. So sit back and immerse yourself in this expansive mix that traverses from ambient textures to late night head nodders and bass heavy sonic attacks to raw hip hop beats in the most elegant of fashions.

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More info on Pär can be found on his Facebook Fan Page. For the rest of our Podcasts please head over to the Podcast Page on our website. If you want to catch Pär live, and happen to be in Berlin, you can see him at the legendary Tresor next weekend (11th April) alongside Svreca and Developer in the legendary basement. Full details can be found on the Resident Advisor Event Page.

Matthew Herbert brings his big band to Matter on the 9th June

Electronic pioneer Matthew Herbert (Bodily Functions and Around The House) comes to matter on Wednesday 9th June, when he'll perform with his Big Band.

Appearing with Herbert and his band will be the extraordinary lead vocalist Eska, and also the Goldsmiths Vocal Ensemble, who'll provide choral backing for the performance.

Eska is currently working on her debut album with Herbert acting as producer and is leader of the Ensemble who performed previously to rave reviews with Herbert's band last year at London's Barbican.

The performance at matter will be only the third time this show has been performed with the choral and visual additions and represents an exciting new exploration of the themes presented on Herbert's album 'There's Me and There's You' - his second with The Matthew Herbert Big Band.

The supporting act for the matter performance will be chosen by Matthew and announced shortly.

Doors open at 7pm and the show is expected to finish at 11pm. Tickets are £18.50 and can be purchased from either Ticketweb or Resident Advisor.

Here's the promo video for the event

Blur 'Fools Day' - Free Download

Ok so it's not dance music related but i feel still worth a mention. Blur are one of my favourite bands ever. I saw them live in Hyde Park last year and it was a hell of an evening.

The track 'Fools Day' was recorded especially for Record Store day and all 1000 limited edition 7" copies sold out across UK record stores. However Blur's manager, Chris Morrison, thought it was import for the song to be made available to fans legally, to stop fans having to turn to illegal download and file sharing sites. So to combat this, Blur have decided to release it as a free download.

Just follow this link to Blur's website, fill in your details and the track is all yours