Loading details…
Artist
Mikael Stavöstrand
12+ albums
minimalelectronictechnoglitchminimal techno
about
Mikael Stavöstrand is a Swedish minimal and electronic artist. Mikael was born in Stockholm, Sweden 1972, and is now based in Los Angeles, CA. He has been featured as a key 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," released on Force Inc. imprint Force Labs, met critical praise and became a best selling release 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 a bunch of "classic" records under different names. Recently, due to high demand from different labels, he agreed to allow reissues of these early works. After that period he became more interested in sound research and minimalism, which also led to a couple of CD releases on labels such as Staalplaat in The Netherlands. In 2000 he became more focused on bringing his experiences and sound from the pure minimal scene into a club context, so he started to work with minimal techno sounds, which immediately led to releases on Force Inc. in Germany. In recent years he has been playing live around the globe, f
