Steye

about

He spends over an hour playing with a cardboard box, a drum pedal and a microphone-like object. He’s not listening to what’s being said around him, and so he never answers the question about what exactly he is busy with. Until suddenly we hear a boom-boom-chk-chk. ‘Wow! Check out this kickdrum... Sounds perfect!’ he shouts, as happy as a child. It’s a neurosis. Steye makes music because he can’t do much else. When not near an instrument or some beatable object, he quickly becomes, as he describes it, as irritable as a porcupine chicken. Music is the way Steye deals with the world. Through songs he turns his personal sores into something more manageable and swinging. It’s tricky to label his music. It all began with making some beats on a sampler and later he developed into a singer/songwriter. He casually combines Prince-like funk with elements from Britpop. But he is also recognised as the inventor of campfire techno. It comes down to creating his own rhythms over which he can be open and free. He doesn’t have to become a famous pop star. He just can’t help but make music. Music with balls. Music that makes your body shake without letting your head get in the way. Steye’s second album Lovedrum reinforces what made his acclaimed debut, I’m Just Here To Make You Feel Warm, so original. It’s self-produced and he played most of the instruments himself. The results form an honest portrait of the year-long phase he happened to be going through at that time: heartbreak. These

top songs

albums

I'm Just Here To Make You Feel Warm

Lovedrum

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SuperSilverStrawBerry

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What A Feeling (All Alone And On My Own) (radio edit)

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Music Mania Summer Sampler - Volume 12

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Buhne 16 - On The Beach 3

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I’m Just Here to Make You Feel Warm

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Jazzadelic 08.3

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Do Without You

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Baby Come Home

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Wavemusic Buhne 16, Vol. 3 - Liquid

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I Really Miss You

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