Stockholm house music producer and artist Patrik Edenhall has been performing live for about a year and is currently working on his first EP that will be released this fall. We caught up with him to find out what the city’s dancefloors can expect from his beats.
Tell us about your new release!
The EP will contain two hard driven “old skool” house tracks. One of the tracks is the eagerly-awaited underground local hit Gitarro Grande, that I often use as my final track in my live sets.
How do your performances look?
When I perform I use several analogue devices such as drum machines, synthesizers and samplers. I always try to at least bring a minimum of two to three machines to make the performance more interesting, both for me and the audience.
What’s happening late-night in Stockholm that tickles your fancy?
One interesting thing that’s going on now is that more and more clubs are encouraging old-school music from the 80s and 90s, rather than the new commercial form of the genre that frequently can be heard on the radio and in commercials. That opens up for a deeper understanding of house music and its roots, since a lot of people are not familiar with the history and how the genre sounded 20-30 years ago. Today house music is a very extensive genre that contains several sub-genres, with pretty vast differences in between. I think it’s a good thing to let people know that it’s definitely not only what you hear on the radio that defines house music.
What is your favourite night-spot?
During summertime my favourite night-spot is all the different open air party’s around Stockholm. Otherwise it’s Berns for sure!
So what is the master plan for the future?
My future plan as it looks now is just continuing with the music and learning more about the engineering parts. A sound engineering education is probably not far away. I’m looking forward to learn more and experience other genres as well such as dub and soul. A future dub album containing seven tracks is already planned and in the making and will hopefully be released at the end of this year.
Where do you think night-life in Stockholm is headed?
I think it is in big need of improvement, mainly because all the big night clubs in Stockholm are owned by a single company that seems to have same concept on all their clubs – mingling and commercial music. I seldom see people dancing at a lot of places. Stockholm’s night-life is in great need of variation in terms of atmosphere between the clubs. Because as of now, the selection of night-clubs is pretty narrow if you want to go out and just dance instead of mingling around.
More night-clubs located near the water or even on the water would be a very nice idea to push forward for the future of Stockholm night life. Stockholm is famous for its islands and canals why not try to bring that natural environment into the night-life as well?
