After an introductory trio of mutant rave 12”s in 2019, Aasthma return, galvanised with hi-EDM-pop sheen and stacked melodies for a more ambitious sound that draws as much from Peder Mannerfelt’s work on Fever Ray records as his and Pär Grindvik’s shapeshifting electronic tekkerz. In a strong sense ‘Arrival’ is effectively a new iteration of hi-tech Swedish dance-pop for the 2020s, summoning the spirits of UK hardcore rave and its trip hop offshoots thru a glossy production prism that winks at Eric Prydz, Avicii and Max Martin, while seamlessly kneading in aspects of footwork, industrial dancehall and hypeR&B-pop. Quite understandably it arrives on Modeselektor’s label, and shares much of the German duo’s thrust toward bigger sound staging, only less fruity and crisply rudely puckered.

Arrival

Power Ambient Piano Ballad

We Will Never Change

One Million Seconds

Soulhack

Hold Back Love

Lights Out

Arrival (Fast Forward Into Love)

It's Just Your Style

Fall Beyond The Sun

A power ambient ballad seething with unrequited, destructive desire, ‘C’mon Creeper’ is the first collaboration between Aasthma and Louisahhh.  
Shining somewhere on the more lush, emotional edges of IDM, the track is a knot fraying and tightening in on itself.  

Equal parts metallic-future and ripe, feral feeling, sticky and slick, visceral flesh and flickering machines, this sonic triumph melding the touch of Aasthma and Louisahhh - each artist reknown in their own right - delivers something unique and uncanny. 

Accessing a place unexpected but subtly spectacular nonetheless, the dichotomy of Aasthma’s high fidelity genre-defying glee and Louisahhh’s ferocious confessional, rhetorical after rhetorical flung into an abyss of pure, pulsating sound will no doubt give the listener something to feel: a knot in the throat or a punch in the gut.  

This is as it should be.

C'mon Creeper

Aasthma Feat Louisahhh - C’mon Creeper

Aasthma - Gunk_Teardrops - Unmixx 

DOWNLOAD - https://aasthmalife.bandcamp.com/track/gunk-teardrop

Mashup made for "the unmixable" and Afrodeutsche's People's Party, BBC radio.

Aasthma - Gunk_Teardrops - Unmixx

Fragments 01 - Fragments

Fragments 02 - Floodlights

Fragments 03 - Good Luv

Fragments 04  - Green Pink

Aa X OM - Miami Ballroom

Aa X OM - Oooh Yeah

Aa X OM - Message Reach Out feat. Rakjay

Aa X OM - Slide Me

Aa X OM - Bj bT

Aa X OM - Scrunchie feat. Rakjay

Aa X OM - Deep

On Alone Together Aasthma pour the myriad dimensions of their musicality into one grandiose outburst of elegant techno with big room teeth and hidden depths. There's a melancholy weight to the melodic thrust of the track which screams out 'moment', whether it's the peak of peak time or a sentimental, ceremonial finisher. Driving these emotive flourishes forward, the sleekly swung rhythm section hits the sweet spot between extrovert energy exchange and heads down shuffle, giving every dancer exactly what they need at just the right time

Alone Together

The rush-inducing synth dose that kicks off 'Versatile' shows Aasthma at their most upful, and that's even before the chant-bolstered beatdown comes swaggering in on a broken flex with phasers set to jit. It's a direct, uptempo workout built around those core elements, but they equally know how to edge their secret sauce into even the most loop-rooted arrangement. Every spin-back flicker or filter tickle amps up the satisfaction in this life-giving slice of rave optimism.

Versatile

Continuing their run of club singles to close out 2024, Peder Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik once again channel their avant-pop production (Fever Ray, Björk) into a classy demonstration of dancefloor maximalism. 'Keep Moving' rides on a rough and ready rhythm section of crooked drums and brooding bass, teasing out a hype energy through snatches of vocals that peak at the mid-section. With hooks in all the right places and driven by dramatic tension, it's a fine demonstration of Aasthma's keen instinct for what makes a banger.

Keep Moving

Whether delivering heads-down pressure or emotive peaks, Peder Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik have a rich seam of experience to draw on in their Aasthma production partnership. 'Pulteney Symphony' continues a stellar run of bright, bold singles that channel their production work for the likes of Fever Ray and Björk into jaw-dropping club tracks. From the ebb and flow of the synths that launch the tune to the cascading layers of strings that gradually tease into the mix, it's a heart-rending composition capped off with electronica sentimentality. For all the swooning romanticism of the track, Aasthma never compromise on presence and impact to keep the dancefloor electrified.

W&P by Pär Grindvik & Peder Mannerfelt
Mixed by Pär Grindvik & Peder Mannerfelt
Mastered by Isle Audio
Artwork by Håkan Ullberg

Pulteney Symphony

https://aasthma.lnk.to/aasthma01

Aasthma
Only The Appraiser
AA01 

Aasthma is a new collaborative project that finds Peder Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik celebrating the vibrant, multifaceted nature of contemporary electronic music. Inspired by the overwhelming swarm of stylistic microcosms, as well as new modes of distribution and listening, Aasthma is the sound of two experienced producers opening themselves to the relentless pace of change. 
On this first installment, the artists’ voracious appetite for different ideas can be felt spilling out of every bar. The record opens with “Das War_s Dann, Leute!” – a study in sound design that matches oscillating waves with disembodied voices. It’s a richly textured composition that runs deeper than the modest 90 second run time would suggest. “Only The Appraiser” appears more forthright in its opening strains – a techno loop garnished with lurid daubs of flexing synth. As the linear thrust of the track progresses the garnish mutates and gnarls, giving way to wild, sky scraping yelps that reach beyond the dank dungeon techno source of this lysergic dancefloor variation.

Only the Appraiser

Das War Dann, Leute!

Aasthma, a collaboration between Swedish producers Pär Grindvik and Peder Mannerfelt . A sonically high-fidelity whirlwind, occupying a dazzling soundworld where Top 40 ballads and breakbeat rollers gleefully canoodle with trap bangers, neon-streaked EDM and guttural dancehall.

Graduating from the class of Fever Ray 2018 Plunge tour, Peder Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik found themselves inexplicably drawn towards creating Aasthma as a vessel for their collaborative respiratory malaise. After being tapped up for gaseous exchanges for the likes of Björk, Modeselektor and Massive Attack, they released their debut full length ”Arrival” in late 2022 to great fanfare. Including collaborations with diverse artist such as Jonnine Standish of HTRK, Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds, Casey MQ, Gavsborg of Equiknoxx and Swedish rapper Silvana Imam it shows their commitment to fumigating beyond their natural habitat of cramped basements and cavernous technodomes into uncharted popular territories.

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