ÅRSTABO RADIO - Part 1

Axel Boman broke through in 2010 with his Holy Love EP, released on DJ Koze's Pampa Records. The track Purple Drank became an instant classic in underground house music circles – since then, Boman has toured extensively while releasing original productions and remixes on labels like DFA, Hypercolour, Kompakt, Permanent Vacation and Ovum, as well as on Studio Barnhus, the label he runs together with Kornél Kovács and Petter Nordkvist.

Family Vacation, Boman's debut album, arrives on Studio Barnhus in November 2013.

“I decided to go through the vast collection of ideas and sketches I had on my computer, as a final project before I set that machine on fire and let it all go up in flames. Kind of like what Lee "Scratch" Perry did with The Black Ark in Kingston in the 70's. A friend says the album sounds like “weird Jamaican space disco" so maybe it's a fitting reference”, says Boman himself.

Axel Boman's music has also been described as "raw and playful house music drenched in oceans of soul". He graduated with a master's degree from Valand School of Fine Arts in 2010 and currently lives in the calm and peaceful Stockholm suburb Gröndal.

Axel Boman - Fantastic Piano (from the album Family Vacation, out on Nov 11)

"Runs so deep it puts your butt to sleep", to paraphrase actor/musician Ice Cube in his seminal hit It Was a Good Day. And it is a good day for lovers of high-grade house music.

Szikra is Kornél Kovács at his most wistfully nostalgic. Ultra-smooth keys offset by noisy lo-fi breakbeats and vocals urging you to git fucked up, like Metro Area caught up... in smoke!

All the trademark sounds of the Barnhus massive are present - off-kilter playfulness paired with the cocky swagger of a south Stockholm roughneck and an infectious pop sensibility that lingers in your head long after the needle hits the inner groove.

The so-called Bónusz Beat is actually a track in its own right, sacrificing most of the hook and the vocals for a dubby smackdown ripe for adventurous dancefloors.

Young Stockholm producer Abdulla Rashim closes out the set with a perfectly horizontal techno groove, using only elements from the original production.

Szikra

Artist: The Empty Title Of King
Album: Missouri Queen

Recorded in Fayetteville, Arkansas. October/November 2015.
Words, Music and Instrumentation by Adam Powell
Violins: Marcus Garoutte
Guest Vocals: Riley Powell, Carrie Powell

Slay The Beast

Moment Of Truth

What I'm Here 4

Black On Both Sides

Ms. Fat Booty

The Dynasty: Roc La Familia

Get Your Mind Right Mami (feat. Snoop Dogg)

Angel Dust

Easy

Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings

I'll Wait and Pray

Comin' From Where I'm From

Charlene

Reeling In The Decades

Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (Broadway/Original Cast Version)

Brown Sugar

When We Get By

Things Fall Apart

Act Too (Love Of My Life) [feat. Common]

The Point Of It All

Please Stay

Got 'Til It's Gone

Got 'Til It's Gone (feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell)

Kingdom Come

I Made It

Cripple Crow

The Beatles

Santa Maria De Feira

Radio Koko

Pantalón

Next up on Studio Barnhus - Shakarchi & Stranéus from Göteborg. Best record ever made. These are the snippets!

BARN 002 A2. Shakarchi & Stranéus - Clinton Hill

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ÅRSTABO RADIO - Part 1

David Bexelius