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Stockholm, Sweden (2005 – present)
There are 3 artists named The Field:
1) Swedish minimalistic techno-artist who has released material on Kompakt and Monotoni. Real name is Axel willner.
2) Indie band from Sheffield, England.
3) Norwegian jazz/pop/acoustic-band, formed in Bærum, close to Oslo. The band consists of 3 members: Carl Frederik Kontny (Guitar), Sigrid Z. Gundersen (vocal) and Jakob E. Myhre (Piano), three good friends who share the same idea of what music is all about.
About The Field (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Field is a minimal techno artist, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
His music comes from tiny loops of pop history. It might actually be an older brother to the Cologne movement Pop Ambient - the sentimental brother who is never content with being in the background, the one with the heart on his sleeve. To clarify: The Field makes dance music. The edges are soft, the mood often romantic, the sounds moving up, up from the ground. As ”minimal” as a sunset, as ”banging” as a pillow.
In 2005, Willner submitted a demo tape to the German indie label Kompakt and was subsequently signed. He released his first 12”, a demo mixtape of Norwegian singer Annie’s “Heartbeat”, as well as the track “Things Keep Falling Down”.
In 2006, “Sun & Ice” 12” was released. Later in 2007, Wilner became the first musician to take part in the Nordic Light Hotel’s “Sound of Light” concept. After staying at the hotel, Wilner used the experience as the basis for his EP of the same name. His 2007 album “From Here We Go Sublime” has met high critical acclaim.
1) Swedish minimalistic techno-artist who has released material on Kompakt and Monotoni. Real name is Axel willner.
2) Indie band from Sheffield, England.
3) Norwegian jazz/pop/acoustic-band, formed in Bærum, close to Oslo. The band consists of 3 members: Carl Frederik Kontny (Guitar), Sigrid Z. Gundersen (vocal) and Jakob E. Myhre (Piano), three good friends who share the same idea of what music is all about.
About The Field (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Field is a minimal techno artist, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
His music comes from tiny loops of pop history. It might actually be an older brother to the Cologne movement Pop Ambient - the sentimental brother who is never content with being in the background, the one with the heart on his sleeve. To clarify: The Field makes dance music. The edges are soft, the mood often romantic, the sounds moving up, up from the ground. As ”minimal” as a sunset, as ”banging” as a pillow.
In 2005, Willner submitted a demo tape to the German indie label Kompakt and was subsequently signed. He released his first 12”, a demo mixtape of Norwegian singer Annie’s “Heartbeat”, as well as the track “Things Keep Falling Down”.
In 2006, “Sun & Ice” 12” was released. Later in 2007, Wilner became the first musician to take part in the Nordic Light Hotel’s “Sound of Light” concept. After staying at the hotel, Wilner used the experience as the basis for his EP of the same name. His 2007 album “From Here We Go Sublime” has met high critical acclaim.
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Sound of Light - Nordic Light Hotel
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Shoutbox
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The405Music wrote:
The 405 reviewed him live: http://tinyurl.com/ykuxdq2
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lukew4ll wrote:
i am top listener atm! i would like to dedicate this award to axel willner, who made it all so easy
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scourfieldj wrote:
helloo, i did an interview with the field recently which can be found here (it goes via my blog, cheeky little plug there!), check it out if you're in the mood :)
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americantruck wrote:
The Swedish artist really seems like the kind of thing I'd normally have absolutely no interest in, but good is good and I like this shit.
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mintothemax wrote:
Have to go with the guys below about the Luminaire show. Totally joyful experience. Over The Ice was worth more than the admission price alone. Woo, and in all probability, hoo.
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gnosnam wrote:
... what InKursion said
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InKursion wrote:
one of the best shows of my life tonight @ the luminaire, london. the live drummer/bassist/guitar set-up really really brings his songs into a new dimension. from here we go sublime was one of my favourite albums of the year when it was released, hearing it tonight with the new live set-up gave it a whole new angle. beautiful.
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chopsbaby wrote:
great last night
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AmiKami wrote:
fucking amazing
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bobx3 wrote:
Best music to play while reading/studying and/or chilling out around.
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Srxjer wrote:
I look forward to seeing you tonight at Warehouse Project!
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masque7 wrote:
sound was pretty bad tonight in bristol.. couldn't hear much over the distorted bass
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Pansanjorge wrote:
Playing at LE GUESS WHO? FESTIVAL Utrecht - http://www.last.fm/event/1172442+Le+Guess+Who-+2009 Other bands playing as well: Tragically Hip, Dead Confederate, Tweak Bird, A Place to Bury Strangers, Basia Bulat, Evan Dando/ Lemonheads, Early Day Miners, Yuri Landman, Alexander Tucker, Lightning Dust, Six Organs of Admittance, Gala Drop, The Shaky Hands, Deer Tick, The Cave Singers, Moon & Sun, Audiotransparent, Ryland Bouchard, Megafaun, The Dodos, Wild Beasts, The Very Best, Poirier ft MC Zulu, Quasimodo, Crystal Fighters, Huoratron, Dorian Concept, Bibio, The Field & band, Freek Fabricius, nice nice, Luke Abott, Saint Alvia, Fucked Up, F.S. Blumm, B. Fleischmann, Birthday Suits, The Modern Dance Club, TV Buddhas, Staff Benda Bilili, Thus:Owls, Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms, Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers, William Fitzsimmons, Micah P. Hinson, Molina & Johsnon, Aa, Wavves, Male Bonding.
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DATADATA wrote:
This is what capturing a landscape sounds like.
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nonlocality wrote:
can't wait til bristooooooooool
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UntamedBabe wrote:
Try this for a similar vibe:- http://www.last.fm/music/A%2BNight%2BIn%2BA%2526E
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silent_phace wrote:
saw him last night, fantastic
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Hallodoni wrote:
love it
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Sliver025 wrote:
I don' t know what he does that is just plain better than everyone else producing minimal techno (maybe even just techno in general), but I'm realizing after spinning Y&T a few times, that the music affects me severely. I thought Sublime was a one-off. Clearly I don't know what the hell i am talking about. He is the real deal.
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doomaddicts wrote:
Had FHWGS for almost a year, just realizing its madness. Incredible!
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Events
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Nov
25
Intro intim: The Field, Circlesquare (DJ-Support: Peter Meier/Sweat Club)
SWEAT Club, Leipzig, Germany
1 shout
| 25 attendees
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Nov
26
Le Guess Who? 2009
Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht, Netherlands
62 shouts
| 322 attendees
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Nov
26
"Intro Intim"
Lido, Berlin, Germany
6 shouts
| 53 attendees
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Recent Activity
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zandive added The Field to zandive’s library. 2 hours ago
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evanstowers, goldghosts, quantguy313 and 3 other people added The Field to their libraries. 9 hours ago
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tydaj wrote about The Field in Best of 2009 mix for my sweetie. Monday evening
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ken_xl and Bln-Fm added The Field to their libraries. Monday afternoon
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handstandsdame tagged The Field with ‘kompakt’. Sunday evening
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daedelus_, monday72, funchfunch and 5 other people added The Field to their libraries. Sunday evening
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Caroge tagged The Field with minimal and electronic. Saturday afternoon
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Caroge added The Field to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
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small_bamboo tagged The Field with ‘swedish’. Saturday morning
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hhhoudini tagged The Field with instrumental, glitch, techno and 15 other tags. Saturday morning
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Best of 2009 mix for my sweetie
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Good Stuff 2009
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