Norwegian vibes: a Lindstrom talk

For so many reasons this is the year for Lindstrom & Prins Thomas. Their unfashionable style, northern eclecticism, retro electronic and fun-tastic sound has been fascinating more and more cultivated ears, until the ever belated eyes of the media have decided to push them up. God knows where! In only 6 years since they first met, but just 4 since they released their first collaboration, the duo has established solidly as the forefront and true spirit of something suspiciously called nu disco, sometimes cosmic disco. So, is that just what it is? Another trend ready to bite the dust? Quite the opposite.

2008 has already seen the solo project by Lindstrom, a counter-current album of three songs but full travelling spirit. Where You Go I Go Too is clearly a personal manifesto of the vibes beyond the seductive work Lindstrom does remixing other material, or the more outgoing palette he combines musically with Prins Thomas. The opening track is almost 30 minutes long and the good news is it doesn´t really matter. It´s wonderfully abstract, inspirational and intelligent (although modest and simple). On the other hand, Prins Thomas (the dj eye and fingers behind the tandem) released another individual cry: Full Pupp Presents The Greatest Tits vol.1. An i rresistible collection of truly spacey and cosmic electronic brushes extracted from his own adventure, the label Full Pupp. In some respect a logical continuation to his mix album Prins Thomas Presents Cosmo Galactic Prism.

So, keeping all that in mind, ready and steady as we always are in the magazine Serie B www.sbum.com we decided to give them space in our pages. For that reason I had an early (for Spain) night conversation with Hans Peter aka Lindstrom. Almost an hour of impressions, comments and concentration with someone who paces his words and thoughts with the same affirmation and conviction that we feel in his music. There will be time and space to look in detail the content of this conversation and the upcoming one with Thomas. But the overall feeling was one of dealing with an artist who finds intimate pleasure in what he is doing, regardless trends, vibes and hypes, who still considers his work at the early stages of creativity, and looks at his partner in art with admiration and inspiration. A rarity in all matters, Mr Lindstrom!! Thank you for your words.