Ulf Eriksson – Bassiani Podcast 302 Tracklist
For about two decades, Ulf Eriksson has put blood, sweat and tears into the Malmö scene, and weathered the challenges that come with such a fast changing landscape. As DJ, head of the legendary Kontra-Musik label, AD at Inkonst and chief curator of electronic and experimental music fest Intonal, he’s a name whose fate is intimately tied to his local scene, having helped build the city’s cultural heft from the ground up. Kontra-Musik started in 2002, a club night at first then imprint with a radically open aesthetic that covers techno, house and ambient from a mix of underground local talents. His ongoing partnership with Sebastian Mullaert has seen the duo tour with Mullaert on live duties and Eriksson on decks, a pairing that furnished 2016’s The Dance, a nine-track kicker designed for three dimensional listening that pulled in some of their close collaborators for a masterful exploration in sound. His studio work with Andreas Tilliander (TM404) will also release a collaborative EP this May. Eriksson’s own musical approach is a textural deep-dive into the world of wax, as a mainly vinyl DJ he creates slow-build structures that reward patience with fine analog detail and emotional complexity. For Bassiani Podcast 302, the Swedish pioneer keeps things light without losing any of his broader palette: this is an 85-minute studio mix with spring set in its sights, a fresh and synth-heavy number from a Malmö legend.