Axel Willner is a Swedish
electronic music
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producer and DJ from
Stockholm
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and currently based in
Berlin
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, best known for his releases as The Field, blending micro-samples of pop songs into atmospheric
minimal techno
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.
History
Born in southern Sweden, Willner spent his formative years living in Stockholm and (for a brief time)
Lisbon
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. As a teenager he studied at a formal music academy but cited groups like
Misfits
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and
Dead Kennedys
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as inspiration to pick up the guitar and play in punk bands.
[Interview with ]Pitchfork
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, 16 April 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012
/ref>[Interview with ]Stylus Magazine
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Willner became enamored with the burgeoning electronic music scene in the mid-1990s. He started playing drone music, drone and Warp
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-influenced IDM in Stockholm venues with friend Ola Keijer (alias Ola K) as duo Speedwax. Beginning in the early 2000s, Willner produced guitar-based ambient music using multiple pseudonyms (Lars Blek, Porte, Cordouan, James Larsson) through his ow
Garmonbozia
label, and performed alongside fellow Swedish musicians such as Andreas Tilliander
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, Sarah Nyberg Pergament (alia
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, and longtime friend Johan Skön.[Interview with Autres Directions, March 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2012](_blank)
Willner began recording music under The Field moniker in 2003[Official biography on Kompakt website. Retrieved 19 August 2012](_blank)
/ref> as a platform to combine his early affinity for pop artists like Lionel Richie
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, Kate Bush
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, and The Four Tops
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with a myriad of more recent influences ranging from shoegaze
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bands like Slowdive
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and My Bloody Valentine to 1990s ambient electronica such as Seefeel
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and the projects of Wolfgang Voigt
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(largely the acclaimed albums under Voigt's Gas
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handle).[Official Garmonbozia website. Retrieved 19 August 2012](_blank)
/ref>[Interview with ]XLR8R
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, 9 December 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012. [Interview with ]Time Out New York
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, 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 201
/ref> In 2004, he submitted a demo tape to celebrated German label Kompakt
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and was subsequently signed. Shortly thereafter, in early 2005, Willner debuted as The Field with a remix of Annie
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The ...
's single "Heartbeat" and also released the "Things Keep Falling Down" 12-inch. The 2006 release of 12-inch "Sun & Ice" (in addition to remixes for James Figurine and 120 Days
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The band comprises Jonas Dahl, Arne Kvalvik, Kjetil Ovesen, and Ådne Meisfjord, and was formed in Kristiansund in 2001 under the name The Beautiful People. When they changed their name, th ...
) added to the growing anticipation for a debut LP.
Kompakt released his first full-length ''From Here We Go Sublime
''From Here We Go Sublime'' is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Axel Willner under his alias The Field, released by Kompakt on 26 March 2007.
Production
''From Here We Go Sublime'' consists primarily of tracks recorde ...
'' on March 26, 2007. The record received near-universal critical acclaim; according to Metacritic
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, it was the best-reviewed album of the year (tied with '' Untrue'' by UK dubstep producer Burial
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). Resident Advisor
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placed the record 29th on their list of the decade's top 100 albums. Willner himself has admitted to being surprised by the positive reception, stating that "since it is a bit different than (most) other techno, I thought that people wouldn't like it" and "it ended up bigger than I ever expected."[Interview with Bodytonic, 7 May 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012](_blank)
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Later in 2007, Willner became the first musician to participate in the Sound of Light project curated by the Nordic Light Hotel, using his experience at the Stockholm hotel as basis for his EP of the same name. Also during that year he contributed remixes to artists such as Thom Yorke
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, Battles
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, and Gui Boratto
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His debut solo album '' Chromophobia'' was awarded the title of Mixmag Album of the Month. Regarding why he chose the na ...
.
Extensive touring in both Europe and North America supported ''Sublime'', which included appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival
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, Sónar
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, Field Day, and All Tomorrow's Parties
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Inspiration for the song came from Reed's observation of Andy Warh ...
, as well as select dates with !!!
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(Chk Chk Chk). But Willner soon grew weary of his solo performances and incorporated a backing band times made up of (at various times) multi-instrumentalist Andreas Söderstrom (of Taken by Trees), bassist/keyboardist Dan Enqvist, and drummer Jesper Skarin. While this collaborative approach to live performance and songwriting in some measure recalled his time playing in rock bands, it also fostered a more organic evolution of The Field's ever-expanding sound palette. Willner abandoned any utilization of his laptop during concerts in favor of live mixing with synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines, although for studio production he has kept the Jeskola Buzz
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Buzz consists of a plugin arch ...
freeware that he had used since his earliest recording endeavors.
The Field's second album '' Yesterday and Today'' was released via Kompakt on 18 May 2009. Rather than adhering to the strict 4x4 techno of his debut, Willner incorporated far more diverse influences for his sophomore outing: Manuel Göttsching
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and 1970s Krautrock
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, the disco
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of Giorgio Moroder
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, the soundtrack works of director John Carpenter
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, and minimalist composers Steve Reich
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and Philip Glass
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.[Interview with ]musicOMH
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, September 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012
/ref> Recorded on a remote island outside of Stockholm, the studio sessions drew upon Willner's renewed interest in collaboration and thus featured contributions from many other musicians, most notably Battles drummer John Stanier (drummer), John Stanier on the title track. The album also included a cover of The Korgis
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' 1980 single "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime". Following the much-praised release were multiple festival appearances and a stateside tour with The Juan Maclean, and a remix EP with interpretations from Gold Panda
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Early life
Derwin Schlecker was born as Derwin Dicker in 1980 in Peckham, London and was raised in Chelmsf ...
, Walls
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, and Rainbow Arabia. "The More That I Do" was released as the record's lone single, backed with remixes courtesy of Thomas Fehlmann
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(of The Orb
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) and Foals.
Following the release of ''Yesterday and Today'', Willner relocated from Stockholm to Germany
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and went on to produce remixes for artists such as Maserati
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, Bear in Heaven
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History
Philpot has previously released ...
, Errors, and Harmonia
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(specifically a track from their ''Tracks and Traces'' collaboration with Brian Eno
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). He then joined Cologne Tape, a German-based collective including (among others) John Stanier, Jens-Uwe Beyer ( Popnoname), and Michaela Dippel (Ada), whose Motorik-fueled debut entitled ''Render'' was released on 14 June 2010, on the Magazine imprint.
Kompakt issued '' Looping State of Mind'', Willner's third LP as The Field, on 24 October 2011. The album expanded on the organic instrumentation of ''Yesterday and Today'' in its use of piano, synthesizer, bass guitar, acoustic drums, steel drums, and vibraphone (among others), while focusing on themes of memory and repetition. Keeping in line with its predecessors it garnered a considerable amount of critical praise. A remix EP followed in 2012 with contributions from Junior Boys
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, Blondes, and Wolfgang Voigt's latest project Mohn. Also in 2012, Willner released ''And Never Ending Nights'' as Loops of Your Heart, a more drone-inclined venture through Magazine on 13 February.
'' Cupid's Head'', Willner's fourth LP as The Field, was released on 30 September 2013 via Kompakt. The album was a markedly darker turn in his discography and was also his first release that was solely his work since his debut. On 10 February 2014 Willner released the LP ''The Soul Is Quick'' under the alias Hands through Ecstatic Recordings. ''The Soul Is Quick'' was recorded in the spring of 2012 and is similar in style to that of Loops Of Your Heart, evolving on the drone/noise sound that was established on ''And Never Ending Nights''.
Discography
All albums, EPs, and singles released on Kompakt
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unless otherwise noted.
Albums
* ''From Here We Go Sublime
''From Here We Go Sublime'' is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Axel Willner under his alias The Field, released by Kompakt on 26 March 2007.
Production
''From Here We Go Sublime'' consists primarily of tracks recorde ...
'' (2007)
* '' Yesterday and Today'' (2009)
* '' Looping State of Mind'' (2011)
* '' Cupid's Head'' (2013)
* '' The Follower'' (2016)
* '' Infinite Moment'' (2018)
EPs
* ''Things Keep Falling Down'' (2005)
* ''Sound of Light'' (Heartbeats International, 2007)
* ''Yesterday and Today Remixe'' (2009)
* ''Looping State of Mind Remixe'' (2012)
* ''Cupid's Head Remixe I'' (2014)
* ''Cupid's Head Remixe II'' (2014)
Singles
* "Annie" (2005)
* "Sun & Ice" (2006)
* "The More That I Do" (2009)
* "Reflecting Lights Remixe" (2016)
* "Who Goes There" (2018)
Compilation exclusives
* "Soft Numbers IV" (on "V.A. - Continental Drift" via Ideal Europa, 2021)
* "LIGO" (on ''Metaphonics: The Complete Field Works Recordings'', 2018)
* "Staircase" (on ''Adult Swim Singles Program 2018'')
* "Comenius Garden" (on ''Adult Swim Singles Program 2012'')
* "Caroline" (on '' Kompakt Total 11'', 2010)
* "The Fan" (on "Sometimes b/w The Fan" via Kalligrammofon, 2007)
* "Cola" (on ''Are You Scared to Get Happy?'' via Friendly Noise, 2006)
* "Serenade" (on ''Monotoni 2'' via Monotoni, 2005)
* "Oil" (on ''Monotoni 1'' via Monotoni, 2004)
Remixes
* Annie
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* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...
– "Heartbeat" (2005; released as "Annie" single)
* Marit Bergman
Liv-Marit Bergman (born 21 May 1975) is a Swedish pop musician.
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– "No Party" (2006)
* Familjen
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Karlsson grew up in Hässleholm, Skåne (the same town as fellow electronica producers Andre ...
– "Hög Luft" (2006)
* James Figurine – "55566688833" (2006)
* The Fine Arts Showcase – "Chemical Girl" (2006)
* 120 Days
120 Days was a Norway, Norwegian rock band.
Biography
The band comprises Jonas Dahl, Arne Kvalvik, Kjetil Ovesen, and Ådne Meisfjord, and was formed in Kristiansund in 2001 under the name The Beautiful People. When they changed their name, th ...
– "Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone)" (2006)
* Battles
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– "Tonto" (2007)
* Gui Boratto
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His debut solo album '' Chromophobia'' was awarded the title of Mixmag Album of the Month. Regarding why he chose the na ...
– "Hera" (2007)
* The Honeydrips – "Fall from a Height" (2007)
* Maps
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– "You Don't Know Her Name" (2007)
* Andreas Tilliander
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– "Stay Down" (2007)
* DeVotchKa – "The Clockwise Witness" (2008)
* Popnoname – "Touch" (2008)
* Sasha – "Mongoose" (2008)
* Thom Yorke
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– "Cymbal Rush" (2008)
* The Cinematic Orchestra
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The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, ''Motion'' (1999) ...
– "To Build A Home" (2008; unreleased)
* Bear in Heaven
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History
Philpot has previously released ...
– "Ultimate Satisfaction" (2010)
* Delorean – "Real Love" (2010)
* Errors – "Bridge or Cloud?" (2010)
* Harmonia & Eno '76 – "Luneburg Heath" (2010)
* Maserati
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– "Pyramid of the Moon" (2010)
* Tocotronic
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– "Schall und Wahn" (2010)
* Walls
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*The plural of wall, a structure
* Walls (surname), a list of notable people with the surname
Places
* Walls, Louisiana, United States
*Walls, Mississippi, United States
* Walls, Ontario, neighborhood in Perry, Ontario, C ...
– "Hang Four" (2010)
* Wildbirds & Peacedrums – "The Well" (2010)
* Junior Boys
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– "Banana Ripple" (2011)
* Masquer – "Happiness" (2011)
* Miracle
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– "The Visitor" (2011)
* Wasscass – "Openfield" (2011)
* Differnet - "Summerface" (2011)
* Battles – "Sweetie & Shag" (2012)
* Chairlift
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– "Met Before" (2012)
* S.C.U.M. – "Amber Hands" (2012)
* Switch Opens - "Joint Clash" (2012)
* At the Drive-In
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– "One Armed Scissor" (2013)
* Sally Shapiro – "Lives Together" (2013)
* Tame Impala
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– "Mind Mischief" (2013)
* Bandobranski / Nordmark – "My Head My Ruin" (2014)
* The Dead Heat – "The Dam" (2014)
* Essáy – "Ocarina" (2014)
* Hundred Waters
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– "Down from the Rafters" (2014)
* I Break Horses
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History
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– "Faith" (2014)
* Interpol
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– "Same Town, New Story" (2014)
* Wild Beasts
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– "Wanderlust" (2014)
* HVOB – "Ghost" (2015)
* Inventions
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– "Peregrine" (2015)
* OID – "Bright Side of Life" (2015)
* Ryan Teague – "Last Known Position" (2015)
* The Suicide of Western Culture – "Still Breathing But Already Dead" (2015)
* The Fin. - "Through The Deep" (2016)
* The Orb
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- "9 Elms Over River Eno" (2017)
* Deeds - "Disorder" (2017)
* Menke - "Echo" (2019)
* Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French Breton musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations and film soundtracks songwriting. His music incorporates a large variety of classical and c ...
- Diouz An Noz (2020)
* I Break Horses
I Break Horses are a Swedish indie rock band made up of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. The band took its name from a song of the same name by Bill Callahan.
History
I Break Horses' debut studio album '' Hearts'' was released on 22 August 2011 ...
- "Death Engine" (2020)
* Promise And The Monster - "Closed My Eyes" (2021)
* R. Missing - "Saturnining" (2022)
* Jörg Sasse - "Framed VII" (2022)
* Gone To Color - "The 606 feat. Jessie Stein" (2023)
with Cologne Tape
* ''Render'' (LP via Magazine, 2010)
* "Moorpark" (on '' Pop Ambient 2014'' compilation via Kompakt)
* "Flutes by Phil Collins" (on ''My Heart's in My Hand, and My Hand is Pierced, and My Hand's in the Bag, and the Bag is Shut, and My Heart is Caught'' compilation by Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
via Nero Magazine, 2015)
as Hands
* ''The Soul is Quick'' (LP via Ecstatic, 2014)
as Loops of Your Heart
* ''And Never Ending Nights'' (LP via Magazine, 2012)
* "Riding the Bikes" (on ''Pop Ambient 2012'' compilation via Kompakt)
* "Like a Wolf" (on ''Air Texture III'' compilation, selected by Deadbeat via Air Texture, 2013)
as Cordouan
* ''25-08-95'' (EP via Subsource, 2002; reissued as ''Water'' EP via Garmonbozia, 2003)
* ''Love'' (EP via MechanizedMind, 2003)
as Lars Blek
* Untitled (EP via Garmonbozia, 2002)
* Untitled (EP via Garmonbozia, 2003; collaboration with Johan Skön)
* "Ensam" (on '' Expeditions #1'' compilation via Starfly, 2003)
* "My Everything" (feat. Action Biker; on ''Are You Scared to Get Happy?'' compilation via Friendly Noise, 2006)
* Lars Blek (with Pelle Lundquist, 2020)
as Porte
* ''Porte'' (EP via Subsource, 2001)
* ''8-18'' (EP via Subsource, 2001)
* Untitled (EP via Garmonbozia, 2002)
as James Larsson
* "The Breakdown" (on ''Monotoni 1'' via Monotoni, 2004)
with Speedwax
* "Train To?" (on ''Friendly People Making Noise'' compilation via Friendly Noise, 2003)
See also
*List of ambient music artists
This is a list of ambient music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those who have been on a major label). This list does not include little-known ...
References
External links
The Field
on MySpace
Garmonbozia
(Willner's recording label)
Official page
at Kompakt
Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer (musician), Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal t ...
The Field's discography
on Discogs
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Swedish electronic musicians
Jeskola Buzz users
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)