HHarald Björk was born and raised in a suburb of Stockholm, surrounded by nature, although the basements of the houses told a different story, harbouring a wealth of budding producers and bands. He first began to make a production name for himself with early releases on Traum Schallplatten, Apparillo Music and Deep Focus, before taking the brave decision to go it alone by founding his own Kranglan Broadcast label in 2009. Last year saw the release of his debut album ‘Bigfield’ on his own imprint, a totally autonomous, self-driven endeavour that wears its heart on its sleeve.
Harald Björk’s music is a naive and emotional form of melodic minimal techno with a melancholic Scandinavian touch. His hardware-only live set hooks a host of machines up to the mixer in preparation for a journey through melancholic melodics, exploding breaks and motoric beats, with Harald as jockey at the helm. His parallel DJ career meanwhile was first embarked upon as a teenager, flirting with hip hop in the days before techno stardom beckoned, eventually evolving towards the modern variant of music-for-dancing-to that we see today.
From his Stockholm base, Harald continues to perform live and DJ sets across Europe in support of his ‘Bigfield’ album, and is currently putting together a remix package for release later this year. The latest offering from his Kranglan Broadcast label is a sterling collection of remixes of the Swedish sister-duo Piroth at the hands of Nathan Fake, Popnoname, Studio Barnhus, Clara Moto, and of course, Harald himself. Beyond this we can look forward to plenty more new Harald Björk material from his Kranglan Broadcast label, as well as the emergence of a pair of remixes of his Swedish pop brethren Gros (for Barcelona’s Lapsus label), Azure Blue (due out on Hybris) and immanu el (Kapitän Platte).
Harald Bjork, suédois de 27 ans, est comme on appelle un « surdoué » de l’électronique sentimentale, ses tracks sont tels des œuvres d’art venus d’ailleurs, à croire que dans la tête de cet artiste, seule la finesse, l’amour et l’espoir règnent.
Sa musique est innocente, surprenante, elle nous rappelle notre tendre enfance. Harald est inspiré de techno minimal avec une touche suédoise émouvante, entre « Aphex twin « et musique pop, entre la techno de Berlin et Cologne…
Il a grandit à Stockholm avec ses amis d’enfance Ozgur Can, et Petter Nordkvist, puis a passé un an créatif a Berlin, ou il a connu de nombreux artistes qui l’ont influencé dans une techno fraiche et surréaliste. C’est donc la qu’il a commencé à se faire connaître, après avoir signé « Brus Ep » sur le label allemand Traumschallplatten, sa musique est très appréciée par de fameux labels tels que Kompakt, Border Community, et Cocoon, ses tracks ont été joués par de grands noms tels que James Holden qui est maintenant son ami proche, Miss Kittin , ou même Four Tet!
Harald Bjork est un artiste prometteur et innovateur, vous allez surement entendre parler de lui très prochainement.