The Mothership has come! It has arrived in the form of the strictly limited collection box “Upwards at 33 1/3 Degrees”. There’s only 50 copies, and it contains all the singles released on the label between 2017 and 2020. Goth electro, dark tape jams, fluffy krautrock and moist world music coalese with underwater techno, celestial rave and EBM-space-funk. Although, what it is that defines the Höga Nord sound is not genres, instead it is, to cite Mathias Nilsson, founder of and boss for the label, music ‘strongly connected to fantasy, to the creative world.’
The collection is an overview on Gothenburg’s underground music and on an international scene that breathes similar air as the local Swedish acts that Höga Nord Rekords has chosen to highlight. The kinship between Pardon Moi’s 80’s varnish sports car-electro and DRUK 11000’s more traditional mountain sound can appear distant but the artists come together in their free spirited approach to their own productions – what all acts on this collection has in common is that they move toward something new, something beyond the genre they are in.
“Upwards at 33 1/3 Degrees” mark the closer for Höga Nords first run. The 2010s are over and the 2020s lies open for further investigation of the cream of the Swedish and international of underground scenes!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Quietly establishing themselves as a one-stop-shop for nocturnal misfits across the board, the Hoga Nord label expertly closes off the troublesome teens with this beautifully presented aural compendium.
TRACK LISTING
Pardon Moi - Power To The People
Pardon Moi - Touch 2 Much
Max Von Sydow - Insecto
Max Von Sydow - Cardboard Pope
Dungeon Acid - Dog Acid
Dungeon Acid - Sex Beat
Västlänken - Moebel
Västlänken - Autobaba
Druk 11000 - Zamboling
Druk 11000 - Sibsoo Bazaar
Ultra Satan - Freedom Rock
Ultra Satan - Anti-Clock
Golden Bug - Viaje A Tenderloin
Golden Bug - Hitodoma
Osynlige Mann - Airports
Osynlige Mann - Exodus
The IDEALIST - Inner Space Dub
The IDEALIST - The Fire Of Moses (feat. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge)
Al Lover - Dark Matter Discothèque
Al Lover - Mark E. Moon