Hailing from Gotenburg, Sweden, Mojib delivers a package of meticulously crafted songs with a diverse array of musical sounds that combine beautiful pop melodies, with solid drum patterns and wandering flows. With beats reminiscent of Shadow’s best stuff, Mojib’s influences can clearly be heard in his work. Passionate stringed instruments, cathedral echoing pianos and acoustic guitars collide with dawdling break beats , murmuring electronics and fragmentary pitches of song tunes to create Mojib’s debut album ‘Whimsical Lifestyle’ released December 5th, 2007 Press Release from NXR
Staffan lists Explosions in the Sky, UNKLE, Sixtoo, and The Avalanches as inspirations. delivers a package of meticulously crafted songs with a diverse array of musical sounds that combine beautiful pop melodies, with solid drum patterns and wandering flows. With beats reminiscent of Shadow’s best stuff, Mojib’s influences can clearly be heard in his work. Passionate stringed instruments, cathedral echoing pianos and acoustic guitars collide with dawdling break beats, murmuring electronics and fragmentary pitches of song tunes to create Mojib’s debut album ‘Whimsical Lifestyle’ released December 5th, 2007. Mojib has also released numerous remixes (Kings Of Convenience, The Go! Team, Asobi Seksu) and is most known for his version of Radiohead’s “Videotape”. He is currently working on his second solo album. Bad Panda Records Press Release
Discography. 2005: Mojib – The Class of ’00 (Unreleased) 2006: Kings of Convenience – I don’t know… (Mojib remix) (Promo Release) Ian Brown – Upside down (Mojib remix) (Web promo) The Go! Team – Grip like a Vice (Mojib remix) (for Buffet Libre) UNKLE – Safe in Mind (Mojib unofficial remix for UNKLE77) 2007: Mojib VS The Avalanches LP Mix (Promo Only CD by Nightly Builds) Mojib VS UNKLE Demo LP Mix (Promo Only CD by Nightly Builds) Radiohead – Videotape (Mojib Remix) Mojib – Whimsical Lifestyle LP (CD/Digital through Canadian label NXR) 2008: Asobi Seksu – Goodbye (Mojib remix) (Unreleased for One Little Indian records) Mojib – Whimsical Mixtape (CD/Digital through Swedish label N Records) 2009: Mojib – Paranoid Android (Radiohead cover for Buffet Libre “Rewind 2″) 2010: Mojib – UNKLE Revisited (Unreleased) Mojib – May Day Revisited with UNKLE & The Radio dept. (Bad Panda Records)
Features. NME, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Exclaim, Textura, The Fast Life, All Things Go, Eardrums, I guess I’m floating, Stereogum, Blender, The Lemur Blog, Bibabidi and beats™ presents: Hot Biscuits, Morning Chronicle (FR), Side of the Blog, More Volume (UK), The World Forgot, Streetkiss Music, Quart, FMusic (JP), Planet Pop (ESP), LA New Shit, Haoneg (AR), The Milk Lounge, Keeping it right radio, Side One: Track one, 3hive.com
Labels. Buffet Libre (ESP), Bad Panda Records (CA), Non-Existent Records (CA & US), One Little Indian (UK), N Records (SE)
Labels. Buffet Libre (ESP), Bad Panda Records (CA), Non-Existent Records (CA & US), One Little Indian (UK), N Records (SE)