Minilogue

Minilogue
Background information
Origin	Malmö, Sweden
Genres	Minimal House/Minimal Techno
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Wagon Repair Crosstown Rebels WIR Traum[1] Chillosophy
Website	www.minilogue.com
Members
Marcus Henriksson Sebastian Mullaert

Minilogue is a Swedish Progressive House/Techno music group of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a portmanteau of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication.

Beside their music production as Minilogue, they are both involved in the group Son Kite^[2] and Trimatic, and Sebastian has the soloprojects as IMPS and Ooze.^[3]

History

Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.

Sebastian was trained as a classical musician playing the organ, piano and the violin among other instruments. He even became involved in teaching them until his coming of age at 18 when he formed a band and began experimenting with the sounds in a more contemporary way.

Marcus lived on a diet of Kraftwerk and the Human League until realising his true calling in the techno parties of the 90s. Through promoting parties he moved on to become one of the bigger DJs in Southern Sweden. It was in a party where they met and decided to combine Sebastian’s musician’s perspective and knowledge with Marcus´ DJ skills and experience from the scene.

They got together in 1996 and after 10 years in the music business under successful guises such as Son Kite and Trimatic, Marcus & Sebastian are now Minilogue - an animalistic music concept without the boundaries of genres.

They hail from Malmö, a city situated in south Sweden. Through the years their music has expanded and moved through a variety of sounds appealing across the board of electronic music.

Their recent material touches on influences from a simplistic early 90s sound of electronica, filled with warped and wondrous sounds creating textures with true depth and portraying a true sense of the duo’s vision.

Discography

Releases Fågel EP (12") -> 2000 Husdjur EP (12") -> 2000 The Breeze (12") -> 2001 Deep Motions (12") -> 2002 In A Deeper Motion (12") -> 2002 Pixelized (12") -> 2002 Join The Minikab (12") -> 2003 Leloo (12") -> 2003 Certain Things EP (12") -> 2005 Little Sisters (12") -> 2005 Spam EP (12") -> 2005 Feedback (10") -> 2006 Hitchhikers Choice EP (12") -> 2006 Leopard (12") -> 2006 That's A Nice Way EP (12") -> 2006 The Girl From Botany Bay (12") -> 2006 The Leopard EP (12", EP) -> 2006 Ahck Remixes (12") -> 2007 Elephant's Parade / Bird Song (12") -> 2007 Inca EP (12", EP) -> 2007 Orglar (10", Ltd) -> 2007 Out Of The Curious (12") -> 2007 Seconds Rmx (12") -> 2007 The Leopard Rmx (12") -> 2007 Space (12") -> 2007 Jamaica (12") -> 2008 Animals (Double album: CD + Vinyl) -> Released on Cocoon April, 2008 Jakata EP (10") -> 2010 Intermediate State (12") -> 2010

Remixes The Aircrash Bureau: Don't Expect Me (Minilogue Remix) -> 2002 Avatar: Drift Away (Minilogue Remix) -> 2002 Avatar: Drift Away [Part 2] (Minilogue Dub) -> 2002 Greed: I See You (Minilogue version) -> 2003 Leya: Lucky You (Minilogue Remix) -> 2005 Jaïa: Orchestra 2.0 (Minilogue Remix) -> 2005 Omnimotion: Japan (Minilogue Remix) -> 2006 Kritical Audio: Krupp (Minilogue Remix) -> 2006 Trentemoller & Buda: Gamma (Minilogue Remix) -> 2007 Jack Rock: Polyfemos (Minilogue Remix) -> 2007 Each: Sunrise (Minilogue Remix) -> 2007 Lulu Rouge: Bless You (Minilogue Remix) -> 2008 Unofficial Release Massive Attack: Teardrop (Minilogue Remix) (12") -> 2005

References

1. ^ Discographie at minilogue.com
2. ^ "Son Kite aka Minilogue (Sweden)". Megamind Magazine. 2003. http://www.megamindmagazine.com/news/son-kite/. 
3. ^ Goodwin, Ben. "Sebastian Mullaert Interview". FWD. http://www.fwd.dj/interview/sebastian-mullaert-interview. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 

External links

• www.minilogue.com (official website)
• Hitchhikers Choice video on Youtube
• Discography on discogs.com