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Norwegian Techno legend Mental Overdrive have a new album out. Check out his interview at the fairtilizer blog, and have a listen to his dj mix that ends with the brilliant Schinchi Osawa remix of Rubies

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Familjen has been pitched as Sweden’s answer to The Presets, but that comparison actually diminishes both sides. Where our local boys take inspiration from guilty dancefloor pleasures, laptop master Johan T Karlsson (the man who is Familjen) seems to take his direction from Warp Records’ 90s heyday, filtered through a fiercely melodic pop sensibility.

‘Nu Hander Det Igen’ burbles and snarks like early Clue To Kalo while the delayed attack of the synths of ‘Det Lilla Livet’ evoke Benny Benassi’s ‘Satisfaction’ (aka ‘That Song From The Tooheys Ad With The Tongue In’). That said, The Presets comparison holds for the sweetly catchy ‘Det Snurrar I Min Skalle’, while the old school elements of ‘Det Vet Du’ are not a million miles from Kraftwerk, while the early-Ladytron-sounding ‘Hog Luft’ seems about to turn into a funkier West End Girls at any moment.

Lovers of indie-electronica will be in Swedish pop heaven.

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We love Familjen, Robyn love Familjen, and now you get the chance to love him to. Familjen will be playing some selected festivals this summer.

25 jun Hovefestivalen, Norway
28 jun Ragna Rock, Italy
03 jul Arvikafestivalen, Sweden
04 jul Roskilde festival, Denmark
05 jul Wireless Festival, UK
30 jul Storsjöyran, Sweden
31 jul Emmabodafestivalen, Sweden
01 aug Putte i Parken, Sweden
08 aug Stadt, Sweden
09 aug Way Out West, Sweden

Robyn talk about Familjen with Perez hilton:

http://perezhilton.com/tv/?videoid=2a26ac0b67ba1

Familjen live in Malmö:

Det Snurrar i min Skalle video:

Buy Familjen at our webstore

You can get Rubies vinyl and cd here