The much-anticipated album from Jonsson/Alter, the new project from Henrik Jonsson (Porn Sword Tobacco/Gunnar Jonsson) & Joel Alter (Joel Alter/Jor-el), has finally arrived. If the very well received preceding EPs, Olidan (km019) and En Livfull Skildring (km020), are future classics, the album Mod, sets a new standard of what a dance music album could be. With personality and grace Jonsson/Alter blend soul, atmosphere and space with heavenly monotone funk. Or as the artists put it: “This album just landed in our laps like the sand falls inside an hourglass, every note is a breath of air and each kick pumps like a woken heart.”

Tension is the key word to this album. The raw funk of bass lines and drum programming always grinds against the smooth and beautiful, almost sacral and poetic parts of the music. You can feel the work of two producers, two styles, two ideas, meeting and blending to create something new - a sound of their own. This can clearly be heard on Acapellan. A sharp acid bass line meets smooth church-bell pads and Pet Sound choirs move freely in and out of the piece. Djup House plays around the same theme. Dreamy monotone organ pads and deep human sighs meet the striving funk of daily life. Dvärg is probably the most danceable track on the album. Minimalistic but irresistibly funky drum programming jams together with a wild and constantly tweaked one-tone bass line. Very few sounds play efficiently in this amazingly dirty club track. Kyrka 2.0 brings us ba...

Jonsson/Alter - the new project from Henrik Jonsson (Porn Sword Tobacco/Gunnar Jonsson) & Joel Alter (Joel Alter/Jor-el) - presents the follow up to their debut EP - Olidan. After the summer their full-length album will drop.

The title track, En Livfull Skildring, is a well-arranged and heavy dance track moving the newborn duo closer to techno domains. But the Jonsson/Ater version of techno is something very playful, warm and organic. With free and floating organs, the already acknowledged trade mark of the group, this feels like techno seeking inspiration in the sounds of the seventies.

On the b-side a minimalistic but irresistibly funky drum programming jams with a wild and constantly tweaked one-tone bass line. Very few sounds play efficiently in this amazing track that will be spun extensively by djs worldwide this summer. You will not miss this one - be so sure.

On the last track, house maestro Move D alias David Moufang threats the title track and brings us down the memory lane. A fierce kick, classic and old school house stabs mix with a 303 and Davids own Dobro guitar. The result is a deep, melodic and very warm house track striving towards dance floor peaks. Only David can do it like this…and he does.

It all started with some old synthesizers and the will to play. Jonsson and Alter met in Gothenburg, Sweden, years ago. In 2010 they found themselves being neighbors in Berlin, Neue Köln. One day Jonsson went over to Alter, checking out some abandoned sy...

Jonsson/Alter - the new project from Henrik Jonsson (Porn Sword Tobacco/Gunnar Jonsson) &
Joel Alter (Joel Alter/Jor-el), take house music in new magic directions.

There has been a lot of talk about a Nordic house sound lately. When Jonsson/Alter enters the arena, they nail it. Spot on.
It all started with some old synthesizers and the will to play. Jonsson and Alter met in Gothenburg, Sweden, years ago. In 2010 they found themselves being neighbors in Berlin, Neue Köln. One day Jonsson went over to Alter, checking out some abandoned synthesizers Alter found in the streets. A jam session started that has not yet ended.

On A1, Olidan, Jonsson/Alter goes back to their common childhood city, Trollhättan. Surrounded by the wild nature of the Göta River, this is where Jonsson and Alter seek their inspiration. The drama of the swirling live recorded organs and synths create house music that lurks of Northern myths. The second track on the a-side is Orgelpunkten, a free musical improvisation of Swedish poet and mystery man Gunnar Ekelöf.
On the b-side the track Jätten follows. The dance and funk is very present in the great bassline but the floating cords and melodies still take you far away into space. In a better world, Jätten would be a hit record.

Jonsson has a long history of record making and is the musician behind projects like Porn Sword Tobacco, Stress Assassin and Gunnar Jonsson. His track Morgonånga was voted one of the best tracks of 2010 by MNML SSG...