Celldod Electronic & Dance 6 Artikel

From Sweden’s Celldöd on Violet Poison’s label Veleno Viola.

Unstable Signal is a new record label focused on quality Electronic music founded by Michalis Vassiliou in early 2018. The label’s vision is to support the underground music culture, through the pressing of records, as well as pushing for quality curations at the events/concerts of the label. In less than a year of activity it has managed to associate its name with very strong events such as the debut party at About Blank in Berlin, the follow up in Athens with Ancient Methods and the one with SHXCXCHCXSH at Temple Athens.

Known for his strong live performances, swedish producer Celldˆd creates music for the body as well as the soul : his influences range from punk, industrial and dub music over to acid house, techno and EBM. That new five track banger EP is dealing with subjects such as sadism, masochism, unhealthy relationships, and the fact that the good never prevails. But if the world is going to hell, we can at least dance on the way down. Let us move, together. In darkness.

Music, vocals and lyrics by Anders Karlsson, Photography by Stanislav Tolkachev.

Celldöd, aka Anders Karlsson, has been releasing dirty electronic music since the late '80s, both small-run cassette tapes inspired by the DIY ethos of his post-punk background, and pristine vinyl editions. Karlsson's music is uncompromising and edgy, with roots in both early electronic and '70s industrial music from Britain, as well as US techno and Kraut-inspired German electronics. Prior to releasing records under the name Celldöd, he released music as The Pain Machinery (EBM), Human Experiment (Industrial), Preset (Industrial/Breakcore), and HBT (Proto-techno/Industrial) among others all unified by an omnipresent DIY-punk attitude.

Known for his role in The Pain Machinery and Severe Illusion, Stockholm native Anders Karlsson has more recently begun to explore similar strands of industrial and EBM in a solo capacity as Celldod, issuing several limited cassettes over the course of 2014. Those without the facilities to consume cassettes will be happy to see some of this Celldod material now issued on vinyl thanks to the efforts of Canadian label Suction Records. Some six tracks deep, Pulsdisco features material from the two cassettes of the same name Karlsson released last year and those that like their EBM minimalist and without vocals will find plenty to enjoy here.