Introduce yourself? Where do you currently reside?
I’m a Swedish music producer and DJ with Moroccan and Chilean roots, currently based in Huddinge, just outside Stockholm. I haven’t always been a city person though; I moved here in the summer of 2020 from Skene, a tiny village about five hours southwest of Stockholm. I grew up surrounded by forests, lakes, and farms, so the transition to city life has been both grounding and challenging in its own way.
One new years resolution…bc why not : )
It’s always been to buy more records, and now that I actually have a day job to fund that habit, I suppose that part will take care of itself. If I’m being serious though, my resolution is simply to put in the work, cringe therapy speak and all. 2025 was a fun year, but also mentally exhausting. A lot of things I’d bottled up for years resurfaced and forced me to actually deal with myself instead of running from it. So what I’m really looking forward to in 2026 is feeling a bit lighter, learning from past mistakes, and making more room for happiness, the kind that comes from within, and from spending time with people I love.
3 adjectives that start with the same letter to describe you while making
music.
Intentional
Imaginative
Introspective
Go to your collection of records, pull out the 8th one in the top shelf to the
right. What is it and why did you buy it?
That would be Kimono My House by Sparks. I bought it purely for This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us. I’m pretty sure I picked it up right after hearing the track on the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack.
Mix you have been listening to on repeat?
I’ve honestly had too many on rotation to pick just one, but these have been getting a lot of love throughout 2025:
Best trip of your life so far (Psychedelic or Travel)
The first time going to Greece was magical, especially going to Crete and exploring the west side of the island by car. I went there with someone I love very much who is also a greek, so I had a very ”authentic” experience so to say when it comes to dining out, going to nice beaches etc. I’d love to go again. I’ve been to Greece 4 times since then, but no greek Island I’ve been to comes close to Crete when it comes to food and rocky, cliffy beaches.
I’ve also enjoyed going to Norway. I’ve been there three times if you count when I went to play at Monument last September and spent the weekend at the festival. Norway has the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen and although I grew up in a religious cult, going to Norway, hiking and driving along the Fjords and mountains is the closest thing I’ve come to have a religious experience.
What is the last recipe you made?
I improvise a lot in the kitchen and rarely stick strictly to recipes, but the last one I properly followed was a Bœuf Bourguignon, using a Swedish recipe. The closest reference would probably be this one from BBC, even though I definitely made my own detours along the way.
Let’s play a pi pi pi game… I give you a situation & you give me a track
Tarot reading that perfectly predicts how 2026 will end
Grocery store maze leading to your favorite fruit
Hinoki scented airplane ride seated next to the love of your life
Favorite gig you have played in recent memory?
There are too many, honestly, but right now it’s between my debut at Panorama Bar and a b2b all-nighter with Hunee last summer in Stockholm. Both felt very special
What is your process for getting a mix together?
It really depends on the mood and the kind of music I’m working with. A dancefloor-focused mix is usually more straightforward than one that spans multiple organic or non-club genres.For dance mixes, the process often starts with a hypothetical scenario, a daydream or an image inspired by something I’ve read or watched. That scenario could be anything from exploring an abandoned cave Lara Croft–style, to imagining myself as a lost file on my computer trying to find its way back to the right folder.
From there, I start searching for music that embodies that feeling. This is the most time-consuming part, digging, recording, discarding, rearranging. I’ll often remaster tracks if they’re older or don’t quite hit with the same weight as the rest of the mix. Genre-spanning mixes are a different challenge. The goal there is to create a coherent journey that doesn’t feel scattered or all over the place, especially when you’re working within a limited timeframe for something that ideally wants more space to unfold. Interestingly, I find this kind of sequencing much easier when I’m DJing live. In that context, intuition takes over naturally and moving from a disco track into techno can feel completely obvious in the moment.
When I’m recording a mix, though, having too much time to think can work against me. The space to overanalyze often leads to second-guessing: Can this track really come after that one? Does this transition make sense? What I’ve come to realize is that instinct and intuition aren’t fixed qualities, they’re contextually dependent. They show up differently depending on whether I’m responding to a room, a moment, or a blank timeline in front of me. Learning to trust those instincts, even outside their “natural” context, is still very much part of my process.
Best DJ experience so far?
Oh, tricky one! But what comes to mind must be the all nighter I played with Hunee at Trädgården (Stockholm) last summer. That was soooo much fun, especially since I got to air out my disco, funk and world records, which I unfortunately don’t get to spin that often. I really hope that we get to play together again. Hunee’s such a sweetheart and such an inspiring DJ!
Track to describe your humor?
Favorite way to listen to music?
I usually listen to a lot of mixes or compilation albums, but when I’m feeling more explorative and in the mood to dig for rarities,, I’ll go on Radiooooo, choose a country, decade and style (slow, fast or weird) and let it play in the background while I work or do chores. I always end up discovering something new and adding it to my Discogs wantlist.
Hottest take about music these days?
The word “selector” gets thrown around way too casually. At some point in time, it started being applied to people playing the same tech-house records as everyone else. Before I even started DJing, “selector” meant something very specific to me: DJs with a deep, almost obsessive love for music, and the knowledge to back it up. People who could take you on a real sonic journey across genres, decades, and moods, not just through tracks, but through songs. I miss that meaning. These days, it sometimes feels like all it takes is playing tech-house on vinyl to suddenly earn the title.
DJs really need to stop turning minor travel inconveniences into content. I think that if you’re privileged enough to make a living playing music and flying around the world because of it, not every rude check-in agent or delayed flight deserves an Instagram story. At some point it stops being relatable and starts sounding entitled. Being mildly inconvenienced while earning €3,000–€4,000 per gig isn’t oppression, it’s part of the job. A bit of perspective (and silence) would honestly go a long way.
A song you like that would surprise your friends?
What is your most rinsed album as a teen?
I had some albums that I listened to a lot during my teens. Here are some:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon collie and the infinite Sadness
Cranes – Forever
The Knife – Silent Shout
Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
Muse – Origin of Symmetry
Beach House – Bloom
Grouper – A.I.A Alien Observer
Varg – Misantropen
Slowdive – Souvlaki
Björk – Homogenic
Monolake – Gravity
Jay-Jay Johanson – Antenna
How To Dress Well – Love remains
Tell me about this mix?
The mix is inspired by the seasonal shift from summer into winter in Sweden. Mood-wise, it moves through the last days of summer, into a crisp and vibrant autumn, and finally settles into the early stages of a dark, cold winter. Sonically it’s quite stripped-back, techy, and cold at times, but there’s also a lot of warmth running through it. I’d like to think of it as a tech-house remedy for the winter blues.
What would you like to see in the future musically within yourself and others?
As a producer, I want to keep making music and continue exploring different corners of electronic music. So far I’ve released three EPs, a handful of singles, and I have another EP forthcoming. Looking back, my output has been quite scattered genre-wise, not because I’m chasing variety for its own sake, but because that’s where my interests have genuinely taken me at different moments.
I’ve had some quiet struggles with artistic identity, especially around the idea that every release should somehow contribute to a clearly defined “signature sound.” Over time, however, I’ve realized that I’m much more comfortable letting instinct lead and making what feels honest in the moment, even if that means moving between styles rather than settling into one lane. I don’t feel a strong urge for everything to immediately sound recognizably “me.” Going forward, I want to keep following that approach, whether that leads me deeper into dub techno, minimal, techno, or more bass-driven and left-field territory. I think staying curious and responsive matters more than forcing cohesion.
From others, or the ”scene” in general I guess, I’m hoping for more eclectic DJing to step into the spotlight. The DJs I’ve always been drawn to are those who can truly transcend genres, creating sets where the sense of direction feels intuitive rather than predictable. I love that feeling of excitement when you’re listening and it’s almost impossible to anticipate what kind of track might come next, may it be techno, house, disco, funk or some Italo. I want to see more of that in the future!
And on a more personal note: I really hope someone in Sweden brings Djrum to Stockholm soon. I still haven’t seen him play, and I’ve been dying to