{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Growing up in Sweden's second city Gothenburg, "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"34b0cb67-5d80-4559-bb8b-4512511eccf3","label":"Mythologen"}},{"type":"text","text":" sought escape in music. Eventually breaking out of his coastal hometown, the defining records of his youth have stayed with him, influencing his visual and sonic artworks to this day."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The influence of this cosmopolitan, alien music, is heard clearly on his 2025 "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"d8032934-3049-40fe-a1ca-1d7c8055f626","label":"Eurovision"}},{"type":"text","text":" LP, 10 tracks of breakbeats and acid house formed as a shattered constellation of pan-European atmospheres."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"For his SOUNDS playlist, Mythologen offers us an insight into the songs behind the record, mapping out his \"Top of the Pops\", from DAF and Kraftwerk to The Fall, Joe Hisaishi and The Embassy."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Listen to the "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://index.year0001.com/article/id/69d1ae35-ca1e-47c7-9c6f-a9d27264566b","target":"_blank","class":"mention"}}],"text":"YEAR0001: SOUNDS"},{"type":"text","text":" playlist in full via "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cuZL7oEN6JYGKFjVzsT5I?si=88a8e8286f0e4b8e","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Spotify"},{"type":"text","text":" & "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://music.apple.com/se/playlist/year0001-sounds-cotton-mouth/pl.7ce13f48fb054c74a579cd7c32b91428","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Apple Music"},{"type":"text","text":"."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Interview and text by Jamie Hudson."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Photography by Nadja Kullgren."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Kraftwerk — Morgenspaziergang"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The soundscape on this is my blueprint for "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"text":"Eurovision"},{"type":"text","text":". The silly flute jam clashing against the Moog birds creates a technicolour heimatklänge that makes my heart yearn for strict bureaucracy and fax machines. Produced by the late great "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Conny Plank"},{"type":"text","text":" and released in 1974, this is sadly the last flute appearance in the Kraftwerk discography. But if you, like me, want more Moog and flute, I highly recommend Kraftwerk's "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5zq2ZOati8","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Ralf and Florian"},{"type":"text","text":" from 1973. "}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"DAF — Der Mussolini"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"This is the only track I know that sweats."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Harmonia — Watussi"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Rave music played ultra-rapid to the point of almost no pulse. 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This album always makes me worry that I’m one delay pedal short."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Serge Gainsbourg — Aux armes et caetera"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"This album almost got Serge Gainsbourg killed twice. French nationalists wanted him dead for making a reggae version of "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"text":"La Marseillaise"},{"type":"text","text":", and Bob Marley wanted him dead for having Rita Marley sing all those dirty French lyrics. Perfect summer vibes."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Williams Fairey Brass Band — Pacific 202"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Deller","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Jeremy Deller"},{"type":"text","text":" described the connection he saw between Acid House, Brass Band and Detroit Techno as \"two authentic forms of folk art rooted in specific communities\". I agree with Deller, music doesn’t come from a secluded genius. 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I don’t want to draw any conclusions from this, but I suspect it’s because Sweden is a cultural wasteland inhabited by real estate agents obsessed with the Eurovision song contest and audiobooks."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Pulp — The Trees"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"My best memory of this track is walking from Lewisham to Blackheath in the fall, listening to it on repeat. 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That’s the power of music. "}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Brian Eno — Discreet Music"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"This track makes me dream of Eastern Europe."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Joe Hisashi — Bygone Days"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I'd rather be a pig than a fascist."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Eurovision is out now: "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"http://yr1.se/eurovision","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"http://yr1.se/eurovision"}]}]}

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YEAR0001 SOUNDS: Mythologen