Minilogue

For the synthesizer, see Korg Minilogue.

Minilogue
Background information
Origin	Malmö, Sweden
Genres	Minimal House/Minimal Techno
Years active	2000–2014
Labels	Cocoon Recordings Crosstown Rebels Wagon Repair WIR Traum Chillosophy
Members	Marcus Henriksson Sebastian Mullaert

Minilogue was a Scandinavian melodic Techno music group consisting of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a blend of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication.

Beside their music production as Minilogue, they were both involved in the group Son Kite, Trimatic and IMPS (with Ian Chaplin and Philip Rex). They were active from the year 2000 to 2014.

History

Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.

Sebastian was trained as a classical musician playing the organ, piano and the violin among other instruments. He even became involved in teaching them until his coming of age at 18 when he formed a band and began experimenting with the sounds in a more contemporary way.

Marcus lived on a diet of Kraftwerk and the Human League until realising his true calling in the techno parties of the 1990s. Through promoting parties he moved on to become one of the bigger DJs in Southern Sweden. It was in a party where they met and decided to combine Sebastian’s musician’s perspective and knowledge with Marcus' DJ skills and experience from the scene.

They got together in 1996 and after 10 years in the music business under successful guises such as Son Kite and Trimatic, Marcus & Sebastian begun to be Minilogue.

They hail from Malmö, a city situated in south Sweden. Through the years their music has expanded and moved through a variety of sounds appealing across the board of electronic music.

Their later material touches on influences from a simplistic early 1990s sound of electronica, filled with warped and wondrous sounds creating textures with true depth and portraying a true sense of the duo’s vision.

Marcus & Sebastian decided to stop Minilogue in 2014 to focus on their own projects.

Discography

Albums Animals (double album: 2xCD or 2xLP) – released on Cocoon in April 2008 Blomma (double album: 2xCD or 2xLP+CD) – released on Cocoon in April 2013 EPs Fågel EP (12") – 2000 Husdjur EP (12") – 2000 Certain Things EP (12") – 2005 Spam EP (12") – 2005 Hitchhikers Choice EP (12") – 2006 That's a Nice Way EP (12") – 2006 The Leopard EP (12") – 2006 Inca EP (12") – 2007 Jakata EP (10") – 2010 Singles' The Breeze (12") – 2001 Deep Motions (12") – 2002 In a Deeper Motion (12") – 2002 Pixelized (12") – 2002 Join the Minikab (12") – 2003 Leloo (12") – 2003 Little Sisters (12") – 2005 Feedback (10") – 2006 Leopard (12") – 2006 The Girl from Botany Bay (12") – 2006 Ahck Remixes (12") – 2007 Elephant's Parade / Bird Song (12") – 2007 Orglar (10") – 2007 Out of the Curious (12") – 2007 Seconds Rmx (12") – 2007 The Leopard Rmx (12") – 2007 Space (12") – 2007 Jamaica (12") – 2008 Intermediate State (12") – 2010 Endlessness (12") – 2012 The Island of If (12") – 2014

Remixes The Aircrash Bureau: Don't Expect Me (Minilogue Remix) – 2002 Avatar: Drift Away (Minilogue Remix) – 2002 Avatar: Drift Away [Part 2] (Minilogue Dub) – 2002 Greed: I See You (Minilogue version) – 2003 Leya: Lucky You (Minilogue Remix) – 2005 Jaïa: Orchestra 2.0 (Minilogue Remix) – 2005 Omnimotion: Japan (Minilogue Remix) – 2006 Kritical Audio: Krupp (Minilogue Remix) – 2006 Trentemoller & Buda: Gamma (Minilogue Remix) – 2007 Jack Rock: Polyfemos (Minilogue Remix) – 2007 Each: Sunrise (Minilogue Remix) – 2007 Lulu Rouge: Bless You (Minilogue Remix) – 2008 Beat Pharmacy: Rooftops (Minilogue Taqsim Mix) – 2009 Unofficial Release Massive Attack: Teardrop (Minilogue Remix) (12") – 2005

External links

• Hitchhikers Choice video on Youtube
• Discography on discogs.com