Quote Originally Posted by deafmosaic
is it just me or does the so called "swedish invasion" sound an awful lot like a couple swedes trading bongo loops and compression? anybody ever notice drum code has pretty much the same loops in every record?
so who would you include in this anyways? joel mull? for a while, his songs stood out through their use of melodies. cari lekebusch? he's never sounded like any of the other swedes from that group...alexi delano? again, completely different. the svek guys? minimal and house...not applicable.

so basically, "ikea techno," as you describe it, would be who? beyer, bacto, henrik b?

i agree that a lot of the records from that period are throwaways (countdown 2000 anyone?). but it's also a mistake to say all the swedes from that group.

besides, as americans, we should naturally fear mctechno more... ;)