Compute
When beginning a post, I sometimes find myself thinking about the first sentence for way too long. I want to be witty. I want to be interesting. It's stupid, I know. I don't have to be anything but informative as long as I keep finding such fantastic music for you. And what fantastic music I stumble upon sometimes. Since my back is still giving me tremendous problems with walking, dancing is totally out of the question. What a pitty. I would give my left leg to have dance to/with Compute.

Think of the best pop melodies you ever heard. The synth pop ones. Think of the funkiest sounds you ever heard from a video game. Think of dancing. Think of Swedish Ulrika Mild who is Compute. Oh my god. Every Chance is on at the moment. I wanna dance!!! I'm not gonna bore you with too much info. Just visit her website if you wanna know more. Or the label that released the Computopia EP. And, yeah, read this interview after you've downloaded these tracks:

Compute - Every Chance
Compute - Dance With Me
Compute - Turn Your Head

In an interview you got the question what song you wished that you had written. You answered Dance With Me by Alphaville. I think your Dance With Me is so much better. Why is dancing so fun to do and sing about?
First of all, thank you, I think Alphaville made an amazing song, managing to sound sad, romantic desperate and hopeful at the same time. And it's catchy. Then to answer your question, I think dancing, at least for me, means letting go and only feeling the music, nothing else. If you're angry, happy, sad whatever, dancing's almost always the best way to spend a Saturday night. Or any other night.

Does it happen (I can't see that it's possible, though) that people wont dance when you play live? How does that make you feel?
Yes, it actually does. We've played a couple of times for sitting audiences, it's horrible. I think the audience is half the show, if they look happy it makes us do a better job. And if they don't look like they're enjoying it I usually end up not playing half of the songs I had planned.

Do you think it’s possible to make futuristic music? Listening to alot of bands today, it’s easy to find some retro feeling to their stuff. Is it possible to make music without looking to the past?
It might be possible if you grow up without ever hearing music. Otherwise no, I don't think it's possible to make music without looking to the past. It’s possible to think you’re not looking at the past, though.

How does the future look for Compute? What do you think will happen? What do you want to happen?
I have no idea, I never do. Things just happen, or in some cases don't happen. I don't have a plan; I just want to make music, music that I like. I would want more people to hear my music, spread it more I guess, so that's how I hope the future looks.

If you could choose, what band would you like to open for on a world tour?
That's a hard one... It might be fun opening for Client, I think our music would be different enough from theirs to make it interesting, and still similar enough not to confuse. And they’re not too big, they don't play on stages where you feel like you're an ant who's lost your ant-friends when you were out searching for whatever ants search for.