HÖG SJÖ

Pop producer goes off-piste with masterful soundscapes.

JA

PATRIK BERGER’S NEW music represents something of a radical left-field turn though the Swedish record producer certainly doesn’t see it that way. “When I make stuff it’s all the same in my head,” says the man whose CV boasts collaborations with superstars Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue and Taylor Swift. Taking a moment to reflect on what he’s just said, he concedes: “But I mean, I know that this is different, obviously…” The Stockholm-based multi-instrumentalist’s eponymous debut album under the name Hög Sjö is a concoction of delightfully strange progressive jazz, recorded with some of the best session musicians Scandinavia has to offer. He’d planned to record the whole thing himself, but when he hooked up with his pals, pianist Jesper Nordenström and drummer Nils Törnqvist, it made sense to utilise…

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