name: ST

homepage : N/A

occupation: Swedish indie composing dude with affiliations towards perfection

Intro: From the Northern state of Europe called Sweden comes ST... Sweden is well known country for their handball team, but they were heavily beaten by the Croatian team [we rule!] on some championships. :) But, don't be fooled... Although Aqua and Dr. Alban come from his country, his music is very original, inovative and sounds nothing link those previously mentioned. In short, it's some very original audio journey. Emotions In A Box was the real thing... ST's release on Monotonik/Mono211 netlabel. But Stefan claims he's not happy with it. Why? Beats me... It's very good release. You'll be able to see that Stefan doesn't talk as much as Psilodump, for instance [hi, Dumpy! :)], but his answers were very informative. And that's all that counts. Hit it, maestro!

ST, please introduce yourself to us...

I'm Stefan Ternemar? ;)

You Swedes are so well spoken people... ST is just like Psilodump a very well spoken man... :D

Ok... That's a very good beginning... now... How old are you?

I'm 22.. i think.

What do you do in your 22-years-old-life?

Right now I'm writing songs for my debut album.

Tell us more about it? What style and on what label?

It's indiepop and the label is musicrelated. I've been working on it for a while now and I think it's gonna turn out great. Amazing, that answer took like 3 minutes to write.

For some time now, you've been releasing on netlabels. Give us your discography.

I've only released 2 ep's. Emotions In A Box and I'll Meet You There. Both where released on monotonik. And I released a tune at Sutemos.

Are you satisfied with your releases? Would you like to release more or you're alright with this tempo of releasing?

I don't like Emotions In A Box. That EP isn't me at all. But I'm really happy with how I'll meet you there EP turned out. At first I wanted to get as much music out as fast as possible. And I didn't really care if the music where good or not. Now I'm taking my time. And I don't feel a need to release music all the time. I don't wanna spit out crap.

So, you work a lot easier without pressure?

Not really. I need pressure. But there are different kinds of pressure.

For example? What kind of pressure ST needs to finish his audio journeys?

It's hard to explain. I need to feel that what I'm doing is for real.

I see... In the future you will focus on releasing on real labels or netlabels?

Both.

Any future relases planned?

Not really. But I wanna do something with Bliss. We have talked about it for some time now and I hope that we will work togheter someday.

Some time ago, you've mentioned that Bliss influenced you a lot... How exactly?

Yeah, when I started making music I just did it for fun. And by fun I mean like crap music with lyrics that include words like poo. But when I heard Bliss everything changed. I started to take my own music seriously...

Except Bliss, name for us some of your musical influences.

I don't have many musical influences. But Benjamin Gibbard is one of the best songwriters of all time. I truly love his music.

What are you playing right now during this interview? :)

What A suprise. Benjamin Gibbard - You Remind Me Of Home :)

Wicked! :) During our off the record conversation you've mentioned experimenting with exotic instruments... When will you move in that direction and can I play my didgeridoo for you? :)

Not exotic instruments. Just odd instrument. But the music will still be the same. I'd love to sample your didgeridoo.

That's a deal then... A couple of years ago, I played it at several dnb/goa/gabber parties... But, enough about me. Let's go back to you.

Good for you... I guess.

Shut up! :D

;)

Name some netlabel superstars of your choice... We're getting to the end of this interview so the questions are getting a little bit tricky.

Monotonik, Sutemos. I don't know about the rest of 'em. Oh, you mean artist?

And them, too... :)

Fusedmarc, Bliss, Troupe, Planet Boelex.

Do you play at some parties, maybe? Your music sounds perfect for some lounge events.

I would love to do it. But I can't figure out how.

Try stalking some promotors, maybe?

I don't know how to play livemusic. I can't just bring a computer on the set and just sit there with a cup of tea. I have to do something. But what?

Use the Ableton, Stefan... :) I wish you luck with experimenting with playing live... Now, some last quick questions...

Thanks for the tip.

Being rich and doing crappy music for some major label or stay underground and be happy, but not very wealthy?

What do you think?

You don't look like a sellout to me, so we'll keep that topic open and let the general public decide... In you favour! :D

Beer or hard stuff?

I don't drink.

Coffee or tea?

I love coffee. But I don't drink it anymore. It's just going to mess up your mind. So I have to say tea.

Clubs or pubs?

Pubs.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?

Being rich making crap music ;) ..I don't know. Maybe I'll work as a sound engineer and producing my third album.

Where's Croatia?

Before of after google?

Before :)

Before - Greenland, After - Serbia?

Well, that's the answer to my question which I'll accept, but I'm not happy with it! :) We can see clearly that Google is truly your friend... :) Thank you for the chat, ST.

No prob.

DraCo