SHAKARCHI & STRANÉUS: DÖDSKALLAR OCH KORALLREV

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3. Liseberg
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Shakarchi & Stranéus are Faik and Daniel, two bff:s from Gothenburg who are making some of the most catchy, emotional and well crafted dance music we’ve heard in a long time.

Both had been involved in music for a while - Daniel as part of awesome indie rock outfit Punch and Judy, Faik as one of Gothenburg’s busiest DJs - when they started working together at their hometown’s top tapas joint, Mañana. In between washing dishes and serving patatas bravas, the boys would burst out short tracks and sound experiments in the makeshift studio they had set up inside Mañana’s cloakroom.

This led to a few remixes and a great debut vinyl release for Malmö based Geography Recordings - now comes their five track EP Dödskallar Och Korallrev - Studio Barnhus’ second release, the best Swedish house record since Jesper Dahlbäck’s The Persuader, something we are immensely proud of being able to release.

The record is dedicated to Faik’s firstborn son Aladdin Shakarchi. Studio Barnhus would like to thank Faik, Daniel, all our Gothenburg buddies and everyone who supported our first release.

Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács, Petter Nordkvist - Studio Barnhus, Stockholm, December 2010.