Daniel Savio, the maître d’art, the Jean-Jacques Perrey of Zinkensdamm, closes the shutters and turns off the radio. The Grey Rain of Sweden trickling down outside - once the nostalgic subject for Swedish songstress Doris - is now increasingly sulphuric and acid. Where it drips to the ground, pandemic chytrid fungus suddenly hits, killing an unsuspecting amphibian. Domestic cats prey on billions of birds. Buildings explode in Homs. And meanwhile at Ultra, a DJ appears.

In 2012 the news are worse than ever. Yet among the last of the non-detuned hardware synths available to man, Daniel Savio remains restless and full of artistic zeal. From the sometimes-open window of his studio apartment in Stockholm, a humming and hissing sound brings the promise of spring. Indoors, the air lies thick with sequences reminiscent of turn of the century Flipmode Squad and some of the coldest waves to ever have spread from the Arctic Circle. All from the mind of what his management team and label still consider the third original member of Kraftwerk.

With the coupling of Sweden’s most beloved synth wizard, a Norwegian fast-forward thinking label and a Finnish mastering team - the release of Daniel Savio’s self titled, third album is a Pan-Scandinavian cultural event. With two critically acclaimed solo albums already behind him, Daniel Savio has grown a reputation as perhaps the finest, most mind shocking electronic beatmaker to come out of the Nordic countries. Widely regarded as the inventor of skweee music (as in “squeezing” as much as possible from lo-fi instruments), Daniel’s music continues to find paths beyond conventional hip hop arrangements. Leaving his laptop at home, his worldwide touring is an all-hardware, highly flexible live set – typically featuring brand new material.

In addition to this, Daniel’s inspiring DJ sets come as a veritable showcase of unheard of private pressings from long forgotten Swedish synth demo bands. In its many forms, Daniel Savio’s DJ:ing has been featured on the world famous Beats In Space radio show, as well as on the legendary mix CD “Disco Opera” and several subsequent white label (sort of) disco edits. All of which has firmly cemented him as one the top record dogs in Scandinavia.

Awards & accolades
Grammy award: Club/Dance Award, with Hundarna Från Söder)
Bleep.com: The Top 100 Tracks Of 2009

Features
Guardian, Wired, XLR8R, Spin, Resident Advisor.

Studio work
Contributing studio work to Britney Spears second album – dialled in by Max Martin to assist with turntablist work on the pop icon’s second album.
Collaboration with Rye Rye, unreleased.
Discography

Albums
Daniel Savio (Dødpop Records) 2012
Nekropolis (Losonofono Records) 2010
Dirty Bomb (Flogsta Danshall) 2009

Singles & EPs
T-Bone Theme (Nuum, Disques Mazout) 2011
Virgins Of Bergen Remix w/ Mesak (white) 2011
Assassinn Crimewave (Poisonous Gases) 2010
Street Cred (Disques Mazout) 2010
Flogsta Danshall w/ Pavan (Du & Jag + Åskar Brickman) 2010
Nightmare Food (Losonofono Records) 2010
Jihad Akhbar (Flogsta Danshall) 2007
The Bubble Bump (Flogsta Danshall ) 2006