We feel more than excited for today’s exclusive video premiere of ‘Cut You Up‘ on Last Day Deaf, by the Swedish electro/new wave artist a>m (Johan Risberg). This dark treasure is an intense, dystopic mix of electro, new wave, industrial and post punk, and its roots go back to 80s, when banda like Cabaret Voltaire, Neon Judgement, and Suicide, culminated the ‘scene’. The video, directed by Katarina Lans is trippy and super cool, leaving the viewer on edge and uncertain about what will happen next.

Will you take this ride? If the answer is yes, then it will be at your own risk!

About:

Johan Risberg has been active in various bands since 1993. The most well known would be ‘Hell on Wheels’, with 4 full length albums, 1 collection and several EPs and singles. He has travelled around the world touring with them. He also plays with ‘stumm/risberg’ and ‘L.S.D’.

a>m is musically based and actively working in an underground context and for the possibility of non-commercial music to take space. During the last 20 years, he has run several clubs in Stockholm and thus given over 500 acts a chance to be on stage. He has also been a DJ since 1997.

a>m can be read: a greater than m, anecdoteman, after midnight, analogue modulation and so on. The point is that the name isn’t fixed. Even if the lyrics may seem obvious at first glance, it also aspires to the listener’s reflection. In other words it is up to the listener to decide if it’s a political or a philosophical text. The album is called ‘Stay Tuned – Stay Confused’ and emphasizes that a judgement is up to the listener. Musically a>m has his roots in 1980’s underground music, with bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Neon Judgement, Twice A Man, Suicide, Throbbing Gristle, Fad Gadget and Nocturnal Emissions being part of the reference listening for the recording of this album. The song ‘We are Nothing’ pays homage to Joy Division. The initial sound in the beginning of the song that also works as the basis throughout the track, is the sound of the pulsar that was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The sound is mostly known as the graph used by Peter Saville for the ‘Unknown Pleasures’-album by Joy Division. Some lyrics by Ian Curtis have been borrowed for this song as well. The album is also inspired by friends in the amazing, contemporary underground scene in Stockholm. Overall this has resulted in a solo debut album.

a>m is part of Northern Industrial.
a>m plays electro new wave!