Since 2015, Lamour has presented the massive love bomb ‘Because We Love Music.’ A collection of music that shows the musical diversity of the label and collects artists associated with the label and community. During January, we deliver a new song every day, released on Spotify and for free price on Bandcamp. Ambient, techno, and all electronic stuff in between. We do this – because we love music!
Selection and executive producer: Viktor Zeidner
Mastered by Joakim Westlund except track 10 mastered by Bob Macc, track 21 by Axel Hübinette.
Artwork by Rolfcarlwerner
Cat. nr: lamour200
January 1st
AKB – Noir
Soon, the light will return. But in the meantime, let’s find solace in the enveloping shadows and their kaleidoscopic twilight camouflage—the noir of day. Surrounded only by rhythmic sways, subtle vocals, and melodic layers. So, close your eyes, lean into the sound, and let the dusk take the lead.
Media coverage: Nordic Music Central https://www.nordicmusiccentral.com/akb-sweden-noir-track-from-the-lamour-records-compilation-because-we-love-music/
January 2nd
Slim Vic – Soluppgång över…
Soluppgång över… when you imagine a better world, a new day and believe that even the smallest acts of goodness can bring change and create a more loving surroundings. Let the sunrise fill you with energy to follow your dreams.
Media coverage: Moon Phase Radio: https://moonphaseradio.com/entries/new-chill-music/slim-vic-soluppgang-over
Naga Mag: https://www.nagamag.com/the-latest/slim-vic-soluppgang-over-
January 3rd
Alpha Mound – Counterpoint
Alpha Mound is the creative outlet for Joakim Westlunds solo music. For nearly a decade now music has been released under this header with quite some range in styles but almost always leaning towards more relaxed sounds.
January 4th
Isabelle andersson – Third Mode
Third Mode originated from an improvised bassline written in the Phrygian scale, the Third Mode of the major scale. It’s a nostalgic, dark dance-floor track that blends classic elements of the acid techno scene with unexpected sounds, extended breaks, and dynamic rhythms.
Isabelle Andersson is an audiovisual artist who combines multiple mediums to create immersive sensory experiences. She builds tension by blending traditional four-on-the-floor beats with offbeat rhythms and syncopated melodies. Drawing inspiration from 70s psychedelic rock and blues, 90s rave culture, and the diverse genres of today’s EDM scene, her music and DJ sets often traverse a wide range of musical styles. Isabelle enjoys adding unexpected details to her tracks, infusing her music with a sense of humor and mysticism
January 5th
Under Mossan – Veidegeist
Under Mossan is a one-man sound and music project based outside Uppsala, Sweden.
Veidegeist is a drone distilled from wildhoney, limestone and synthesizers. Enjoy.
January 6th
Shaperwave – Fleeting Love
Fleeting Love is a song about fleeting love and infatuation that can flare up and stay for a while, only to disappear as quickly as it appeared. It is in the house/dance direction, and came about when shaperwave was testing out some different sounds and chords on a new synth he bought this summer, this was recorded in Reason which is his primary DAW, and there more software synths and drums etc. were added. The vocal elements are mostly his own, apart from some occasional sampling and the female text-to-speach voice. Shaperwave would like to extend a big thank you and credit to Gena, Svensk hushülssynth and Oortcloud services for their input, feedback and enthusiasm during the work and process of this song.
January 7th
ANGST Sessions – Scythe Moon (DonPerkonsMix)
ANGST Sessions make slow repetitive melancholic avant garde music – or in short Melancholic Kosmische Musik.
Recording one takers on Buchla / Serge Modular together with EMS Synthi.
Finding interesting textures, timbres in spatial time and space.
For this special track I used a Buchla 200 system together with a Erica Synth Perkons HD-01 drum machine.
Both are great for making polyrhythmic stuff and when combined with non synced tape delays it creates layers with sounds. Again I am very happy to be part of Lamour BWLM again this year.
January 8th
umring – Pelagia
Pelagia is the second track from the artist umring.
Behind the artist name hides a musician from Gävle with many years of experience in metal music. Growing up making tracker music on the c64 opened the door to synthesizers. Beyond genres lies a general fascination of sounds, textures, and a love for nature, paired with a diy spirit. Here those parts are explored with electronic instruments as the foundation.
The track relates to the longing to become one with nature; to meld with the oceanic worlds. Take the plunge through analogue waves into depths unknown.
January 9th
Resmiranda – Slowly
Welcome to Resmiranda’s world, where Swedish folk music, art pop, and ambient electronica seamlessly blend into a dreamy musical experience.
Åsa Larsson, also known by her artistic alias Resmiranda, is a multifaceted musician hailing from Sweden. Her creative inspiration is deeply rooted in the mysteries of the forest and the rhythmic sway of its treetops. Through her expertise in the ancient Swedish singing technique of ‘kulning,’ choral conducting, songwriting, and instrumental skills she delves into how music can contribute to a society that is more open, kinder, deeper, greener, and ultimately a more sustainable place for everyone.
Media coverage: Nordic Music Central https://www.nordicmusiccentral.com/resmiranda-sweden-slowly-single/
January 10th
Motormännen – Crvena Tvrda
It’s techno, function before form!
January 11th
Martin Jarl – I Touched The Blacklight
– Deep comforting and soothing are the general aim of my musical outlet, it’s basically just therapy for myself. I’m humbled and glad others feel drawn to it.
I have a long-lasting relationship with electronic music in various forms and I generally try to stay open minded to all kinds of music.
January 12th
Árstraumur – Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
The track is inspired by the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet that visit us from the Oort cloud in the autumn of 2024…
Árstraumur. Instrumental, electronic music that draws inspiration from the northern lights to the boundless depths of space… Written, played, produced, and everything by David Elfström Lilja, a.k.a Moist and Gränslöst.
January 13th
Fredrik Laufke – Grängesberg 1
Grängesberg 1 is the first part in describing a disused mine, its desolate sound, its non-existent light and possibly still ongoing operation…
Fredrik Laufke
– Electronic hypnosis from South Stockholm
My way of focusing, of getting out my inner darkness, a refuge to another world that is usually just mine but which sometimes, like now, also becomes everyone’s.
January 14th
Plasmafuse – The Wait Is Over
”The wait is over, the good is coming now, we just have to take in the good, to defeat the evil.”
Plasmafuse is an electronica band that has grown out of the ground surrounding, industrial metal scene, but have replaced the guitars to synths.
Janyary 15th
Catterfly – I ro
I ro – at rest. Catterfly lulls the inner to peace through a folk electronic mantra and exploration of overtones and frequencies through accordion, throat singing, piano and flute. The piece is about confronting the dark storms around and within us, by finding a place of inner peace and acceptance to gather strength. – I ro
The multi-artist and music producer Emma Sörensen formed her electronic solo project Catterfly back in 2015 and since then she has played live, released singles and remixes. She is a multi-instrumentalist who likes to explore the point where field recordings, the electronic and acoustic instruments, such as voice, flutes, accordion and harmonica, meets. Catterfly’s music is described as imaginative and surrealistic sound formations, which are built up through improvisational and emotional expressions. Organic electronic music with an aura of folk music.
January 16th
Hoy – Intertwinings
Intertwinings – things closely connected – is an attempt to combine monotony with melody and 90’s synthetic baseline with oriental vocal samples. The title is a reminder of that good things twined together always comes out stronger than solitary pieces, whether it’s in culture, ideas or materials.
Hoy is the electronical/darkwave musical project by Carl Sjöström, with first releases and collaborations in 2024. Located in Gävle, Sweden.
January 17th
Axel E – Börja Om (Radio Edit)
Axel E is the young shooting star whose early EDM songs have been played by hundreds of thousands of people. Famues DJ’s like Axwell/\Ingrosso, Martin Garrix and others have put him in their USB and in front of recurring times at the world’s largest festivals. But living in a city that has been colored by decades of more experimental underground scenes and especially in recent years, a very strong ambient scene puts their footprints even in a young producer’s music creation.
Yair Etziony – Mont Vully
Yair Etziony is a composer and musician known for his melancholic, cinematic sound. Yair started DJing IDM Jungle and Techno, he has been producing music since 2002.
“After a long break from music, ‘Mont Vully’ marks a return to pure creative joy for the artist. Inspired by their love of Swiss cheese, this new track blends influences from the 90s rave scene, krautrock, and modern modular synthesis. The result is a vibrant, freewheeling sonic journey, unencumbered by the artist’s typical philosophical themes. ‘Mont Vully’ is simply about having fun in the studio and reconnecting with the music-making thrill. With its infectious rhythms, lush analog textures, and unexpected twists, this cheese-themed track offers a refreshing departure from the artist’s usual style.”
Januay 19th
Llarks – Ancestors
Llarks is the ambient / drone / dub project by artist and musician c.jeely. His music uses guitar, bass, rhythm box and tape manipulation to create multilayered melodic and dub compositions.
The song featured here is called Ancestors and is a slow-going sea of abstract voices, modulated guitar bliss; anchored by a dub infused rhythm and bass line.
Additionally, two giraffes are pictured with the artist.
January 20th
Miosys – Volta Do Mar
Sometimes going in the wrong direction, venturing into the storm, might take you home. A moment by the piano, a play with samples and improvised recorded vocals merged into this musical piece.
Miosys is an audiovisual artist creating with their senses, curiously blending different mediums to express themself. Electronic music makes a foundation for their creative exploration of sound and different musical elements. Alongside video art, knitting, drawing and other ways to create, everything belongs together.
January 21st
Nano Ona – Imposter Syndrome
Do you ever get the feeling that you don’t belong? Maybe you feel unqualified for a task you know deep down you can handle. Sometimes, you find yourself in spaces that shake your confidence. Do I really belong here? the voice asks. Am I not, in reality, an imposter?
January 22nd
Svensk Hushållssynth – Spårlöst
“In an attempt to get back to my roots for some renewed inspiration this track is completely DAWless like I used to make music back in the early 2000s. Tweaking sounds in realtime and building the track as I go always keeps me on my toes and leaves an unrepeatable result, mistakes and all. Hope you enjoy!”
January 23rd
Shaperwave & Arvid Tuba – Drive Me Sane
Shaperwave. Starting out in the late 80’s, picking up inspiration from Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre, Shaperwave has formed his own style. This is a musicproject where electronic beats, swirling synthlines and robot voices express deep feelings and emotions. Will AI human robots be able to express feelings ? If it’s sadness, joy, love or fear Shaperwave will have it covered in the music.
Arvid Tuba was a well-known personality on the Swedish industrial and synth music scene in the late 80s and early 90s. For a long time he called himself a drum machine troubadour. He has had a number of underground hits such as “Kråkan Kermit”, “Citera Astrid Lindgren” and “Låt Svinen Dansa”.
He was most active in the period 1985 to 1992 during which he released a large number of home-recorded cassette tapes. However, he usually distributed the recordings himself or through friends, but also through advertising sales in the magazine New Life. As the underground market for home-recorded music looked like, the cassettes spread to many different places in the world such as Japan, Germany, Eastern Europe, Canada, the USA and the other Scandinavian countries.
Since 1992 Arvid Tuba has made music more sporadically and the recordings have instead been distributed over the internet.
New recorded material has been released as late as 2002. Arvid Tuba still has a small but vibrant fan culture spread across the globe.