Here are Staffan’s own words about the album.
”It all started with a blank sheet of paper and an urge to create a world.
A world without rules.
A world without time.
A world where all the seasons;
winter, spring, summer and autumn would be in constant battle for moments to shine.
This world would be whatever you wanted it to be.

In it´s initial stages, the element of time, the spatial dimensions and our concept of mass has been eliminated for the purpose of the tabula rasa. It was a way for me to shut out the outside world to imagine and realize what or where -ever place I wanted to create, visualizing the particular emotional scenario I wanted – through the musical ideas that came to mind.

One of the main purposes of this world is rejuvenation, another is focus priority . A place for me (and hopefully you) to visit and empty your being from the restraints of the common reality and recharge mind, body and soul.

Two human earth years later my world was there.
Now the blank sheet I started out with is filled with my vision, a sonic vision of the many places, unbound be space and time, I would like you to explore. A foundation upon which new creations, visions and emotions can be imagined and sprung to life, ultimately making them a part of our own individual reality.
Shift your thoughts towards what you feel and let your imagination inspire you.”

Artist: Forever Delayed
Title: Album
Label: Islands & Islets
Release Date: Oct, 2010
Tracklist:
1. Say Hello To The End
2. To The Wild
3. Wall Setting
4. Church Of Sticks
5. Sixteenth Expansion
6. Will It Ever Change
7. Doorstep
8. Freeze
9. Snowy Scenery
10. Tenminutesandthirtyeightseconds
11. Intermission 1
12. Polar’s Twist
13. Theme For Sunday
14. Evil Miss 21

www.myspace.com/tothewild
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”Single minded people, they can always find a way
Single minded people, very rarely go astray
Fear is by the way, but then you do it anyway
Life is learning, only cowards never make mistakes”

- Nicolette Suwoton, 1990

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ACTIVIST 03 : VAN RIVERS AND THE SUBLIMINAL KID

It’s time for the next release on Pär Grindvik’s Stockholm LTD.
This time it’s Pär himself and Staffan Linzatti under the name The Rumours.

Artist: The Rumours (Grindvik & Linzatti)
Title: Prestige
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Cat#: STHLM LTD 019

Selected feedback:
Joseph Capriati – another great release on Stockholm ltd! full support from me.
Samuel L Session – snowy trax! will play!
Orde Meikle (Slam) – both very nice trax – playing
Perc – Both tracks are great. Prestige is my favourite, it does it’s thing perfectly. Looking forward to playing it in Germany this weekend.
Len Faki – 5/5 both tracks are simple top and has two different emotions for the floor! full support from here!
Marcel Dettmann – 5/5
Joel Mull – Both tracks are Fresh as a cold breeze on a hot summer night… LOVE IT!! Funk to the people!!!
Philip Sherburne – this is very cool…. “prestige” is MENTAL.
Marco Nastic – great guys! love it!
Fergie – Thanx for this.. Top label will suport for sure :-)
Adultnapper – as always, par delivers. loving situation!
Gel Abril – situation is phat will support tnx!
Ellen Allien – cool one like both tracks
Gregor Tresor – Very nice! Will play “Situation”
Alan Fitzpatrick – heavy duty techno, i love it.
Nikola Baytala – INCREDIBLE !!!!!!! TOTTALY BUYING THIS ON VINYL FOR IBIZA
Anton Banks – I’m really liking ‘Situation’. That off beat kick hooked me.
Sian – insanely creative techno!!love it like no other..
Ida Engberg – Amazing! I will definitely play Prestige. Thanks!
Jesper Dahlbäck – fucking dope beats! this is very inspiring!
Christopher Çolak – Tasty sound. Love the samples. Situtaiotn for is the headliner. Will chart and lots of radio plays.
Timo Maas – prestige is solid
Mihalis Safras – loving both artists work..wird gespielt!
Shir Khan – Will play at Radio Fritz. Best.
Rebekah Aff – trippy
M8 Magazine – Quality as always. Prestige is an absolute belter. Trippy and full on. thanks very much derek
Alexi Delano – Love it!!
Tim Xavier – Excellent!!
Bln FM – for radio play, thanks.
Ambivalent – Great EP! I love Prestige. I’m only sad that I have an EP called Rumors coming out next week! I’ll check with you first, next time, Pär!! :)
Berlin Mitte Institut – Both tracks are good tools. Rating 4/5
Miss Jools – Feelin the deep and darkness of ‘situation’..will play thanks
Mnml ssgs – both tracks work well, ‘prestige’ is the pick of the two, could be very effective if used right.
Bryan Kasenic (Bunker) – heat!
Dsan Powell – Good stuff for Space Miami afterhours, will def play.
Benoit C (Tsugi) – nice and solid
Dustin Zahn – Charted. Summer vibes from the pberg boys! Very nice tunes, I’ll play them all summer! The shuffle/flam is kind of weird on the Situation, but I can deal with it!
Alland Byallo – Prestige is dope!!!
MPLeary – nice techno with good groove…will play it for sure!!
Rene Passet – Slooooowly unraveling record with the most addictive hihats I heard in a while. Prestige is more Prescription-esk. Good techno for sweaty basements somewhere in Berlin or Bogota.
Karotte – i like situation. will try this.
Sweat Lodge Radio – Like the feel of Situation – thanks
Andreas (Raveline) – big one!! full support…
Tarmo Vannas – very groovy, very funky, very useful, proper deep techno stuff for the dancefloor, much thanks!
Adam Beyer – Nice deep record!
Tommy Four Seven – Brilliant, love the tripped vox!
Groove (DE) – review will follow
Klubbers FM – fantastic soft techno… club techno for a really danceflorkillers. My favorite its Situation
Ben Klock – I will try Prestige.. thank you!
The-Zone Radio - really good ep! prestige for me!!
Altroverso – airplay in altroverso
Nihad Thule – Love both. Tackar och bockar :)
Little White Earbuds – Thanks, will make this available to LWE staff for review.
Debug – review to follow
Paco Osuna – thank you i will try it
Adam Marshall – nice one with Prestige!
Rodhad – prestige is my favourite! i like the vocal snipets and its deep hypnotic sounds
Dave Turov – heise schise!
Derek Plaslaiko – WOW! **LOVING** both of these!! Wil be playing both for sure!!!
Electronique.it – ‘Situation’ is very nice: deep and dark. I will air for sure in my radio show ‘electronica’. Very well done ‘Prestige’ too.
Jeremy P Caulfield – dope fresh top nutters for freak size ..
Valentino Kanzyani – Hello, Thank for sending will use Situation for sure.. All the best, Val
Ed Karney (Mixmag) – Feeling ‘Prestige’ :-)
Lucy – Massive release… Situation stands up here. Stockholm LTD always on the point. Will play of course! Thanks..
Pfirter – Great one! Situation is weird and i love it! Prestige is big and classic! Full support.
Ralf Kollmann – That´s a good one! both tracks rock…
Dario Zenker – love it.great futuristic techno.
Vince Watson – Prestige is the killer on here..
Luke Solomon – really love this. Especially like the swing on the drums…
Tiger Stripes – Nice work. Great tracks, both of them!
Gary Beck – Rating 5/5 situation for me! thanks
Sven VT – Prestige is a nice lil banger. Like it a lot!
Davide Squillace – nice one on situation..thks
Sebastian Herre – what a quality release, those tracks are made for the club! my fav is Situation but i do like Prestige too!
Piotr Nowicki - High quality techno music. Reminds me classic swedish techno sounds from 2000-2004 years.
Kenny Larkin – Jackin!
Kyle Geiger – Loving Prestige!!!! Extra crispy baby!

Techno Storyteller Par Grindvik, is a techno storyteller – there is a lot more to his beats than steely kick-drum patterns and gurgling bleeps. At the heart is his label, Stockholm LTD, which fosters sparks between word and sound by pairing each release with an eloquent poem or short vignette. Meaningful Techno?!.. perhaps.

Last weekend Par kicked off his short spin through the US with the Oktave crew for a cosmic techno treat at Underground, the latest dingy LES basement of choice for the Techno elite of NYC. On his downtime here in NYC, Grindvik kindly let us pick his mind about telling techno tales, his latest release, When Falls, and why there’s no magic recipe to success.

Halcyon: What are some recent memories and music that have inspired your creativity and what you are producing?

Par Grindvik: I would be lying if I said that I was filled up with inspiration. In fact I’ve been searching, trying really hard to find out what I want and where I want to go. Right now my biggest source of inspiration is my family and close ones, they bring me strength to go on with my ideas.

H: I am very interested when you write in the “about” part of Stockholm LTD that “each release tells its own story”. What is the story told by your latest release with Staffan Linzatti, When Falls?

P: I’m happy that you ask me this, nowadays it’s really hard to connect the listener with your thoughts and visions. I always get so happy when people find our small messages and actually take some time to reflect over its meaning. It’s not that important to me that they get the true meaning really, I want the listeners to frame their own pictures. But, as you are asking specifically about “When Falls” I will try to explain. When Falls is one of those places where time’s been still for ages, where everything and every day comes and goes as they do. Suddenly the present arrives and nothing will ever be the same again. The “When Fall” words that you ask about are told by this old citizen who never thought things would change or that he would ever leave. I believe that you can find ‘”When Falls” somewhere in Canada but who knows.

H: What do you look for in the artists that sign on to Stockholm Limited? What do they have in common?

P: There’s an idea behind what I want to do, and anyone I bring into that idea must fit into it I guess. They all turn out being my best friends.

H: I enjoy how you put every effort into all the other elements of the music – elaborating on the aesthetics as well as the overall audible quality. Do you pursue other artistic paths beyond music production and DJing?

P: No, seriously, I wish I did. I have a lot of untouched projects and ideas. For instance, me and my [girlfriend] (who is a tailor) have been designing some clothes, which always end up on me. I’ve been sketching on some lithographies as well, but nothing too serious.

H: Do you agree that a DJ is as much as any other artist, whether we’re talking about a painter or musician? How would you explain the art of a DJ to someone who doesn’t really understand the intensity and extent of this contemporary culture?

P: I agree in that there are DJs who just press play and there are painters that let their pet monkeys paint. I guess it’s more up to the people who are listening [or] watching to explain what it is that they are actually looking at [or] listening to and wherein the art exists, in the effort or the product. I’m happy as long as I can keep doing what I love to do, and I hope the amount of work I put in comes across as something worth experiencing, over and over again.

H: How do you keep your music fresh, progressive and innovative amidst the fast paced world of dance music?

P: I’m glad you feel that way about my music. I don’t think I have a “recipe.”

H: What are some of your goals for 2010 and how has this musical vision or direction evolved since you first started DJing and producing seriously?

Keep having as much fun as I’m having right now. Sitting in NYC it’s easy to like my job. I get to meet some great people. Our upcoming releases are basically a “best of” of the last decades of music in our genre.

On the down low… Par Grindvik will be appearing with John Selway and PJay at Stay (244 E. Houston) this Thursday June 17th, 2010 for FREE

http://halcyonline.com/2010/06/featured-artist-par-grindvik-techno-storyteller

Pär Grindvik’s June chart

June 11 – People Muver, Chicago
June 12 – Oktave @ National Underground, NY
June 17 – Stay, NY
June 18 – Electric Pickle, Miami
June 19 – Saki, Washington DC

Read this exclusive interview with him for Medellinstyle.
http://medellinstyle.com/entrevista-exclusiva-par-grindvik-fuckmyfunk-3.htm

Catch Par Grindvik play at:
Bahrein, Buenos Aires on Friday 19th
Infierno, Cordoba Saturday 20th
Fuckmyfunk, Medellin Sunday 21th LIVE PA

Pfirter – Brilliant release! My fav is Tough Life, been playing it for a looooong time already and it´s always a very special moment in my sets. Love it! All the other tracks are amazing too, super solid EP.
Ben Klock – Nice one! Thanks!
Van Rivers – Simon Haydo’s Common Disorder is totally amazing, love it!! Will play all tracks. Thank you darlings!
Christopher Colak – Really solid and different techno attitude here. I like it especially Im Weird Like you and Tough life.
Tommy Four Seven – Really into Staffan’s ‘Contruct’, great atmos, tension as usual. Supporting.
Orde Meikle (Slam) – weird techy shit – darkness we like
Joseph Capriati – phat release! construct is very nice,full support! Rating 5/5
Xpansul – Dope tracks from my favourite label. Full support
Calle Dernulf (P3) – This is a lovely one! The overall winner is Pär Grindviks wonderful track. It sounds like
an old school housegroove that has been slightly updated with a twist.
Chris Liebing – cool release!
Sian – absolutely love this selection..quality throughout as usual!
Deetron – I’m weird like you is great, love that bassline!
John Selway – cool way far out there stuff. Par’s ode to Nightmares On Wax ”I’m For Real” is the hot one for me.
Konrad Black – Another bomb package….loving this series!
Vince Watson – liking grindvik and linzatti on this one…linzatti gets the mills vibe going again! cool
Ben Long – Nice All round ep my fav is construct reminds me of some of jeff mills tunes , also lovin the sneaky tears sample in im wied for you. Keep up the good work and keep me posted with any new tunez – )
Alexi Delano – Love it, will play it 100%!
Ben Murphy (DJ Mag) – Cool EP, I’m Weird Like You is killa!
Kristian Dando (i-DJ) – Nice work! ‘I’m Weird Like You’ is the pick of the bunch for me: great blend of menace
and funk.
Marco Nastic - nice one! Rating 5/5

http://datatransmission.co.uk/viewreview.aspx?reviewID=1483

Part Three
The year has come to an end.
Future is waiting.
There will be new kinds of living.
New kinds of music. New definitions of Techno.
Here follows a preview of where we are heading.
A fresh breeze of the past, the present and the future, Van Rivers’ ”Tough Life” leaves
no one without a trace.
By merging elements of different nature, the result may manifest itself in an unusual manner. The different layers of Staffan Linzatti’s ”Construct” might sound like each others complete opposite but in practice they form the shape of one.
”Common Disorder” was born out of tragedy. The loss of someone close. Simon Haydo’s story must be heard from beginning to end!
A suburban London basement. Sneakers, tight jeans, camouflage-net, stroboscope and smoke. ”I´m Weird Like You” is Pär Grindvik’s homage to dance music with bleeps and the early nineties – dance as fast as you can.

1 – Van Rivers – Tough Life
2 – Staffan Linzatti – Construct
3 – Simon Haydo – Common Disorder
4 – Pär Grindvik – I’m Weird Like You

Here’s the list of supporters: Joris Voorn, Loco Dice, Marco Carola, Gregor Tresher, Stephan Bodzin, Paco Osuna, Anja Schneider, Slam, Mauro Picotto, Alexi Delano, DJ Hell, Luca Bachetti, Mihalis Safras, Tony Rohr, Tim Xavier, Damian Lazarus, Joseph Capriati, Anderson Noise, Chloe, Martin Eyerer, Danny Howells, Cari Lekebusch and the list goes on…

Buy here.

Thilo Schneider (Groove Mag) – Cool as always
Ambivalent – I LOVE this EP!!! It’s really hard to pick a favorite.
Slam (Orde) – excellent label – more quality – support
Konrad Black – Damn…another bomb release to follow up part one. Spooky techno…my favorite! All 3, again, are killers. More like Flowers in the Attic Blues…
Nick Höppner – ”I’m a lot like you is super nice. Will play.
Marko Nastic – tnx ! i am lot like you works for me!
Ni Fanciulli – Great track from Par ! Alexi Delano – Par Grindvik is a musical hero to me. He’s creative ideas are inspiring. I Love the E.P.
Sian – super nice productions,as usual from par,superb
Xpansul – AWESOME!!!! Really guys, this is a fucking great EP. I am, as usual, specially into Pär’s track (can I borrow some talent from ya mate?) but will play the 3 of them FOR SURE.
Dominik Eulberg – Grrat release! Brilliant productins! I like the Grindvik track!
Chris Liebing – the pfirter track is crazy! well done!

Joseph Capriati - i really like the Grindvik’s track,full support!
Gregor Tresher – Wow, the Par Grindvik track for me – what a monster!!!!!!! Will chart in my November Top Ten.
Nihad Thule – top notch again. really looking forward to every release now. this time blacksmoke does the most for me, but i still enjoy the other tracks. Bless!
Cari Lekebusch – proper techno luvly!
Dustin Zahn – Grindvik and Pfirter for me! GREAT TRACKS!
John Selway - face melters
Tim Xavier - Attic Blues is hot shit!!
Alan Fitzpatrick – Love Par’s track and the Pfirter one is cool. will play both. Kevin Gorman – lovelrydark vibes on ‘i’m a lot..’ and wow the sounds in ‘attic blues’ are next level! strong ep!
Dubfire – Great package!!
Monika Kruse – good tracks, but my fav is I am a lot like you!
Joel Mull – Nice release!! Been playing ” Im alot Like you” for sometime. I was lucky to get it from Pär at a early stage! :) Attic Blues is fantastic too!! Blacksmoke is wicked.. GREAT PACKAGE!!!! Quality techno.
Seth Troxler – TECHNO! all three tracks a cool and refreshing. there are more to the world then 90’s house thanks god for sweeden!
Gel Abril - im alot like you plus blacksmoke is very good will play this tnx

Pär Grindvik
1. Various Artists – No Strange Waters – Stockholm LTD
2. Ben Klock – One Remixes – Ost Gut ton
3. Thomas Brinkmann – Isch (reisch) – Curle
4. Staffan Linzatti – The World Ends With You – Stockholm LTD
5. Ra.H – Time – Morphine
6. Levon Vincent – Solem Days – Novel Sound
7. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Lonly one Ep – 2020 Vision
8. Alex Under – E (Grindvik’s Share A Ride Remix) – Apnea
9. Brian Ffar – Billy Bought A Lazer (Pan-Pot remix) – Siteholder
10. Dustin Zahn – Wet Skin – Mindshake

Van Rivers
1. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Rabid Records)
2. The Subliminal Kid – Bright Lights Big City (Stockholm LTD)
3. DVS1 – Running (Klockworks)
4. Levon Vincent – Invisible Bitchslap (Deconstruct)
5. James Ruskin – The Outsider (Blueprint)
6. Elecktrick Dragon – Davorite (Moustache)
7. Deuce – Deuce (Ostgut Ton)
8. Ben Klock – Subzero (Ostgut Ton)
9. Traversable Wormhole – Traversable Wormhole Vol.4 (Traversable Wormhole)
10. Converge – Axe To Fall (Epitaph)

The Subliminal Kid
1. Staffan Linzatti – The World Ends With You
2. Fever Ray – Seven (Marcel Dettman Remix)
3. Charlotte Gainsbourg -IRM
4. Skriet – Ben & Hjärta
5. Planetery Assult System – Temporary Suspension
6. British Sea Power – Come Wander With Me
7. Moritz von Oswald Trio – Pattern 3
8. Sonic Youth – Anti Orgasm
9. Jeff Mills – Applied Science
10. Demdike Stare – Suspicious Drone