www.myspace.com/thefieldsthlm

  "His little heart it beats so fast"

Some people in Cologne have a saying about ambient, they call it "techno´s quiet little sister". The Field´s real name is Axel Willner, and his music comes from tiny loops of pop history. It might actually be an older brother to the Cologne movement Pop Ambient - the sentimental brother who is never content with being in the background, the one with the heart on his sleeve. To clarify: The Field makes dance music. The edges are soft, the mood often romantic, the sounds moving up, up from the ground. As "minimal" as a sunset, as "banging" as a pillow.

My life with The Field begins before "The Field", with various pseudonyms and a website full of romantic photos. It begins with me rummaging through small music shops in Sweden, looking for handmade covers containing small, pretty drones, or that special song for cab´s in Stockholms summer nights, the one with the doo-wop sample in the middle. I remember, barely, nights with accordions, livesets in basements where small, fluffy clouds of music made pop kids dance, confused and happy.