Olof Dreijer (Live)

@ Sleeping Village
Wednesday, September 30 
Metro Presents…
Olof Dreijer (Live)
$20 Adv. / $25 Day of / 21+ / Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

In a burst of colour and rhythm that cuts a distinctive path through modern club music, Olof Dreijer crystallises his solo work around a gleaming debut solo album, Loud Bloom. z

Since returning with a rush of output in 2023, Dreijer has been sprinkling dancefloors with a string of releases that perfect the fine balance of angular originality and universal appeal. The sound is bright and immediate, wild around the edges but overflowing with heart and soul. Updating a sound he first teased in the late 00s through drag performance and a handful of enduring, celestial dance tracks like the universally adored ‘oar003B’, this purposefully joyful wave of recent output came after years spent working on projects for others. He was one half of legendary synth pop provocateurs The Knife with his sister Karin Dreijer, also producing for their solo project Fever Ray as well as Houeida Hedfi, Zhala and Planningtorock more recently. He also helped establish a music school for refugees in Berlin before continuing to teach creative music production to immigrant youth in Sweden. The striking arrival of Rosa Rugosaon Hessle Audio in 2023 heralded the dawn of a new era in his music-making, followed up by successive flourishes for Dekmantel and AD93 as well as remixes for Björk & Ros-alía, Royskopp & Robyn and more, paving the way towards Loud Bloom