Growing up in the north of Sweden people would expect J2B to be a snowboarder or a punk-rocker.
Having tried both and being the eldest sibling – Jonas aka JohnnyTooBad’s passion for music eventually cast its fat shadow over everything else, including little brother Göran.
This is where the Hermanos started, a dynamic duo of the deep and fairly slow motion house and disco.
Taking Gothenburg by silent storm in 2001, JohnnyTooBad started out with booking people like Mark Seven in back-alley bars, disturbing the peace at the legendary Nefertiti jazz club and producing headphone masterpieces on his old computer. After a couple of years the brothers went their separate ways but from this brotherly love sprouted a wider scene which now includes various club promoters and DJ’s.
Some of the involved are Qlint and Ed Ed of the Caviar Club, edit masters Västkustska Ryggdunkarsällskapet (Who released the brilliant Vansro Boogie back in ’07), Johnny’s own Puzzle Club which he runs with eclectic hip hop/house DJ JayStarSeven, the everlasting Hermanos escapade and many other hidden talents.
Nowadays, having made himself a name within the ‘Disco-Not-Disco’ scene of serious coach potato home mixes, Johnny’s gone more into producing, letting little brother Sankt Göran ahead with his release for Bear Funk Gold and various domestic labels.
As Sleepless, Johnny meddles with serious Balearic styles, slow house beats and dubby disco. This quirky alias also took him all the way to Melbourne with the Red Bull Music Academy in 2006.
Look out for the forthcoming release – Alpha Man’s “Alistair”, on Gothenburg techno label – Cause & Effect which features an excellent ‘Sleepless Dub’.
More unreleased material is waiting to be CD-R’d during 2008 so keep your ears to the ground!
Cosmic Disco would like to once again thank Jonas for providing what we think is yet another fantastic mix for your aural pleasure. Here’s the T/L. Click the buttons below to d/l, or stream this bad-bwwoooy:
JohnnyTooBad – Going Downstream Mix
- Earth, Wind & Fire – Drum song
- Hall & Oates – Method of Modern Love
- Amplified 05 – The Duke
- Linkwood Family – Piece of Mind
- The Staple Singers – Slippery People (Instr.)
- Fred Cherry – Bus Ride To The Zoo
- Blancmange – The Game Above My Head
- Patrick Moraz – Primitivisation
- Paul Johnson – You’re no good (Deep House Mix)
- Lindstrøm and Solale – Let It Happen (Instr.)
- Neil Young – Sample and Hold
- Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit)
- Dhar Braxton – Jump Back (Dubette)
- Ilija Rudman – Under The Water
- Osborne – Outta Sight