This Sunday 2nd November sees Baggy & THP (Niles is otherwise engaged in Mexico defending his Lucha Libre title belt) join Mooken and special guest; Bearfunk Gold’s Sankt Goran who is flying in from Gothenburg especially for the evening at Manchester’s coolest Northern Quarter hangout - Common Bar.

For full event details join up to the Technicolour Facebook group which you can find by clicking here. It’s freeman-hardy-willis, on from 8pm till midnight so if you fancy joining us don’t forget to RSVP!

To wet your taste buds we managed to get a great mix from the guys and fired a few questions in Goran’s direction before he touches down in our rainy city:

Cosmicdisco: We read that before you got into the dance sound that you were more into pop music. What were you (And other Swedish teenagers) listening to whilst growing up?

Goran Dahlstrom: I really don’t recall all the commercial stuff surrounding me when I grew up. I didn’t really pay all that much attention so couldn’t say what other people were listening to. I guess I was more of a classic indie-kid. Loads of Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, The Cure, some of your beloved Morrisey oriented stuff, The Charlatans and so on… We also, and still have, many good Swedish pop bands, some even more famous abroad. The more and more I listened to the electronic stuff that I got from my older brother Jonas (aka JohnnyTooBad) such as The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Kraftwerk and so on the more I got into this type of sound.

Cosmicdisco: Ahh, those older siblings have plenty to answer for! So did you pick up any instruments and play in any bands as an angst ridden indie loving youngster? If so, what was your weapon of choice? Also, what is your current studio setup? Editor Note - J2Bad has previously supplied an excellent mix for us, which you can find by clicking here.

Goran Dahlstrom: Yeah, we had a band, sort of a rock oriented, ska outfit. We would wear lots of make up and had a sort of horror show thing going on. It was fun and I played the trombone. I studied at the local music school when I was really young but as the band came along I left the school and went bananas without the notation. It’s safe to say the trombone doesn’t feature in my studio today! I’ve got a Juno 60, Korg 800DV, some midi keyboards, one lousy M-Audio sound card, NEar 08 speakers, guitar, bass, amps, percussion, all of which I cannot play! I’ve also got a computer of course. A recently upgraded Mac, which is pretty much the industry standard.

Cosmicdisco: You eventually moved from your hometown of Falun to the bright lights of Gothenburg. What prompted this move and what were you doing professionally and recreationally at this time?

Goran Dahlstrom: When I moved I’d just finished school. I was 19 and didn’t know anything. Mostly I moved to Gothenburg as my brother already lived there. I also have a number of relatives there and Gothenburg is the only place to live if you didn’t want to be in Stockholm, which I didn’t. My first summer in Gothenburg found me working in a bingo hall calling out the numbers and selling tickets. Myself and my brother started a house night that pulled maybe 20 people a week and it was a good start. Well, sort of…

Cosmicdisco: What records were you playing during this period and can you give us any idea of the local underground club scene? Where were you hunting for records?

Goran Dahlstrom: I mostly played stuff on the soulful side of it all but always had the approach of mixing it up with disco tracks. At the time this was not considered to be the way to play house music on the Swedish scene. I think mostly myself and my brother got the idea of playing in this style from DJ’s like Tel-Rok at Club Mecca and Nefertiti in addition to the pioneering DJ Mark Seven from Stockholm. Mecca was the only club that I really cared about at the time, it was always packed! Nefertiti was also to the max and played everything from hip-hop and mid tempo disco to deep house and Detroit techno. Hey, they would never hesitate to drop some drum ‘n’ bass, it was just great fun! After another year or two we started listening to a guy called Crinan and his fantastic disco sets that were always on the more leftfield side of things and I guess I got stuck there. I was always broke at this time so went shopping at the flea markets and second hand stores but still managed to pick up some great records. Once I had money I started to order from Juno and Piccadilly Records in addition to purchasing lots of vinyl from Recordmania in Stockholm.

Cosmicdisco: It sounds as though you and your bro are pretty tight. How did you guys start on the Hermanos project and how did you go about laying down tracks? Also, how would you say you have developed from creating your early tracks to your current production style?

Goran Dahlstrom: Me and Jonas never actually made any tracks together. Hopefully we have time for that in the future but in regards to my own productions it all started when I wanted to make house music the way I liked to hear it best - deep and melodic. Although I didn’t really end up making my sound come out quite as planned it ended up some strange sort of cosmic, bumpy disco stuff that people seemed to like. It became sort of my sound but I’d say I’ve developed my skills a bit more which ironically means I’ve gone quite retrospective in terms of a basic house sound. I guess I can come closer to the ideas in my head nowadays. Jonas has always been the musician in our family and he quite recently took up producing his own material and it sounds awesome so be on the look out for that one!

Cosmicdisco: You’ve had a release on the hugely influential Bearfunk Gold imprint with ‘Back2Back/Angel Babe The Tin Man’ #BFK028Gold, which we loved. Can you tell us how you hooked up with Steve Kotey and crew? Do you have any upcoming releases on BF we should be looking out for?

Goran Dahlstrom: I just finished my Back2Back on my old PC in the fall of 2006 and for Christmas I sent it out to some people I admire as a gift. Stevie wrote back and straight up said he wanted it for the gold series. It was more than I was hoping for. After finishing ‘Angel Babe’ it took a long time before it came out. I had some plans on making an album for BF but I came to realize that an album is not the thing for me, even though it was fun work to do it. Still, I wanted to continue to make dance music, in or out of the cosmic box. I’ve got no releases planned for BF at the moment but it would be cool to do something with them again someday…

Cosmicdisco: So what is keeping you busy at present? It looks as though the DJ gigs are piling in…

Goran Dahlstrom: At the moment I am working on a number of remixes. Gotta get one done for a Swedish artist called Kleerup. Also one for up and coming Club Silencio from Milan. Also got some work for Mad Bros. records in Paris and hopefully I’ll have the time to finish some new Sankt Goran tracks as well. Till they are done I hope to get a peice of Maelstroms label - Solar Disco with a nice remix on the flipside. If house is more your bag then you should check out Neoboys who are me and Hird. This will be out on My Sonic Mountain records and Philarmonix new label in Hamburg.

Cosmicdisco: What are your feelings on the current trend for the influx of re-edits (Especially of cosmic/disco tracks) available on the market? Do you see them as a good or bad thing?

Goran Dahlstrom: I think that it’s great that good music gets picked up and gets the attention it deserves. Whether it’s a super rare track that only a few people in the world have found or really well known anthems that get a new package as lengthened extended mixes for DJ use or totally re-arranged as new tracks, it’s always a good thing. I guess it’s the universal rule when it comes to music - The more the merrier! What I mean is that you can still decide what to play, you don’t have to play them if you don’t like them! As I see it, editing and re-releasing tracks has been going on for quite some time. When house music came along or the euro sound was big, you could get hold of ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Country Roads’, ‘Jungle Fever’ and ‘Over Like A Fat Rat’ in flashing new 128bpm remixes on one 12″ single. Probably not an accurate example but you know what I mean…

Cosmicdisco: So, what’s getting heavy rotation on your play list at the moment?

Goran Dahlstrom: Franck Roger, Workshop 02, L.S.B, The Barking Dogs, Mark E, Jacob Korn, Van Morrison, Sade, Fabric Lig, Basic Soul Unit, Subliminal Kid… Gosh, I’ve got no clue!

Cosmicdisco: OK Goran, we are almost finished Can you tell us your top 5 records of all time and what you consider to be your most treasured piece of vinyl?

Goran Dahlstrom: Top 5 tracks are: 1. Sister Sledge - We Are Family 2. Moodyman - Forevernevermore 3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 4. Suede - Dog Man Star 5. Studio - West Coast. I think my most treasured record would be Inner Life’s - I’m Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair) LP, mainly because it’s the one I paid most money for.

Cosmicdisco: For those that will be coming down to hear you play at Common on Sunday, what can they expect and in turn what are your expectations of Manchester?

Goran Dahlstrom: Of course, I don’t really know the venue but I’ve been mostly looking forward to doing quite a basic disco set topped with some contemporary, more deep electronic stuff. It’s been a while… It’s been a lot of house gigs recently. I just got a proper shipment of plastic so definitely expect some new stuff in addition to some recently unearthed dusty weirdies.

Cosmic Disco would like to thank Goran for taking the time to answer our questions in addition to providing us (Also Mooken!) with the below mix.

If you are anywhere near the vicinity of the Northern Quarter then pop in from 8pm to no doubt hear some great music…

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