Minimal Effort: Jeremy Olander vs Dhillon

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MINIMAL EFFORT

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JEREMY OLANDER vs DHILLON

From the perspective of being able to tell stories I wanted, only relying on making music under my own name felt limiting. Jeremy Olander was built on my personal take on the mid-2000s progressive and electro sound that was big then. I wanted more colours to my pallet to be able to convey other emotions and a different energy than that style allows me to. There are so many nuances that make up who we are as people, and I couldn’t justify fitting all of those under the umbrella of Jeremy Olander. It would have become too confusing. Instead I divided it up into two separate entities; Jeremy Olander is atmospheric, melancholic and melodic, whereas he is forceful, aggressive and beat-oriented. The two are harmonious dichotomies in a sense. Polar opposites that co-exist in harmony with each other.

Both partly represent me as far as musical identity, but also act as a celebration of my heritage. My mom is from India and my dad is Swedish. I was born in the US in Fairfax, VA and relocated to Sweden pretty much as soon as I was allowed on a plane. Growing up in Stockholm was great and I was fortunate to have two loving parents and great friends. Reminiscing of that time when I was younger though, I wasn’t as proud of my roots then as I am today. Later in life when I matured, that’s when it really came to me that having a different background from most of my friends is something enriching. I started to cherish it in a different way. When I created a second musical alter ego, it was important to symbolically pay tribute to that and he, Dhillon, is a manifestation of that.

The sound is raw and more stripped down than that of Jeremy Olander. There’s more room for personal interpretation when it’s like that. A record that I’ve made can come to represent something totally different for someone else. I think that’s a big part of the attraction, that there are no obvious elements in the music that tell you what to feel in he same sense that, for instance, vocals do. It demands more of an effort from you as a listener either at the club or at home, but gives you a lot more back once you do put in the time.”

Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Doors: 9pm // 21+

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