On March 23, Monument presents singer, musician, live performer and producer - Jan Blomqvist at Spacehall.
Not a DJ. Jan Blomqvist is a musician, singer and producer who plays his own club-friendly electronic compositions live. He has always played live. At first it was grunge with guitars and drums, but after moving to Berlin and with the new advances in computer hardware and music production software, Jan switched gears and learned how to play this new mega-instrument. Orchestras at your fingertips. Possibility squared. Producing fat techno and electro beats and testing them on club systems after-hours, Jan created a new sonic environment foundation for his now-signature vocals and melodic songwriting.
At the same time, however, bands and live acts had become almost extinct. In their place, DJ’s were now playing on the main stages. In the words of James Murphy, most musicians had “traded their guitars for turntables”. People couldn’t take seriously the idea that singer songwriter arrangements, real instruments, multitimbral harmonies and advanced musicality could fit in a techno/electro track and gel in a club. But they could, and they did. The pendulum began its swing back.