Jean-Louis Huhta
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Jean-Louis Huhta Patrik born 30 April 1965 in Gothenburg
is a Swedish musician, drummer, producer and DJ.
Huhta has a history in various Swedish bands going back through the mid 80s, ranging from punk
and art-music to grindcore
and funk
.
Jean-Louis started his musical career in the early eighties as a member of Freddie Wadling
's post-punk band Cortex. He later joined the Swedish hardcore band Anti Cimex, in which Jean-Louis played percussion between 1984 and 1987. Since then he has participated in various bands and more or less experimental (art-)projects. Together with Texas Instruments he created rhythm-based, industrial noise and as a member of the art collective Lucky People Center
he found his way to the contemporary dance music. He has also tried his hand at funk
, hip hop
and go-go music with The Stonefunkers
.
In 2007, he released an electronic
album in his own name entitled Between the World and Death.
His current groups / projects are:
Audio Laboratory with Ebbot Lundberg
, Henrik Rylander, Per Svensson.
Bromine Mage Dub with Jesper Dalhbäck.
Skull Defect with Daniel Fagerström, Joachim Nordwall, Henrik Rylander. The band toured the United States
in 2009.
Ocsid with Carl Michael von Hausswolff and ex-Wire
bassist Graham Lewis
.
Groups that he had previously been a member of are: Cortex, Anti Cimex, Texas Instruments, Stonefunkers
, Flesh Quartet, Disco 3000 (with Warp records
artist Simon J. Hartley and member of LFO
's live lineup) and Lucky People Center
.
and has a large blues
and soul music
collection. In his teens, Huhta became a huge fan of SPK
, Einstürzende Neubauten
och other electronica pioneers. He says this musical mixture can be heard in his music and drumming style.
His younger brother is rapper ADL.
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
is a Swedish musician, drummer, producer and DJ.
Huhta has a history in various Swedish bands going back through the mid 80s, ranging from punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and art-music to grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
and funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
.
Jean-Louis started his musical career in the early eighties as a member of Freddie Wadling
Freddie Wadling
Freddie Wadling is a Swedish singer, actor and opera writer, whose over 30-year musical career spans from punk to classical ballads...
's post-punk band Cortex. He later joined the Swedish hardcore band Anti Cimex, in which Jean-Louis played percussion between 1984 and 1987. Since then he has participated in various bands and more or less experimental (art-)projects. Together with Texas Instruments he created rhythm-based, industrial noise and as a member of the art collective Lucky People Center
Lucky People Center
Lucky People Center is a Swedish artistic collective, best known for their electronic music, which falls roughly in the Ambient house/Trance genres, and the movie Lucky People Center International...
he found his way to the contemporary dance music. He has also tried his hand at funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
and go-go music with The Stonefunkers
Stonefunkers
Stonefunkers is a Swedish funk, go-go and live hip hop band started by brothers Emrik and Torsten Larsson that was one of the first Swedish bands to play "urban"-style music.-Career:...
.
In 2007, he released an electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
album in his own name entitled Between the World and Death.
His current groups / projects are:
Audio Laboratory with Ebbot Lundberg
Ebbot Lundberg
Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg is a Swedish musician and the lead singer of the Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives. He co-founded the band with Björn Olsson and Ian Person in 1995....
, Henrik Rylander, Per Svensson.
Bromine Mage Dub with Jesper Dalhbäck.
Skull Defect with Daniel Fagerström, Joachim Nordwall, Henrik Rylander. The band toured the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2009.
Ocsid with Carl Michael von Hausswolff and ex-Wire
Wire (band)
Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman , Graham Lewis , Bruce Gilbert , and Robert Gotobed...
bassist Graham Lewis
Graham Lewis
Graham Lewis is an English musician.Lewis is the bassist with punk rock/post-punk band Wire, a band formed in 1976...
.
Groups that he had previously been a member of are: Cortex, Anti Cimex, Texas Instruments, Stonefunkers
Stonefunkers
Stonefunkers is a Swedish funk, go-go and live hip hop band started by brothers Emrik and Torsten Larsson that was one of the first Swedish bands to play "urban"-style music.-Career:...
, Flesh Quartet, Disco 3000 (with Warp records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
artist Simon J. Hartley and member of LFO
LFO
LFO may refer to:* LFO , an English techno act* LFO , an American three-man pop/rap group** LFO , an album released by the American pop group LFO* Light Finding Operation, a form of mecha from the anime TV series Eureka Seven...
's live lineup) and Lucky People Center
Lucky People Center
Lucky People Center is a Swedish artistic collective, best known for their electronic music, which falls roughly in the Ambient house/Trance genres, and the movie Lucky People Center International...
.
Personal life
His father hails from TrinidadTrinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
and has a large blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
collection. In his teens, Huhta became a huge fan of SPK
SPK (band)
SPK, formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, was a 1980s and early 1990s industrial music and noise music group. One member, Graeme Revell, would later go on to become a successful Hollywood movie composer.-History:...
, Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
och other electronica pioneers. He says this musical mixture can be heard in his music and drumming style.
His younger brother is rapper ADL.