sipping coffee in an organic café across town. “Every
time you go there, you meet someone you know. Maybe
you’ll overhear a conversation with a guy who’s there
trying to promote his label or sell his own music.
Everyone networks in that place.”
Eliasson, who
DJs under the alias
Sergio Rizzolo,
seems glad the scene
is flourishing. “Even
15
or 20 years ago,
there was nothing
going on here,” he
says. “If you lived in
Malmö, you’d have
to go to Lund [20km
away] to find a good
party. Lund was the
students to the city. Two years later, the strait-spanning
Öresund Bridge was completed, connecting Malmö with
Copenhagen and the rest of mainland Europe.
Nowadays, globe-trotting bands such as The Killers
see Malmö Arena, the venue that will host the Eurovision
final, as an important stop on their tours. And Prejka
(
prejka.se
),
the Malmö-focused blog that Eliasson and
other DJs write for, has helped to create a buzz around
some of the city’s smaller gigs and club nights.
The dance scene here is built around “maybe 200”
DJs, according to Eliasson, who play everything from
HEADLINE
01
Ceruptur erspiet ut
minciaerum eos aute
02
Volorrum sinulles et id
quiaspi enisit quam
rerion re autet
03
Itae etur atecus et
voles eatem quo
moditis
04
Maionet prem facestis
est, comni ut
student city – there were hardly
any young people in Malmö.”
Things have come a long way
since the 1990s, when a hotly
tipped Swedish pop band called
The Cardigans raised eyebrows
by choosing to record in Malmö
rather than Stockholm, where
most of the industry was based.
In 1998, Malmö University
opened its doors, attracting
young, internationally minded
The restaurant
Söder
om Småland
(8
Claesgatan;
twitter.com/soderom)
specialises in local
flavours. “It does
excellent regional
food, including
vegetarian options,
and one of the best
selections of beers.”
CECILIA FLINK,
CLUB NIGHT
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