Obviously, I quickly also saw that disconnecting on a smaller scale during our daily routines is also an important topic, as we are constantly connected over the internet. Some do extreme sports in remote areas, others take drugs, some dance in the desert. The way they do it is different and depends on many factors but almost everyone does it. I made the same observation at other places I visited after. That’s why the desert might be so appealing. And my answer to this question is that we need to get away from our lives from time to time, to disconnect as much as possible, to live differently. It’s a total hassle to set up a festival with these proportions out there. The desert is not a friendly place to be with the extreme heat and cold, the sandstorms and everything. It’s so fascinating because, in the end, it’s totally weird. So many people setting up camp in the desert. It was a moment at my first Burning Man in 2016. With your new album “Disconnected” now available, as I ask every creative, what would you say was its original “seed”? Was it this idea of disconnection? Or was it something less abstract like a particular rhythm? “…we need to get away from our lives from time to time, to disconnect as much as possible, to live differently” Now, with it finally available, we managed to catch up with Jan to discuss the making, approach, and ethos of the album in detail. Over the summer, we managed to bring three exclusive cuts, plus a final one, for a steady stream of anticipation leading up to the album’s release. Gradually released across 3 mini albums over the summer, now the complete piece has been released, connecting the disconnected narrative and aiming for insight into the behaviors and necessities of our day, age, and generation. “Disconnected” draws from heady themes of broken connections, incoherent narratives, and escapes from reality, exploring the meaning of being disconnected in thirteen tracks. Two years after his debut “Remote Control”, that led Jan Blomqvist and his band around the world, he has returned with an album that falls in line both stylistically and sonically with his distinct sound.
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