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DIRTY LOOPS? IS THAT A POP BAND OR A FUSION BAND? DOES IT EVEN MATTER? SOME BELIEVE THEY WILL START A NEW PHASE IN MUSIC, THE KIND THAT STANLEY CLARKE MENTIONS IN A PREVIOUS INTERVIEW ON THE EBS BLOG. OTHERS ARE SCEPTIC AND THINK THEY STILL HAVE A LOT TO PROVE. ANYWAY, THE YEAR 2014 WILL PROVIDE THE ANSWER WITH THE RELEASE OF DIRTY LOOPS´ DEBUT ALBUM ‘LOOPIFIED’ (released in April in Japan – and on top of the charts, and will be out in Europe on May 19, and in the US on June 10).

INTERVIEW BY RALF BJURBO. PHOTO BY LASSE EKLÖF (from EBS Magazine 2014)

We never thought about what genre we´re in. We have both pop and fusion influences, but a lot of other influences as well. The band is very much about pushing limits and to never play safe. What we are I guess is up to others to decide, it does not really matter to us”, Henrik Linder, Dirty Loops´ bass player, says.

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