MOONMODE
MOONMODE, real name Luna Erikson, is a techno and house music producer from Grantorvet. Her style is considered very unique and her music consists of both highly experimental and more general tracks, appealing both to casual house-listeners and hardcore groups like the Lanborg rave scene.
Personal life
Luna Erikson was born on 2.04Ð in Grantorvet. She claims that she has always been fascinated by music in all of it’s forms. At 15Ð old, she received her fırst proper mechanical music station, including the ability to synthesise instruments, which was and still is very new and experimental technology. Around 20Ð Luna managed to contract a disk-producer and release her first full-scale studio album "A thousand nights". Although she was very nervous to release it, the album with it’s highly experimental sounds pretty much sets the starting point for modern techno and house music in the world.
Following the success of her first album, she began touring the Commonwealth as a DJ and has been on stage for dozens of events, causing her to become increasingly popular. Currently, she lives in Thorildsby, but regularly visits other cities both for concerts and in her spare time.
Discography
A thousand days
At 20.50Ð MOONMODE managed to release her first ever full-scale studio album together with a local disc manufacturer from Thorildsby. The highly experimental tracks were very much appreciated by critics and essentially mark the starting point of modern techno music in the Commonwealth. Within 0.1Ð of the album's release, over 10,000 copies of it were sold, grossing an estimated 5,000kr. Following this, MOONMODE grew in popularity and attended many concerts as a DJ all around the world.
The elixir
Following the success of "A thousand days", MOONMODE wished to make an album which appealed a lot more to ravers and not so much to casual listeners. Her idea was rouse new theories in music and technology to tap into the already well-established Lanborg rave scene. This resulted in the production and release of "The elixir" on 21.76Ð, a less experimental and also more specific album. While it did well with critics, it didn’t manage to match the success of "A thousand days", selling only approximately 3,200 copies.