Håkan Lidbo (real name: Nils Johan Håkan Lidbo), born on July 20, 1965 in Fosie, Malmö, Sweden, is an electronic artist who has over 30 years of experience as a pop and dance music producer and has more than 350 records in his discography, from techno and house, via pop to obscure sonic experiments. He's also managed the Swedish record labels MNW Dance and Left < > Right Recordings, and did remixes and co-production work with artists like Fatboy Slim, Yello, Depeche Mode, Kool Keith, etc. Currently, he runs Container Recordings and continues to augment his prolific output.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Hakan's material in December 2001 on his show via his single, 'Bad Girls Go To Hell'. The single was one of his records of the month for December 2001 (Peel's Record Box). He would play further material from the musician on his shows, including a DJ mix he recorded for his programme in 2004 and also nominated his Clockwise EP, as one of his records of the month for May 2004 (Peel's Record Box) and June 2004 (Peel's Record Box).
Sessions[]
1. Recorded as a DJ Mix. First Broadcast: 08 June 2004
- Clockwise / 16060 / Whales And Insects / Reblastered / The Snake Song / Baby Let Me Be The Pig Tonight / We Passed The Urine Test / Life In Utahumbomb / This Looks Infected, Doesn't It? / The Square Root Of Negative One / Aerosol / Klangstudie III / Geek Culture / My First Honest Penny / Beatbox RocknRoll / Ond Saft / Acid Express / Shut Up, Dance, Smile / Cyber Sex / Flush / Guess My Perversion / Point That Thing Somewhere Else! / UFO Attack / Half Man, Half Lobster / Shwanstooker / Unknown Bodily Cavaties / Biosynthex / Spare Change
Other Shows Played[]
- 11 December 2001: ‘Bad Girls Go To Hell (10")’ (Supernature Records)
- 18 December 2001: Bad Girls Go To Hell (10” single) Supernature
- 2004
- 04 May 2004: Clockwise Original (EP - Clockwise Remixes) Shitkatapult
- 19 May 2004: 'Clockwise (EP - Clockwise)' (Shitkatapult)
- 29 May 2004 (BBC World Service): Clockwise
- 15 June 2004: Clockwise (Apparat Rmx) (12” EP – Clockwise Rmxs) Shitkatapult
- 01 July 2004: 'Clockwise (EP - Clockwise)' (Shitkatapult)
- 03 July 2004 (BBC World Service): Clockwise (Apparat Remix)
- 06 July 2004: Police Woman (12") Solarplexus
- 02 September 2004: Whales And Insects (v/a 12" - Einzelteile 02) Data Error
- 10 September 2004 (BBC World Service): Whales And Insects (v/a 12" - Einzelteile 02) Data Error
- September 2004 (FSK): Whales And Insects (v/a 12" - Einzelteile 02) Data Error
- 21 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Living In Utahumbomb' (12") (Tender)