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Albin Myers is a Swedish house DJ and producer. Myers has only been producing since 2008 but has soon built a reputation as a remixer, remixing the likes of David Guetta and Erik Morillo. His breakthrough track was his reworking of the Foo Fighters’ ‘Times Like These’.
(Nero Recordings 2009)
Sweden 2010
Early Years: 2008 to present
Albin Myers first release, the Ultra Beat E.P. was on Swedish dance label Joia in 2008. The title track ‘Ultra Beat’ is a stripped down acid driven house track with more than a passing nod to techno influences. ‘Ultra Beat’ also features a big lead line driven breakdown which was to become a signature technique for Myers. His follow up ‘Boom!’ in 2009 was licensed to legendary house label Defected and combines rolling electro-tinged house beats with another big lead line.
Myers breakthrough release was his reworking of the Foo Fighters’ ‘Times Like These’ (Nero Recordings 2009). Unless his previous two releases ‘Times Like These’ has a more driving, progressive beat and club orientated sound.
‘Times Like These’ instantly raised Myers profile and made hid remixing skills in demand. He had 16 remixes released in 2009 including for Zoo Brazil, Erick Morillo & Richard Grey and David Guetta & Kelly Rowland’s major hit ‘When Love Takes Over’.
Though Myers dabbled with commercial vocal driven house with ‘Somewhere’ (PinkStar Disko 2009) subsequent releases in 2010 saw him return to a harder edged progressive sound. ‘Archipelago’ (Pickadol Gold) and ‘Light Of Day’ (Mutants) with John Dahlbäck are both geared for the club rather than radio and feature trademark Myers lead lines that almost cross over into trance. ‘Don’t Give Up’, Myers’ Chicane sampling and unreleased collaboration Norman Doray strays right over into trance and illustrates how some emerging house artists such as Myer are blurring some of the boundaries between dance genres.
Albin Myers’ career is only in its infancy but he has already demonstrated strong remixing skills that made him an in-demand remixer. Though his earliest releases revealed a formative sound, his 2009 and particularly 2010 releases show a much more mature approach and the makings of distinctive style that straddles house and trance.