Style of Eye


Johan Linus Eklöw, better known by his stage name Style of Eye, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, and songwriter. He is part of the electronic music group Galantis.
He has worked with Usher, Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, Zedd, Miike Snow, Slagsmålsklubben, Tom Staar, Lars Allertz, Soso, and many more through collaborations and/or remixes. His early 2013 single Taken Over, featuring Rebecca & Fiona, peaked at 33 on the Swedish charts. In 2013, Linus teamed up with Christian Karlsson of Miike Snow to form the super duo, Galantis. On April 23, 2014, Linus was awarded at ASCAP's 31st Annual Pop Music Awards for Icona Pop's international hit, "I Love It" featuring Charli XCX, which he co-wrote and produced alongside Patrik Berger.
Footprints, his second full length released in October 2014 on Ultra Records, was nominated for a Swedish Grammy. The album includes the released singles: Kids, The Game, and Love Looks.

Biography

Early life and career

Linus Eklöw was raised in Stockholm, Sweden. His early musical influences included a range of styles: from Stevie Wonder, classical composer Edvard Grieg, soul music, and jazz; electronic musicians Yello and Kraftwerk; to drum & bass producers DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, Photek, and Roni Size. Linus began experimenting with production as early as 14 years old, creating "weird downtempo and trip hop" songs, as well as spinning drum & bass at his school discos. “I’m always looking to connect dots from my own history,” Linus explains.

2000s

Eklöw started his house music career in 2003, when he released tracks on Derrick Carter's Chicago label, Classic. During these early years, Linus made "Chicago Jackin'" House music with "Swedish refinement and high energy flair," and performed at various underground shows in Chicago.
In 2007, John Dahlbäck signed Linus’ single "H-Bomb" to his Pickadoll label, that was the beginning for a run of releases that in 2008 would see the release of Style of Eye's debut full-length "Duck, Cover And Hold," in addition to its first single: “Girls”. The album contained 13 tracks that spanned such genres as: Minimal House to nu-trance, all geared towards the dance floor and eventually won the P3-Guld and The Manifest Prize for Best Dance Recording in 2009. 2008 was also the year that Claude VonStroke and his Dirtybird imprint released Linus' The Big Kazoo EP, which was followed up the next year by The Race EP.

2010–present

“I’m always about high-energy with a need to push things forward,” says Linus. Releases like "Puss Puss," "We Are Boys" and "Sexx" on Refune Records, his "Wet/Dry" EP on French imprint Sound Pellegrino lead to Skrillex requesting Linus to create the song “Devastate” for the Free Treats Vol II compilation on Skrillex's OWSLA label. In addition, Linus's “Homeless” track alongside Slagsmålsklubben for A-Trak's Fool's Gold was followed up this year with his debut EP on the label, “Ray Dee Oh.”
Linus also was behind the scenes, writing and producing tracks for artists such as Icona Pop, Fenech Soler, and remixed various notable hits: Swedish House Mafia's Save The World, Kylie's Timebomb and Miike Snow's The Wave.
Linus has been an international DJ, gigging at major festivals and club events throughout the world. Eklöw has performed at: Swedish House Mafia's show at the 35,000 capacity Friends Arena in Stockholm, Pier 94 in New York, Tomorrowland, Mysteryland, Snowbombing and Sunburn Festival in India.
Linus teamed up with Christian Karlsson of Miike Snow near the end of 2013 to form the group Galantis, and released their self-titled debut EP. They then took their Galantis live show on the road across the US, including two performances at Coachella's Gobi stage in April 2014. As of May 5, 2014, Galantis has finished most of the songwriting of their first full-length album.
For Eklöw's upcoming second LP entitled "Footprints," various singles have already been released as of August 11, 2014: ‘After Dark’, ‘Kids’, ‘The Game’ and ‘Love Looks’; as well as a track list and album artwork.

Discography

Studio Albums

EPs

Source:
Album detailsTracks
Remix Sampler
  • Year released: 2005
  • Record label: Classic
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw
  • "Gioco"
  • "Run Things"
  • "Back Then"
    • Duck Cover And Hold Vinyl Part 1
  • Year released: 2008
  • Record label: Pickadoll Records
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw
  • "Pad Problems"
  • "Banned, Girls"
  • "Number Two"
    • The Big Kazoo EP
  • Year released: 2008
  • Record label: Dirtybird
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw
  • "The Big Kazoo"
  • "Hide"
    • Duck Cover And Hold
  • Year released: 2008
  • Format: Vinyl, 12"
  • Record label: Pickadoll Records
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw
  • "Galore"
  • "Ona"
  • "Amelie"
  • "The Last Song"
    • Homeless EP
  • Year released: 2008
  • Record label: Fool's Gold Records
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw, Slagsmålsklubben
  • "Homeless"
  • "Homeless"
  • "Homeless"
  • "Homeless"
    • Wet / Dry EP
  • Year released: 2011
  • Record label: Sound Pellegrino Digital
  • Producer: Linus Eklöw, Zombie Disco Squad,
    • Darabi, Darling Farah
    • "Wet, Dry, Dry"
    • "Wet"
    • "Wet"
    After Dark
  • Year released: 2013
  • Record label: Staar Traxx, Southern Fried
  • Producer: Style of Eye & Tom Staar
  • "After Dark"
  • "After Dark"
  • "After Dark"
  • "After Dark"
  • "After Dark"

    • Mix albums

  • Hipp-E and Style Of Eye - "Winter Sessions 2"
  • Justin Martin, Klaus Hill & Style Of Eye - "The Underground"
  • "Ministry Of Sound: The Club Presents Style Of Eye"

    Singles

    • As featured artist

    Remixes