Anders Ilar (born 13 December 1973) is a Swedish

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, DJ and producer, based in

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Biography

Born in

, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he was six. However, he gradually lost interest after he started taking lessons. Instead, he became fascinated with electronic sounds and

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, and grew up listening to

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and

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. By the time Ilar was a

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, he spent most of his time playing with various dance routines,

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s, sequencers and

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s, resulting in an almost endless number of tracks recorded on tape. Never feeling satisfied with the quality of his

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s, he decided to take a break in 1997. After some time, Ilar was introduced to a new way of producing music —

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. After making a few tracks, he decided to start producing again. He got in contact with the German

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''Plong!'', and was able to make his first official release. Since then, his output has spanned many electronic styles — from the dubwise

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explorations for ''Echocord,'' via the blissful ambience of ''Everdom,'' through to the deeper abstractions of his ''Audio.nl'' pieces, and the darkside

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on ''DSP'' and ''Narita.'' From 1993 to 1997 Ilar lived in

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, Sweden, and from May 1997 until February 2014 he resided in

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on the Swedish west coast. He has since relocated back to Ludvika.

Discography

Albums

* The title ''Vidare'' is a pun in Swedish; "Anders ilar vidare" translates to "Anders hurries on." * While ''Wavefunction Formula'' was set to be released 18 November 2010, a mispress seems to have delayed the actual release.

12"s and EPs

Remixes

Compilations

Compilation appearances

External links

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