- Genre: Dance & Electronic
- Influenced by: Seefeel, Gas
- Similar Artists: Jesse Somfay, Fairmont, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, The Sight Below, Meanderthals, M.F.A., Superpitcher, Markus Guentner, Dirk Leyers, Ulrich Schnauss, Triola, Gui Boratto
One of the Kompakt label's most beloved and polarizing producers (he was accused of being a formula-reliant one-trick pony), Sweden's Axel Willner debuted with Things Keep Falling Down, a 12" containing a pair of blissed-out trance-techno tracks over ten minutes in length -- one of which, "Thought vs. Action," made clever use of the intro to the Four Tops' "I'll Be There." A follow-up 12", Sun and Ice (with samples of Lionel Richie and Kate Bush), appeared in 2006, leading to the 2007 full-length From Here We Go Sublime. Two of his most impressive tracks appeared on Kompakt's Pop Ambient 2007 and Pop Ambient 2008 compilations. A second album, the more rhythmically varied Yesterday and Today, appeared in 2009. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide