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There’s something admirable about an artist who just does their own damn thing, who doesn’t give a fuck about trends or tastes, and who couldn’t care less about how cool they look — or don’t look. Ladies and gentleman, Loke Wilson is just such an artist.
In the cold, dark hinterlands of Norway, Loke has been busy brewing up off-the-wall instrumental synth tunes for years. It’s not synth pop, it’s not dance music, it’s just … Loke. You could point to Kraftwerk as an influence, maybe some New Wave stuff here and there … mostly it’s just it’s own thing.
And as much as his music marks him as an iconoclast, his videos take it to a whole other level. Largely improvised, completely befuddling and strangely entertaining, they feature lots of Loke and a little bit of whatever else is around. And they are absolutely, positively anti-glamorous. As he explains in the intro to this video:
“… My outfits are terrible, I have not take a shower for 4 days, I smell bad, I drink beer, and I’m drunk.”
Okay, so that makes him sound like a hair-metal band, albeit a very self-aware one. But instead of pretty men in Spandex, imagine a portly nerd in sweatpants… now imagine him playing a keyboard somewhat competently, driving his car and editing his vacation video footage into the mix. Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Loke Wilson.
