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| Background information | |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | New Wave IDM Folk Electronica Post punk Experimental Shoegaze Trip hop |
| Years active | 2011 - present |
| Labels | Temporary Secretary, RITE |
| Members | Catharina Jaunviksna |
Badlands is the musical solo name used by producer, composer, documentarist and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna. With a wide inspirational range from post punk to warehouse techno-like ambiences, she makes tracks rooted in vintage electronics, gritty pedal work, samples and organic orchestration.
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Jaunviksna started to explore analog midi and sampling as a teenager, finding a musical sanctuary in her own electronic compositions. [1] Merging from music to sound design, she attended the sound design program at the reputable National Film School of Denmark 2009–2011, [2] but became the educations first dropout due to her constant longing to make music. [1] She then formed Badlands as a home for her new electroacoustic fusions with vocals and released first Badlands EP Battles Within (2012), [3] followed by album Locus (2016). [4] Acclaimed album Djinn [5] [6] was released in 2021 [7] as a memorial to her late mother. [8] November 18, 2022 Badlands released her third studio album Call to Love [9] followed by a remix package in 2023, Call to Love: Rendered, [10] with contributing artists such as Ikonika, Art Feynman, Cooly G and Odd Nosdam among others.
The DIY approach is crucial to the distinct Badlands sound, where Jaunviksna exclusively writes, records, produces and mixes all material. [9] She is the founder of the record label, arts platform and production company RITE [11] based in Malmö, Sweden, from where she also makes transboundary arts and documentaries, [12] [13] original music and sound designs for film and theater, [14] as well as production, remixes [15] and mix work for other labels and artists. [16]
