TMM: Bloodline is coming back as a 16 year premiere

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In 2009, TMM began his first experiments with Spotify and digital music releases. For him, music production was still very much in its infancy. During the 1990s, he had worked exclusively with FastTracker (versions 1 and 2), but with support from Kristian “Miazma” Olofsson he eventually transitioned to Cakewalk and on the long road also acquired a Yamaha synth.

After moving back home to Scania (Skåne) a few years earlier, he had been inspired by what he believed to be Digitally Imported. The idea was to recreate the type of music he had heard there, with its specific, rapid basslines. The outcome was mixed, but from these efforts the track Bloodline emerged, drawing on a quote from the 2007 film The Last Legion. Released over a three-month period in 2009, Bloodline stood alongside a few other tracks as an early experiment. Freakshow, a small mini-album, was released simultaneously and may have been intended as the foundation of a larger project, even though the music at that point was far from polished. Truth be told, Bloodline was never particularly good either, but it still marked a starting point. It also became the last track from TMM’s early catalog to find its way onto multiple streaming platforms.

Later, TMM’s releases were removed after being confused with another artist (Spotify link) whose catalog contained dubious titles, such as “Enjoy my power dick”. Keeping the material online under those circumstances was out of the question. Filing a claim was not a real option either, since it could have led to hijacking the entire artist profile.

Although the takedown was reluctant, it became reality on October 10, 2024 – around the same time Psychopath was re-released. Contrary to how it might look, the tracks had not been offline for 16 years, but closer to 15. Now, with the relaunch underway, the idea is that this time the artist will finally find his rightful place. The re-release is motivated less by expectations of success and more by nostalgia, by the idea of giving TMM’s early works a new, permanent home.