Ambient sounds from Tili Mons

Swedish artist Stefan Lindberg creates music under the Tili Mons moniker – a rough Swedish-to-Latin translation of his name. The project was born out of a ten year relationship with the city of Gothenburg, a period of the musician’s life that was filled with adventures, new meetings, friends, love, and heartbreak. His most most powerful inspirations from his time there was the places, where he spent time wandering, feeling, and thinking about all the life-changing events happening to him.

It was these places that provided the foundations for his sound, collecting field recordings and sound samples. With the addition of musical elements such as gentle pianos, mellow grooves, vibrant guitars and soothing synths, his first EP, named after the city as a tribute, was created.

On Gothenburg, Tili Mons lays down six blissful sonic scenes that encourage memories and and invoke reflective inner emotions. Commenting on the release, he offers, “I don’t want the music to demand too much attention, but rather lay low in the background like a calm, blue, lake with slow waves easing towards the shoreline.”

Adding, “To me the music is about reminiscing, revisiting those places, the life I had in Gothenburg, and all the emotions I felt during that time. My hope is that the music will let you visit your own places and emotions. Or just take a peaceful break and de-stress for a while.”

The small creeks and waterfalls in the Änggårdsbergen forest, bird tweets from Gamlestaden, and slow waves easing towards the shoreline of Brännö all contribute their atmospheric sounds to the EP, beautifully arranged and complimented with the artist’s musical interpretation of the locations that inspired him.

Listen to Gothenburg below

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