DAN LISSVIK

📝 Studio - Life’s A Beach! 12” (2007) Life’s A Beach! started out as a weird loop in my studio, and I still remember Eric from TTA asking, “What the hell is this weirdness?” after hearing an early draft. The song gradually evolved into a longer story to fit the theme of the record, with live bass and heavily edited guitar melodies. Thomas and Terje liked the track, reached out, and wanted to remix Life’s A Beach! :) The 12” became a really nice addition to the release — hand-in-glove with the vibe around 2006–2008. Still sounding heavenly, a moment to remember. INF003: Studio - Life’s A Beach! /// 12” Ltd 2000 copies (2007) A. Life’s A Beach! - Todd Terje Beach House Mix B. Life’s A Beach! - Prins Thomas Mix Remixes by Todd Terje & Prins Thomas Original song written by Dan Lissvik (2006) Additional guitars by Rasmus Hägg Artwork by Dan Lissvik (West Coast Lp) Produced, mixed and mastered by Dan Lissvik Remastered by Christoffer Berg (2007) Remastered by Hans Olsson (2023) Re-released by Ghostly International May 12, 2026 ( Digital )

📝 Studio - No Comply 12” (2006) “No Comply” started at a crossroads. I’d spent my art-school years constantly recording Studio songs and working with the Service label—clubbing and organizing parties (1999–2004). A full-on life crisis had set in, and a drastic change was imminent; a new direction beyond the Valand/Service years was long overdue. Built around Rasmus’s guitar parts, lifted from a 2005 rockish demo titled “SunSon” (named after a video piece by my old friend Mattias Norström), I wrote “No Comply” to mark a new beginning and to launch the new label Information. [the Information name, logo/design, and INF000.com were created in late 2005] At the time, I was temporarily living with Henning (The Tough Alliance) in Eric’s old room, where I’d set up a small makeshift studio. The B-side, “Radio Edit,” was created in my bedroom in the Tough Alliance apartment a week or two before sending it to press. It was meant as a pun (it’s anything but a radio edit), and as an enhancement of the A-side’s message, with a nod to the club scene at the time. INF001: Studio – No Comply /// 12” Ltd 500 copies (2006) A. No Comply … 05:40 B. Radio Edit … 09:52 Written by Dan Lissvik (A, B) Guitars and bass by Rasmus Hägg (A) Artwork by Rasmus Hägg Produced, mixed & mastered by Dan Lissvik Remastered by Christoffer Berg (2007) Remastered by Hans Olsson (2023) Re-released by Ghostly International March 24, 2026 GI-477 /// ( Digital )

📝 Research 2026 | Parallel 2000-2004. This parallel / sliding-doors chapter started one hungover morning on a coffee run to the nearest 7-Eleven. A man named Devon walked up (I assumed he wanted directions) and asked if I wanted to be a model. Devon (Select Model Management) took a couple of Polaroids - and a few days later I was exclusively booked for a Dries Van Noten show in Paris. The show was surreal. After Paris I went straight to London, met the agency, did a shoot for L’Uomo Vogue, and had a go-see with Mario Testino. That’s how my 4-year “parallel worlds” life began. Over the years I did several shows for Dries, plus Burberry, Yohji Yamamoto, Paul & Joe, Lacoste, Hermès, and the likes. London was where I spent most of my time at first- and where I met some heartfelt souls: Mariano Vivanco, Nicola Formichetti, and Toyin, to name a few (including Alexander McQueen for a lookbook out in an industrial area outside London). Editorials and smaller campaigns were frequent: Dazed & Confused, Sleazenation, L’Uomo Vogue (and Sport), American Vogue, Arena Homme Plus, Max, Doing Bird, plus Topman/Topshop, Dr. Martens, Pringle, Schwarzkopf, Adidas, Katharine Hamnett, etc. Work was varied and I traveled a lot - from the thick mist in the Scottish Highlands, to the golf course below the observatory in Monaco… From slow, ponderous wanderings around lower Manhattan on go-sees to standing in full snowboard gear on a rooftop in Brooklyn, and so on. After a year or two, Paris eventually became the home base. I really felt at ease there—life was chill: skating, hanging out, working, and living in Grégor’s huge apartment on Place Lili-Boulanger, close to Place de Clichy (9th arrondissement). Grégor would usually head early to the agency, then fax the day’s go-sees / to-dos back to the apartment. Bouncing back and forth between Paris and the studio at Valand became routine: editorials, shows, and campaigns abroad… then back to Gothenburg to disappear into the studio again. I barely told anyone back home. 💎 @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg #studio #service #danlissvik

📝 Research 2026 | Studio & Service Serv003 - released on a need-to-know basis. “Down Here Like You” is the oldest track of the Studio 7”s on Service. It came out of a batch of maybe 10–15 songs recorded in 1999–2000, and apart from being reworked a bit in 2001–2002, it was released pretty much as-is (vocals rerecorded + mixed at Lablaza in 2002). The B-side was a later invention but (in spirit) still connected to the same batch of older songs as “Down Here…”. Side note: By 2002 I’d accumulated a substantial pile of recordings and demos (not all amazing), but my sights were already set on future stuff when “Down Here…” came out - I was eager to move on, experiment, and learn more as a writer, instrumentalist, and producer. And I was totally hooked - recording music was my # 1 drug of choice. Turns out 2002–2004 became one of my most intense recording periods ever, and hard drives filled up fast. I knew I had to put in my “10,000 hours” to get what I was after - hence the sound difference on West Coast, 3×10,000 hours later… Serv003 landed in 2002. Around this time I met Fredrik and Torbjörn for the first time. They swung by the hangar at Valand and we casually talked Service, future scenarios, and how they could contribute to the shenanigans. Fredrik said The Embassy “just wanted to be a band”. Small moment maybe - but a pivotal one in the Service chronicle. Serv004 was just around the corner, and Service quickly (and naturally) evolved from a joint effort into a more label-esque format after this - going from larva to slowly spreading its wings. From here on, I was constantly bouncing between recording (at Valand), traveling for fashion work, chores for Service, and p-a-r-t-i-e-s… right up until I graduated in 2004. Oh, and for the 003 release I made some screen prints + sew-on badges. 💎 Serv003 Studio - Down Here.. 7” A. Down Here Like You … 04.14 B. Popular Women Get What They Deserve … 03.01 Written by Dan Lissvik (A,B) Backing vocals by Hägg/Schöön (A) Artwork by Dan Lissvik (Studio) Label design + logo (TheStudio and 7”) by Rasmus Hägg Mixed by Lissvik/Schöön at Lablaza Recorded by Lissvik/Schöön @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg #studio

📝 Research 2026 | Studio & Service Before Serv001 was even released, several songs and demos - including “The Jungle” and “Down Here Like You” - were already written and lined up to be next. I could see 3-4 releases ahead, but wanted Studio to feel more like a shared space, so I invited Rasmus Hägg further into the project (he had his own project + played in a band). Rasmus had a great demo that became the B-side: “Shake You Down By The River”. I’ve always liked that one - maybe because I can’t casually listen to my own songs without slipping into “work mode” (or cringe). For a long time it was basically the only Studio/Service release I could listen to, up until No Comply and West Coast. Side note: when I finished mixing/mastering the first edition of the West Coast LP there was an open slot on the A-side. On the same day I sent the master to the vinyl factory, I recorded “Shake You Down..” straight from the Serv002 vinyl single, did a simple fade-in/fade-out, and renamed it “Origin” - a 2 min homage to our early years on Service. “The Jungle” was re-recorded in different spaces with added guitar parts/solos by Rasmus. “Shake You Down..” got a new ending drum part and lyrics were tweaked a bit before vocal takes. Both songs were finalised/mixed at Dieter Hallén’s studio Lablaza (Dieter aka D.Schöön also played live with Studio). Serv002 came out in 2002. We had a release party in the Valand hangar - live at 4am with a giant strobe as the main light… some people literally ran out the door.. I built a palm tree cut-out, painted the stage in black & white stripes, and Ola and I spray-painted palm trees around the city before the gig… reckless, as per ush during art school days 🌴🤙🏼 💎 Serv002 Studio - The Jungle 7” A. The Jungle … 03.59 B. Shake You Down By The River … 05.28 Written by Dan Lissvik (A) & Rasmus Hägg (B) Artwork by Dan Lissvik (Studio) Label design by Lissvik/Hägg Mixed by Lissvik/Schöön at Lablaza Recorded by Lissvik/Hägg/Schöön @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg #studio #service #serv002 #danlissvik

📝 Research 2026 | Studio & Service Around 1997–1998, Kristofer Ström ( @ljudbilden ) and I founded Alé, an instrumental band based in Malmö, Sweden. Magnus Granbom soon joined on bass, and Jesper Nordblad on guitar. In 1999 we recorded an untitled, full-length album straight onto a cassette deck in our rehearsal space (search: “ale-1999” on SoundCloud). After a run of live shows throughout the spring and summer, Alé disbanded when I moved to Gothenburg to pursue an MFA at the Valand Academy. Ström and Nordblad continued on and formed Lemko Hall and commemorated that brief but memorable summer with a song called “Ode to Alé.” (sidenote: Atelje - ”Ode to Studio” 2014) 1999–2001 I began recording songs at the Valand School of Fine Arts and, after a couple of iterations, eventually named the new music project ”Studio”. Around this time, I met Ola Borgström (ex Fine Tone Recordings and the club Lolita), and together we decided to start a DIY label - Service - named after Ola’s then-club Hot Service, to release my music, print T-shirts, and organize parties. After numerous songs, oddball demos and recordings, I wanted to try something different, so I returned to Malmö to write and record “The End of Fame” with my former bandmates - Nordblad (on piano) and Ström (recording) -in Jesper’s apartment. In late 2001, that recording - now featuring an added guitar solo by Rasmus Hägg - became Studio’s first 7” release and the official launch of Service. 💎 Serv001 Studio - The End Of Fame 7” A. The End Of Fame … 06.12 B. Don’t Waste Love … 03.23 Written by Dan Lissvik (A,B) & Jesper Nordblad (A) Guitar solos by Rasmus Hägg (A,B) Backing vocals by Oskar Johansson (B) Artwork by Dan Lissvik (Studio) Mixed by Lissvik/Schöön at Lablaza Recorded by Lissvik/Ström/Schöön @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg . . . . #studio #service #serv001 #danlissvik

📝 Research 2026 | Studio & Service Sorting through old studio demos from 1999-2001 + unseen shenanigans caught on mini-DV 🥳 💎 @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg . . . . #studio #cassettes #artschool #service #danlissvik

📝 Research project 2026 [Artschool, Studio & Service years 1999-2004] 💎 @servicegbg @officialstudioinformation . . . . #service #studio #painting #newyear #danlissvik

”West Coast-JPN” - 2025 80 x 100 cm, Acrylic on linen [ Last painting of 2025 🍹] . . . . #studio #westcoast #painting #スタジオ #danlissvik

📝 Old HQ 🖤 💎 @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg Serv002 release / strobe light gig in the hangar (2002, Valand school of fine arts) . . . . #studio #service #artschool #serv002 #danlissvik

Hand made screen print sticker by Dan.

cyclical phenomena 🧡 Service 2026? 👻🤷🏼‍♀️ 💎 @officialstudioinformation @servicegbg . . . . #studio #service #artschool #screenprint #danlissvik