The brilliant Henrik Linder and his life story.
Born March 16, 1985 – Sweden, Linder started playing the piano at the age of 4, while growing up, he listened to the songs his older sisters listened to, artists like Soundgarden, as he liked the band’s use of weird meters in their songs.
At age 12, a girl he liked said the bass was the “sexiest instrument in the world”, at age 13 Linder switched to bass.
His first childhood bass idol was Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, after hearing the song “Airplane” from the One Hot Minute album. In addition, Linder later discovered groups such as The Brecker Brothers and Tribal Tech, with Gary Willis on bass. Gary Willis would become one of his biggest influences. Linder also started taking lessons from a local Swedish bassist, Robert Sundin.
At the age of 16, Linder was already a busy studio musician in Stockholm and played with many different groups.
Linder attended the Royal College of Music, where he teamed up with vocalist and pianist Jonah Nilsson and drummer Aron Mellergårdh. Together, the three formed Dirty Loops in 2008. Since the group’s formation, Linder has appeared on the band’s debut album Loopified and toured with artists such as David Foster and Maroon 5.
Later, Linder, Mellergårdh and Nilsson began to reorganize and harmonize modern pop songs. In 2010, Dirty Loops uploaded their cover of Lady Gaga’s song “Just Dance,” which had over 100,000 YouTube views and 10,000 Facebook shares in the first two months of its release. As of 2014, her video has over 19 million views and counting.
Linder is known for using a variety of techniques in his execution. Being in a trio without a guitarist, he uses a variety of chords and inversions to create new harmonic concepts that work with the piano parts and fill the chord space.
In addition, Linder also works with different slaps and other improvisational techniques in his solos. One concept he works with a lot is to use loops of different rhythms and rhythms that are not “in your pocket”. In doing so, it allows him to challenge his weaker playing areas and develop a unique sound. Linder also developed his different techniques by learning bebop heads and Bach inventions.
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