Anders Ilar (born December 13, 1973) is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ and producer, based in Ludvika.

Anders Ilar
BornDecember 13, 1973
Ludvika
NationalitySwedish
Other namesRend
Occupation(s)Electronic musician, DJ and record producer

Biography

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Born in Ludvika, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he was six. However, he gradually lost interest after he started taking lessons. Instead, he became fascinated with electronic sounds and science fiction, and grew up listening to Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.

By the time Ilar was a teenager, he spent most of his time playing with various dance routines, synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, resulting in an almost endless number of tracks recorded on tape. Never feeling satisfied with the quality of his productions, he decided to take a break in 1997.

After some time, Ilar was introduced to a new way of producing music — computer software. After making a few tracks, he decided to start producing again. He got in contact with the German label Plong!, and was able to make his first official release. Since then, his output has spanned many electronic styles — from the dubwise techno explorations for Echocord, via the blissful ambience of Everdom, through to the deeper abstractions of his Audio.nl pieces, and the darkside acid techno on DSP and Narita.

From 1993 to 1997 Ilar lived in Östersund, Sweden, and from May 1997 until February 2014 he resided in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. He has since relocated back to Ludvika.

Discography

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Albums

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Everdom CD Shitkatapult Strike 37 2003
Enkel CD Audio.nl 029 2005
Nightwidth CD Narita NRTCD2 2006
Ludwijka LP Merck LW 2006
Ludwijka Extended Visit CD Shitkatapult Strike 82 2007
Ilar & Hedvall - Melt CD Narita NRTCD3 2008
Sworn LP/CD Level LVL-11 2008
Twilight Rainfalls MP3/FLAC - 2008
Vidare Cass Further Fur020 2010
Stories of Old CD Yard Rec yardrec 002 2010
Wavefunction Formula CD Level LVL-19 2010
Elva CD/MP3 Shitkatapult Strike139 2012
Our Loving Sun - Album MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC Our Loving Sun OLS1 2014
Nattmotiv MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC Pinesky pnsk02 2016
Silent Lands CD/MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC Touched T1005 2019
Anders Ilar & John H - Selected Acid Works ’18-’20 MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC New York Haunted NYH228 2020
Phocid CDr/MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC Pulse State PS003 2021
Homeworld CD/MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC Touched Music TOMU001 2024
  • The title Vidare is a pun in Swedish; "Anders ilar vidare" translates to "Anders hurries on."
  • While Wavefunction Formula was set to be released November 18, 2010, a mispress seems to have delayed the actual release.

12"s and EPs

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Anders Ilar / Olof Hemmendorff - Torpid / Outsize 12" Pinesky 01 2000
Rend - Inter 12" Plong! 05 2001
Rend - Wallflower 12" Plong! 08 2002
Replik 12" Shitkatapult Strike 34 2002
Everdom 12" Shitkatapult Strike 37 2003
Endast 12" Audio.nl 026 2003
Hydro 12" Shitkatapult Strike 42 2003
Senare 12" Audio.nl 027 2004
Rendthree 12" Plong! 11 2004
Treasure Gardens EP 12" Echocord 012 2004
Rend - Item EP MP3 Audio:808/06 2005
Nightwidth EP 12" Narita NRT06 2005
Fholo EP 12" Defrag 012 2005
Elva Remixes 12" Shitkatapult Strike140 2012
Our Loving Sun - To Disappear 12" Mina Records MINA012 2013
Anders Ilar & John H - Astronom Sessions Vol. 1 MP3 Flight Recorder FLR023 2016
Inuti / Moon MP3 Pinesky pnsk01 2016
Anders Ilar & John H - Astronom Sessions Vol. 2 MP3 Flight Recorder FLR030 2017
Dave Simon / Anders Ilar & John H - Split E.P. 12" Another Earth AE404 2018
Anders Ilar & John H - Roomservice EP MP3 New York Haunted NYH139 2018
Anders Ilar & John H - Coming For Your Tongue EP 12" Acid Lamour AL001 2018
Anders Ilar & John H - Obsession EP CDr/MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC L50 L50CD02 2020
Anders Ilar & John H - Marax EP 12” Pinesky 02 2022
Anders Ilar & John H - Zalmoxis EP MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC/ALAC New York Haunted NYH334 2023
Anders Ilar & John H - Olympus EP MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC/ALAC New York Haunted NYH353 2024

Remixes

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Apparat - Duplex.Remixes 12" Shitkatapult Strike 45 2004
Mikkel Metal - Remix Pt.3 12" Echocord 011 2004
Le Dust Sucker - Mean Boy Remixed 12" Plong! 16 2005
Machinedrum - Mergerz & Acquisitionz 2xCD Merck 039 2006
Dibaba - The Truth Blending Consortium 12" Plong! 22 2006
Oliver Hacke - Millepieds - Remixe 12" Level Records LVL-06 2006
Slg - Invisible EP 12" Level Records LVL-09 2007
Pan Electric - Ethiopia 12" Chillosophy CM005 2007
Ripperton - Leonor's Lanugo 12" Perspectiv PSPV012-6 2008
Yard - Detrit 12" Binary Dilemma bd002 2008
Dorosoto - Embryonic Audio Restoration CDr I, Absentee IA022 2009
Yard - DFPRMX CD/FLAC Yardrec 001 2010
Various - Classical Masterpieces Remixed 2xCD Hakan Lidbo Audio Industries HLAICD01 2010
Phasen - Selected Remixes: 2008-2009 MP3 Unnamed Label Records ulr003 2010
Alex van Heerden - Tribute FLAC Klitekture klk 016 2012
Masaya - Rosas EP 12" Mina Records 011 2013
The Futureless - Bloodletting - The Remixes MP3 Event Horizon EH008 2014
Various - Touched Two (The Remixes) FLAC/ALAC Touched TM14 2015
Lyrus - Found In CDr/FLAC Touched TM60 2019

Compilations

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Stray MP3 Pinesky pnsk03 2017
Anders Ilar & John H - Astronom Sessions Vol. 1 & 2 Cass Lamour Records lamour083kz 2018
Demotapes Vol. 1 (1996-1997) MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC - 2021
Demotapes Vol. 2 (1995-1996) MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC - 2021
Demotapes Vol. 3 (1993-1995) MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC - 2021
Demotapes Vol. 4 (1992-1994) MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC - 2021
Demotapes Vol. 5 (1989-1992) MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC - 2021
Light & Shadow CD/MP3/AIFF/WAV/FLAC/ALAC Touched Music TMX2 2023

Compilation appearances

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Onehow Tobias Thomas - Smallville CD Kompakt CD 24 2003
Tank Collectanea: First Course DVD Escapi SWE001UKD 2003
Flakes Descent Special Musick For Special People 4xLP/DVD Shitkatapult 50 2004
Shorthand Hidden City - Soundportraits from Göteborg CD Sub Rosa SR 219 2004
Treasure Gardens Groove CD 3 • 2004 CD Groove 2004
Simplicity Soft Then Hard LP MP3 Clever Music 005 2005
Sand On+On - Nuevas Aventuras En La IDM Y La Inteligencia Artificial CD Go Mag CD29 2006
Anders Ilar & Rutherford - Untitled, Untitled We Were Acid 12" Membrane Recordings 006 2005
Moments Are Too Short Defining Moments CD Chillosophy Music CMCD001 2006
Korp Ström - Pausfågeln Remixad CD Container CONTCD4 2006
Korpen Blod, Svett & Tårar. Nya P2. CD Sveriges Radio 2006
Geofissure Sad Electronics 3 (Part A) MP3 S!te Records SITE 15 2006
Submeadow Radio Recordings 4 2x12"/CD Radio Recordings RADIO-04LP/RADIO-04CD 2007
Missing (Hi Score By Area) Summer Selection OGG Kahvi Collective kahvi218 2007
Then It Happens Cycles MP3 Camomille Music cam100 2007
Ludwijka II BEAT No. 42 CD BEATmagazine BCD-042 2007
Att Leva Bland Människor 030303 2x12"/WAV/FLAC 030303 030LP001 2009
Rain In All Familiar Places Chill & Grill Vol. 1 MP3 Soul Industries SIND003 2009
Althea Stormfestivalen CD Stormbringer STORMCD01 2009
Colors Of Rain Manifestgalan 2009 3xCD Manifest! 2009
Rain In All Familiar Places Fragment MP3/FLAC Fragment FRAG017 2010
See You When I Get There Touched - Music For Macmillan Cancer Support MP3/FLAC/ALAC Touched TM01 2013
Press Charges Touched Two MP3/FLAC/ALAC Touched TM09 2014
Ludwijka 1 Shitkatapult #BeatportDecade Chill Out MP3 Shitkatapult SHITBP02 2014
Press Charges (Karsten Pflum Remix) Touched Two (The Remixes) FLAC/ALAC Touched TM14 2015
Frenemy Of The State Touched 3 MP3/WAV/FLAC/ALAC Touched TM27 2016
Heist Touched Bass MP3/FLAC/ALAC Touched TMBA01 2016
Rain In All Familiar Places Full Circle 3xLP/2xCDr/MP3/WAV/FLAC A Strangely Isolated Place ASIPV00X 2018
Anders Ilar & John H - Kvalster Spänningen Band II Cass Yta Recordings YTAC006 2018
Clouds Are Made In Factories Touched Electronix 005 2xLP Touched Electronix TE005 2020
Anders Ilar & John H - Raia Mobular Because We Love Music 2020 MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC Lamour Records 135DIG 2020
Anders Ilar & John H - Forgotten Because We Love Music 2021 MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC Lamour Records 158DIG 2021
Anders Ilar & John H - Eleusinian Mysteries (Ambient Version) Because We Love Music 2022 MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC Lamour Records 172DIG 2022
Benthic Habitat Touched By Silence (#2). -->Sequences 01-04 //// CD/MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC Touched TMX7 (A-D.) 2023
Benthic Habitat Before The Silence Mixed By Biophonix CD Touched TMX8 2023
Anders Ilar & John H - Kometes #CEASEFIREINGAZANOW MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC New York Haunted PAX 2023
Anders Ilar & John H - Ogygia Because We Love Music 2024 MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC Lamour Records 190DIG 2024
Anders Ilar & John H - Dead In Shades Swedish Smorgasbord 3 MP3/WAV/AIFF/FLAC/ALAC When Disco Goes Wrong 032 2024
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