Skweee

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title: "Skweee" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000s-in-music", "21st-century-music-genres", "chiptune", "electro-(music)", "electronic-dance-music-genres", "music-of-finland", "swedish-styles-of-music"] description: "Musical genre with Scandinavian origins" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skweee" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Musical genre with Scandinavian origins ::

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Field	Value
name	Skweee
stylistic_origins
cultural_origins	Late 2000s, Sweden and Finland
instruments	Synthesizer
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| name = Skweee | stylistic_origins = | cultural_origins = Late 2000s, Sweden and Finland | instruments = Synthesizer ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Skweee-records.jpg" caption="Norberg Festival 2009]] in Sweden"] ::

Skweee is a musical style, with origin in Sweden and Finland. Skweee combines simple synth/chiptune leads and basslines with funk, R&B or soul-like rhythms, overall rendering a stripped-down funky sound. The tracks are predominantly instrumental.

Origins

The name "skweee" was coined by Daniel Savio, one of the originators of the emerging sound. The name refers to the use of analog synthesizers in the production process, where the aim is to "squeeze out" the most interesting sounds possible.

Producers can vary from high-profile to new talent from the Scandinavian electronica environment.

Recognition

The major outlets of skweee music are the Swedish record label Flogsta Danshall and Finnish record label Harmönia. Norwegian Dødpop, Canadian Ancient Robot, US Losonofono, US Titched, US Poisonous Gases, Spanish Lo Fi Funk, Finnish Mässy, and French Mazout have since been added to this family. The preferred media format of skweee enthusiasts is the 7" vinyl record. Early releases were exclusively released in this format. More recently, however, a series of 12" vinyl records, digital releases and CD compilations have been released through these outlets as well.

The increasing notability of the skweee genre has resulted in releases such as the Eero Johannes album on Planet Mu. Producers such as Rusko, Gemmy, Joker, Zomby, and Rustie have given their take on the sound, resulting in several releases on the boundary between skweee and dubstep.

References

References

1. (9 January 2009). "skweeelicious! » He Called It Skweee". Skweee.com.
2. (April 2009). "Skweee's Play". [[Spin (magazine).
3. (16 September 2008). "Inside Skweee | Clash Music Exclusive Best of Clash". Clashmusic.com.
4. "Flogsta Danshall". Flogsta Danshall.
5. Un. "Ancient Robot |". Bandcamp.com.
6. (14 February 2011). "losonofono". Losonofono.bandcamp.com.
7. "Mässy Recordings, Helsinki Finland 2011. Skweee, Mekano-trunk, Wonky etc". Maessy.com.
8. "Planet Mu Records". Planet-mu.com.
9. Earp, Matt. (June 9, 2009). "Somewhere: Nordic Skweee".
10. Ralf Christensen. "'Wonky' giver ny søgang i computeren". information.dk.

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