Tomas Nordmark

Tomas Nordmark’s music operates on multiple, equally thrilling planes. Having cultivated a deep appreciation for conceptual art and the phase-shifting minimalism pioneered by the downtown avant-garde community of NYC in the ‘60s, Nordmark set out to blend that with his pop-oriented upbringing and unique perspective on electronic music. The Swedish-born, London-based composer credits university as the formative period during which these various interests coalesced, and ever since, he’s been pursuing an intellectually rigorous musical style that blends cathartic melodies with a deeply felt ideal of truth through art.


Exit Ghosts is partly influenced by the history of film scores and the aesthetics carried by that tradition. As an instrumental album, Nordmark is tasked with conjuring emotions without words, and the way he utilizes specific cues mirrors the process of film scores, in addition to the work of seminal composers such as <a href="spotify:artist:1qiwaJwjKod5WhcYZ76O1B" data-name="Tim Hecker">Tim Hecker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3iJJD5v7oIFUevW4N5w5cj" data-name="Arthur Russell">Arthur Russell</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3IpQziA6YwD53PQ5xbwgLF" data-name="Jóhann Jóhannsson">Jóhann Jóhannsson</a>.


For Tangent GC Nordmark has interpreted four scents with four new compositions together with guest artists <a href="spotify:artist:0cxIE0a4SKHitNEvJ9rAXm" data-name="Johan Skugge">Johan Skugge</a>, Harriet Riley, <a href="spotify:artist:6CqRkabFkqYucbSgtxQ2Cx" data-name="Simon McCorry">Simon McCorry</a>, Claudia Squitieri and <a href="spotify:artist:4hzC9WUUy3cFituT71tzB4" data-name="Jay-Jay Johanson">Jay-Jay Johanson</a>. The compositions are built, not only around the inherent qualities of the fragrance itself, but also on musical expressions from the region where the raw material itself originates.