Swede sensation: Deer Tracks duo inspired by nature's sounds

Other than theirupcoming Asia tour, there's nothing much planned about Swedish electronic duo The Deer Tracks. Much of what they do seems to be some kind of experiment — and it's been working very well for them so far.

David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors have been making music together since 2006 and have released three albums of uptempo beats mixed with folksy lyrics. And all of their music — which has been compared to other Nordic acts such as The Knife and Sigur Rós — stems from their shared curiosity.

"I put some backup vocals on a solo project by David many years ago, and it was so easy in the studio working together," says Lindfors. "We are very curious about playing with music, and finding rhythms and melodies that we normally wouldn't do. We have just been exploring a landscape of music together. It wasn't intended to be a band or something big. In the beginning, it was very free because we didn't have any pressure to be commercial or make music for someone else. We just did it for ourselves."

This freedom is an important part of their creative process. They create and record the songs bit by bit, adding pieces — a melody, a couple of drum beats — here and there. "We just sit there and someone starts to make a drum beat or play something on the keyboard or maybe just write a poem or something. We start from nothing. That is exciting," says Lindfors. "It's fun — you never have to prepare anything, you just have to be there and just take your time and something will come."

And when The Deer Tracks are recording, it's just them, their instruments and as little else as possible. "We usually travel to a cabin in a remote location," says Lindfors. "It takes a couple of days before we start making music. We set up the studio and then paint or do something, and then the music starts coming by itself.