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Mikael Ögren is a Swedish synthesizer musician heavily influenced by electronic pioneers
Kraftwerk and
Jean Michel Jarre, as well as '90s trance innovators such as
Jam & Spoon. He has collaborated frequently with
Johan Agebjörn, releasing albums such as 2021's
Artefact.
A priest by profession,
Ögren has been active as a musician mostly as a hobby; he didn't release much music until he began collaborating with his neighbor,
Johan Agebjörn, during the mid-2010s. The two remixed "Aurora" by synthwave producer
Tommy '86 in 2015, and
Ögren's remix of
Agebjörn's song "The Leftovers" (featuring
Loney Dear) was released later in the year. In 2016,
Ögren and
Agebjörn reworked
Jam & Spoon's genre-defining 1992 remix of the eponymous single by
the Age of Love. The duo recorded a full-length titled
We Never Came to the White Sea, and Spotted Peccary released it in 2017. Their second album, the space exploration-themed
Artefact, appeared in 2021. ~ Paul Simpson