MLiR

MLiR is the Swedish duo of Einar Christoffersson and Marco Gegenheimer, operating at the crossroads of club culture, live performance, and narrative-driven composition. Drawing from analog machines, samples, live instrumentation, synths, and field recordings, they build immersive, cinematic sound worlds that resist genre and unfold on their own terms.

The project broke through in 2016 with the EP Swedish Lo-Life on Studio Barnhus, emerging from a shared obsession with deep-digging DJ culture, extended late-night studio sessions, and the tension between electronic production and live expression. Since then, MLiR have steadily expanded their sonic universe—textured, exploratory music unconcerned with fixed categories.

In 2024, the duo released their debut album Pulpo Fiction, a 16-track double LP on Studio Barnhus, marking their third release on the label and solidifying their long-form, world-building approach.

Alongside MLiR, Marco—formerly behind the cult online record store Magic Teapot Records—runs Taf Kif Records (with Arnau Obiols) and Smutty Edits (with Tom Bolas and Dea Barandana). He has played at festivals and clubs including Zodiac (Jakarta), Savage (Hanoi), Nitsa (Barcelona), Dekmantel, Dekmantel Selectors, Wonderfruit, Retreat Festival, Rainbow Disco Club take over in Ho Chi Minh City, while also curating the long-running party Calamari Rolls Royce at The Observatory in Ho Chi Minh City.

2026 signals a prolific chapter for MLiR, with the new LP åh Gud on Stratasonic Records featuring Oddisee, Nah Eeto, and Selassie, a 12” on Rush Hour, Smutty Edits 03 & 04 12″, a feature on the next Calypso Records compilation, a collaboration with Laurence Guy for Homies from Pikes’ compilation, a new project with Axel Boman coming out on his new label Blurry, an EP with Elfenberg, and a third full-length LP on Music From Memory.

MLiR are not tucking themselves under any sombreros!