As a cofounder of The Knife, his duo with his sister Karin Dreijer (AKA Fever Ray), Olof Dreijer made some of the best electronic pop of the last couple decades. As Oni Ayhun, a production alias active from 2008 to 2015, he made club music that was just as vital and distinct, from the blissed out anthem on OAR 003 to his blazing remix of Emmanuel Jal's "Kuar." And yet, as significant as his contributions have been, he's always kept a low profile, preferring collaboration to solo work and dodging the spotlight whenever possible. Since The Knife disbanded in 2014, he has defied any expectation of what might come next for him. "Olof Dreijer's instrument of choice for his latest project might come as a surprise to fans of The Knife," The Guardian wrote a few years ago in an article about Hiya Wal Âalam, a Tunisian ensemble in which Dreijer plays the flute.
In addition to that project, Dreijer's done production for artists like Planningtorock and the Swedish pop singer Zhala. He's also reemerged as a club DJ, honing a wild and colourful sound that contains echoes of his records (especially that remix of "Kuar") but mostly presents something completely new.
