Badlands (Swedish musical act)

Badlands is the musical solo name used by Swedish producer, composer and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna based in Malmö.[1] With a wide inspirational range from post punk to warehouse techno-like ambiences, she makes lush and alluring tracks rooted in vintage synths and drum machines, gritty pedal work, club beats and organic orchestration.

Badlands
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	New Wave IDM Electronica Post punk Experimental Shoegaze Trip hop
Years active	2011 - present
Labels	Temporary Secretary, RITE
Members	Catharina Jaunviksna
Website	badlands.nu

Jaunviksna started to explore analog midi and sampling as a teenager, finding a musical sanctuary in her own electronic compositions.[2] Merging from music to sound design, she attended the sound design program at the reputable National Film School of Denmark 2009–2011,[3] but became the educations first dropout due to her constant longing to make music.[2] She then formed Badlands as a home for her new electroacoustic fusions with vocals and released first Badlands EP Battles Within (2012),[4] followed by album Locus (2016).[5] Acclaimed album Djinn[6][7] was released in 2021[8] as a memorial to her late mother.[9] November 18, 2022 Badlands released her third studio album Call to Love.[10]

The DIY approach is crucial to the distinct Badlands sound, where Jaunviksna exclusively writes, records, produces and mixes all material.[10] She is the founder of the electronic record label, arts platform and production company RITE[11] in Malmö, Sweden, from where she also makes original music and sound designs for film and theater, transboundary arts and documentary, as well as production, remixes[12] and mix work for other labels and artists.