Dirty Loops

Debut album Loopified

Their debut album was released on April 16, 2014 in Japan, on 19 May in the UK, and on August 19 in the US.

David Foster and Andreas Carlsson

In late 2012 the band supported David Foster and Andreas Carlsson in Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand for the "David Foster & Friends Tour." They played for tens of thousands of people during the tour. One highlight of the tour was when Jonah and Chaka Khan performed together as a duet.

Maroon 5 Tour 2015

The band opened for Maroon 5 during the Asia and Oceania legs of the tour in 2015.

The Maroon 5 World Tour 2015 was a worldwide concert tour by American band Maroon 5 in support of their fifth album V (2014). The tour was announced on September 2, 2014, and began on February 16, 2015. The tour took place in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania until October 2015.

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Jonah Nilsson – vocals, keyboards

Jonah’s musical journey began when he sang in the choir at the Katarina Church in Stockholm, conducted by his parents at age one. He also started learning the double bass at age eight, but quickly made a switch to piano lessons in classical music at age 11, inspired by one of his favorite Chopin pieces, Fantasia Impromptu in C sharp minor. In his final year at high school, he switched over to jazz piano studies. He attended various music schools including Sodra Latin, Adolf Fredrik School of Music, Betel College and the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm.,^[6][7][8]

At age 17, he collaborated with Arvid Svenungsson to produce a biblical-based musical centered on the character, Job. He met Aron Mellergardh and wrote songs together in the vein of groovy funk, inspired by music of the 80’s and bands like Toto. Later, he joined Danny Saucedo’s tour as backing vocals and keyboardist. His songwriting and music production skills caused him to be well sought after by many, including Jenny Berggren, a former member of the band, Ace of Base.,^[9][8]

Henrik Linder – bass guitar

Henrik Linder was born in Sweden and started playing piano at age 4.^[10] Growing up, he listened to music that his older sister listened to, including artists such as Soundgarden since he liked the band’s use of odd meters in their songs. When he was around 12 years old, a girl he had a crush on told him that bass was the “sexiest instrument”.^[11]

Later on, at 13 years old, Linder switched to bass guitar. One of his first childhood bass idols was Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers after listening to the band’s song "Aeroplane" from the album One Hot Minute. In addition, Linder later discovered groups like The Brecker Brothers and Tribal Tech, featuring Gary Willis on bass. Gary Willis would become one of his greatest influences. Linder also started taking lessons with a local Swedish bass player, Robert Sudin. At age 16, Linder was already a busy Stockholm session musician and played with many different groups.^[11][12]

Linder attended secondary school at Södra Latin, and afterwards, studied jazz at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.^[13] While studying, he collaborated with his childhood friend and drummer Aron Mellergårdh. As classmates at the Royal Academy of Music, they would both practice and jam together as much as possible. Later on, Mellergårdh and Linder started working with another one of their classmates and childhood friends, pianist and vocalist Jonah Nilsson. Their collaboration eventually lead to the creation of Dirty Loops in 2008.^[14][15]

Aron Mellergardh – drum kit

Aron Mellergardh grew up in Gislaved Sweden where he was inspired to learn to play the drums from a musical family. He met future Dirty Loops bandmates Jonah Nilsson and Henrik Linder at Södra Latin, a secondary school in Södermalm Stockholm. He then attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm before committing to Dirty Loops.^[16]