The Field @ Optimo, 15 Nov

The Field is Stockholm’s Axel Willner, a man who goes by a variety of other recording titles (he also creates music under the names Cordouan, Lars Blek and James Larsson). Willner joined the Kompakt family back in 2005 with the release of his debut 12" Things Keep Falling Down.

He describes his musical project The Field as "somewhere between soundscapes and ‘classic songs'". Successfully managing to fuse pop song structures with ambient textures, fractured buzzes, clicks and inventive sampling techniques, The Field creates an extraordinarily complex sound.

After a remix of Annie's Heartbeat catapulted Willner into the attentions of various blogs and webzines, resulting in him remixing Scandinavian group 120 Days. Following a well-received second single on Kompakt, The Field began touring with the likes of LCD Soundsystem and !!!.

The Field has now evolved into a three-piece band consisting of percussionist Dan Enqvist and multi-instrumentalist Andreas Söderstrom, allowing for a new depth in their live performance.