RIP Swirl

RIP Swirl is making dreamy soundtracks for his listeners' lives. — DAZED

Wistful, nostalgic indie electronica

RIP Swirl’s latest release is the collaboration EP Emo Regulation with Copenhagen Singer Ydegirl, via In Real Life / Public Possession. The EP, along with Perfectly Blue from 2024, finds RIP Swirl—alias of Luka Seifert—amplifying the signature sound he established on his acclaimed 2022 debut album, Blurry. The Fader described Blurry as “a whirring shoegaze revival record” before that style became trendy.

The sonic palette marries Luka’s work as a producer and DJ in Berlin’s club scene with his lifelong relationship with the guitar and his analog approach to recording. The result is a canvas of moody soundscapes derived from fragments of shoegaze, trip-hop, and nostalgic atmospheres that conjure notions of teen angst and nighttime drives in the suburbs.

Similar to his process with Blurry, Perfectly Blue was a solo, flowy endeavor with every instrument, production, and mixing done in Luka’s home studio in Berlin. This time, he outsourced the mastering to Beau Thomas (Aphex Twin, Burial).

Fans, collaborators, and ongoing studio work

RIP Swirl’s music has found fans among everyone from Gen Z alt-kids to techno purists. He has since become a close collaborator and producer to several rising vocalists, including Mother Soki, Maria Somerville, Tanuchikan, Maresz, Ydegirl, and Ariana Manmoon of untitled (halo).

Luka continues to work fully out of his home studio in Berlin, immersed in his playground of musical instruments and creating endlessly with no agenda.