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Happy Helmet Music Production

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About Me

Welcome!
To avoid further confusion, Happy Helmet is not a record company or a band; I'm a producer, and I'm always looking for interesting bands to work with.
I produce and record music with well-produced grit as my guideline. I believe more in sweaty drummers than sound replacing, more in a tight and hard grooving band than quantized mixes, and more in a hungover singer's wheeziness than autotuner. Long live creative mistakes!
Some of the bands and artists I've produced and/or recorded are rotating in the player below. Since the line between producer and musician thankfully has blurred, I also play drums on some of the tracks (Club Karloff, Mabusto, Los Tecnicos, Espontaneo) and guitar on two of them (Espontaneo). And everything on my circus sideshow project Katapulto.
As every producer, I started out as a musician. And I still am. Feel free to contact me if you ever need a session drummer. The last five tracks (produced by others) are with me on the throne.

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Wallets are always empty, so contact me for a free quote and I'll give you the nicest offer. And a cup of coffe that would kill a horse.
See you in the studio!
+46 (0)739 12 42 01
[email protected]
www.happyhelmet.se (in Swedish)
Lazy Swedish translation: Jag utgår från att alla som kan läsa detta också kan läsa det ovanför. Hur som helst är det kul att ha dig här!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/8/2007
Band Website: happyhelmet.se
Band Members: Esben Willems
producer, drummer, captain of chaos


Influences: Tom Waits
Motörhead
Norah Jones
Slayer
Queens Of The Stone Age
Gogol Bordello
Lou Reed
AC/DC
Sepultura
The White Stripes
Django Reinhardt
Ren & Stimpy
Entombed
Eagles Of Death Metal
Billie Holiday
Edith Piaf
Hellacopters
Backyard Babies
Cowboy Junkies
Biohazard
Nine Inch Nails
Marilyn Manson
Doris
Black Sabbath
Bob Marley
The Who
System Of A Down
Thåström
Killing Joke
Foo Fighters
Broken drum sticks
Sweet hangovers

Sounds Like: Loving and drinking.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tour dates

In August and September I will be doing some gigs with de la Mancha - www.delamanchamusic.com. Check back often for tour date updates. ...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:49:00 PST

Efter Kriget

This only applies to Sweden.Nu kan du köpa ditt eget ex av Efter Kriget, soundtrack till kortfilmen Ingenmansland (www.ingenmansland.com) på happyhelmet.se/efterkriget. ...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

Efter kriget - Soundtrack

The soundtrack to the short film Efter kriget is now completed. One of the tunes, Ingenmansland is up and running in the player.The film will be released in late June; check out www.ingenmansland.com ...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Sat, 10 May 2008 02:09:00 PST

The Letting Go - New song

The Letting Go's debut ep is now mastered, and the track Horse from it is up and running in the player. Support the band on myspace.com/tlgsweden. ...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:10:00 PST

de la Mancha - MySpace design

I've designed a new profile for de la Mancha - Support the merry men on myspace.com/delamancha. ...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

Club Karloff album coming your way!

This summer my brother and I will release a 10 track Club Karloff album, filled to the brim with gravel and grit. Subscribe to this blog to keep updated on when this sweet distortion will take place....
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:50:00 PST

Electronica album this summer

During the next three months I'll produce - and on occasion play drums on - Kalle Fornarve's next release. The name of the project is yet to be revealed, so subscribe to this blog to get updates on wh...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:30:00 PST

The Letting Go

I just finished the producing, recording and mixing of The Letting Go's self titled debut ep, due to be released this spring. Check out www.myspace.com/tlgsweden and subscribe to this blog for update...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:20:00 PST

de la Drums pt .II

Last weekend I played drums on the remaining 4 tracks on de la Mancha's third album, due to be released early 2009.In the meantime, support the merry men on myspace.com/delamanchamusic and buy their u...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:53:00 PST

New logo

Every once in a while you need a little change, so I got myself a new logo, brilliantly designed by my brother Jonas Willems. All you observant stalkers out there have already discovered that it's th...
Posted by Happy Helmet Music Production on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:00:00 PST