Kocky

Swedish artist Kocky, real name David Åström, was born and raised in the small town of Boden located slightly south of the Arctic circle in Sweden. But Kocky, a child of the generation for whom taste and pop-cultural context always meant more than geographical location. David started making music on his computer during his High School years in Boden. He called himself Soul Supreme and quickly got attention world wide for his traditional hip hop-productions full of those speed-up soul samples that producers like Kanye West and Just Blaze later would become famous for.

During his first post-teen years David produced a variety of artists in the U.S like hip hop-legends Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, O.C and KRS-One. He got a big hit with Swedish superstar Petter and he also earned a French gold record for his work with Paris group 113, songs that was part of the soundtrack to the 2005 Paris riots.

The early 2000’s was a very special time for popular music and also for David Åström. The Internet made everything accessible for everyone and the genres moved closer to each other and an endless number of new genres and styles were created. In London David saw dance music like garage and drum n’ bass transform with hip hop into the style called grime.  David got more and more tempted to broaden his musical perspective and move away from the conservative hip hop formula that he previously had made his music on.

Soon David met La Vida Locash who took David under it's wings. To mark his new musical direction David took the name Kocky and he and La Vida Locash started a process that first led to two free mixtapes (Crown Us and Wear The Crown) that made Internet go nuts. Today over 14 000 people have download it and it also got attention as far as The New York Times. This was the pre-parties that resulted in Kingdom Came, David’s debut album under the name Kocky.

On Kingdom Came Kocky put everything he liked into the mix, he united dance music with hip-hop, electro blended with house and RnB met pop.

Kindom Came became a sold-out success and his style became copied over and over again.

For his sophomore offering Stadium Status released in spring of 2008 Kocky had retired the Rapclash label. This time the music needed no description. It was just epic danceable pop music the way it should sound in the spring of 2008.
The album featured the successful single 4-ever Juvenile featuring Tinchy Styder (of "Take me back"-fame).

From the beginning Kocky and La Vida Locash mission has been to break all the boundaries that still exists in modern dance music today. Between pop music and electro. Between r’n’b and techno. Between the classic and the new. Between the present and the future. And the biggest of them all, between contemporary hip hop beats and the thing we call dance music.