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"El Perro Del Mar is the solo musical project of Swedish artist, Sarah Assbring. Because Sarah comes from Sweden, you might think it easy to lump her in the same category as her contemporaries&amp;amp;#8212;such as dance phenom Robyn or dark-pop priestess, Lykke Li. But one listen to Sarah&amp;#x27;s latest release, Pale Fire, sets her apart from the pack, from its breezy tropical grooves to its gorgeous, meditative lyrics. We got the chance to chat about what influences her sound, the heartwarming origins of her pseudonym, and of course, her current pop-culture obsessions. All this was done after Sarah&amp;#x27;s recent birth to a baby boy. Incredible! What is does the title Pale Fire mean for you? Why did you choose it? It was something that just came to me, but in that instant seemed to symbolize everything with the album. The mystery of love, the way it engulfs you, the way it destroys you or makes you stronger. It also symbolizes the will to fight, to not comply. The true and incorruptible power within everyone. These things are what the album is about. And here&amp;#x27;s an awesome new remix of Sarah&amp;#x27;s first Pale Fire single, &amp;quot;Hold Off the Dawn,&amp;quot; by British DJ/producer Vessel, premiering exclusively with us... This release seems far more experimental than your past work. It blends some cool world music and &amp;#x27;80s-synth grooves with some chilled-out R&amp;amp;B melodies. What was distinct about the process of making this particular album for you? I think one of the factors was that I let it take time to evolve. I knew I wanted to make something that surprised not so much my listeners but myself. I wanted to try out instruments that I hadn&amp;#x27;t used previously, and I started toying around with sampling&amp;amp;#8212;collecting fragments from various inspirations and references like movies and documentaries, for instance. I think also there was a lot within me that wanted to rebel. I had a need to prove to myself I can do whatever I want as long as I believe in it. You know, that oh-so-necessary feeling you get when you listen too much to what people around you think or say. For readers who may not know: How did you end up choosing to record under the name El Perro Del Mar? During a time of inner turmoil and identity crisis, I went to Spain where I happened to befriend a dog hanging around on the beach. I gave it the name El Perro Del Mar, which means &amp;quot;dog of the sea.&amp;quot; That dog somehow reminded me of some simple but fundamental things in life that I&amp;#x27;d forgotten. Coming back home, I started to write music again with those things in mind. No name seemed better than calling that music &amp;quot;El Perro Del Mar.&amp;quot; Check out the brand-spanking-new video for &amp;quot;I Was a Boy&amp;quot;: What are some of your current pop culture obsessions (music, TV, film)? They can be as old or as modern as you&amp;#x27;d like. I&amp;#x27;m fanatic about scary movies, not gory horror ones but rather classic thrillers or psychologically scary movies. And I love films by Michael Haneke (writer-director of this year&amp;#x27;s Oscar-nominated Amour). They&amp;#x27;re a different kind of psychologically-challenging perhaps, but I think he&amp;#x27;s a true genius. And I&amp;#x27;m really looking forward to the new Arrested Development season. As for music, lately I tend to put on a lot of older Brazilian pop, such as Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa. I have a newborn baby at home, and he seems to enjoy it. As do I. Swedish pop has definitely seen a resurgence in America over the past few years with the growing popularity of artists like Robyn, Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn &amp;amp; John, and others. How do you identify with this group, if at all? And how do you stay true to yourself and your vision? We&amp;#x27;re all individual artists and the only way I guess we identify with each other is that we&amp;#x27;re Swedish. They&amp;#x27;re all artists that I respect and love, but we&amp;#x27;re very different in what we do. I&amp;#x27;ve always been somewhat of a recluse when it comes to the very core of my music. So, I need a high level of privacy to stay true to myself. I enjoy that. What do y&amp;#x27;all think of El Perro Del Mar and her music? Photo by: Frode &amp;amp; Marcus"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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