The spirit of a DJ bio is boring, self-centered, and egotistical. Prins Thomas knows that all too well and fears the result: someone who makes him sound like the best DJ in the world. Although most people would love such a comment on their skills. It has to be the very laid-back nature of his city of residence, Oslo, that makes Prins Thomas overmodest. Except for his peers, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Todd Terje, who he works and records with, and some of the city’s legendary characters like the idiosyncratic Rune Lindbaek or the mysterious DJ Strangefruit, that place is nowhere as busy, hectic and all-important as some of Europe’s club capitals like to portray themselves. When it comes to musical output, however, Prins and his royal household, as dub poets might say, “lead di way”. Together with Lindstrøm Thomas created the climax of the on-going fascination with retro-futurism and their self-titled debut album for the Belgian Eskimo label.
