Charlie Thorstenson

Charlie Thorstenson is a House / Techno artist and DJ from Malmö, Sweden. The interest for electronic music was introduced early in life. Synthesizers and drum machines captured his attention and fascination. With a dream of owning those strange looking boxes of sound, he bought the best he could afford. A little midi keyboard and a basic music software. Years of self learning and experimenting resulted in his first ”real” alias, Charlie Don't Surf (4) and project Charlie & I with Thomas Sagstad. In 2014 Charlie applied to the DJ competition Burn Residency, and as one of the winners he gathered experience and inspiration. A year after he was invited to play a live set on the opening of Richie Hawtin’s ENTER. at legendary Space Ibiza. After six EPs and a full album under the Charlie Don't Surf guise, he began to drift towards the hypnotic side of techno. Mixing acid lines and textures has resulted in an analog kind of techno. After that, he began to work under his real name, Charlie Thorstenson. In 2023, he began his own label Elektronisk-Form.