Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Bodo Bifroest
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
My earliest memories probably go back to childhood music lessons. But consciously I remember music mainly from my teenage years, when I moved from Alternative and German punk rock to electronic music and hip hop.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
A friend gave me some DJ and mixing software and I started experimenting with it. That was the beginning of discovering how sounds and ideas could turn into music.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
My current project explores different musical worlds and combines them. The main line is electronic and world-influenced music, but I also create hip hop and lo-fi tracks. Hip hop is often used for more direct protest or social commentary, while lo-fi tracks tend to express more emotional or reflective themes. Some of those songs are also a way for me to process parts of my past before sharing other music that I’ve been also working on for years.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
Deep and melodic fusions — mostly electronic and world-influenced, sometimes lo-fi or hip hop, often somewhere in between, but always music I personally enjoy creating. The name Bifroest reflects the idea behind the project: connecting different musical worlds.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
Learning never really stops, but one important step was switching from basic mixing software to a professional DAW years ago and discovering the possibilities that came with it.
Another thing that changed my perspective was understanding that using one vocal sample is legally the same as using many samples. That opened up more creative freedom in composition.
And finally that new technologies offer even more possibilities for people who combine them with traditional production methods.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
FL Studio is my main DAW. I also use tools for my own artwork and depending on the track, I use tools for sound/video creation, editing, analysis, and more.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Honestly, I rarely have time to listen to other music because I spend most of my available time working on my own and to avoid unconsciously absorbing parts of other songs.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
Personal experiences play a major role in my music. Since I had to retire from my work as an industrial engineer due to health reasons, music has increasingly become a way to process life experiences.
Many tracks reflect different emotional states that developed over the years — from sadness and isolation to anger and resistance. Some explore themes like depression or loneliness, while others deal with injustice, inner conflict or the feeling of having to rely on yourself when systems that promise support fail.
Music became a way to transform those experiences into sound. Different genres help express different emotions — from atmospheric lo-fi pieces to darker electronic tracks or more direct hip hop protest.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Sometimes I want listeners to feel transported into another atmosphere or landscape.
With other songs the goal is simply to open eyes to certain realities.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
That turning dreams into reality can be difficult. You can invest years of passion and work into music without knowing whether it will ever become sustainable or even recognized.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
Live performances are not always the most natural format for electronic music. That’s why I focus more on the production side of music.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
Someone to collaborate with could have been Michael Jackson
Where can our listeners follow and support your music?
You can find everything here:
It’s the main hub with links to all platforms, social media and ways to support the music.
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
Right now I’m still processing parts of the past through some very personal tracks. After that I’m excited to share some of my own favourite songs that will have a very unique musical direction as well as some other happier tracks.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
That my music is about exploration — mixing cultures, sounds and ideas into something unique.
And maybe also that people with health limitations can still achieve surprising things, even if this group is often overlooked.
