{{Short description|Swedish DJ and record producer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = DJ Seinfeld | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Armand Darius Anders Jakobsson | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|11|04}} | birth_place = Malmö, Sweden | origin = | genre = House | occupation = DJ, producer | years_active = | label = Young Ethics<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish producer DJ Seinfeld launches Young Ethics label with Galazy EP |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/dj-seinfeld-launches-new-label-young-ethics/ |website=The Vinyl Factory |access-date=7 June 2024 |date=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ball |first1=James |title=DJ SEINFELD TO RELEASE 'LILIUM EP' ON YOUNG ETHICS |url=https://mixmag.net/read/dj-seinfeld-lilium-young-ethics-news |website=Mixmag |access-date=7 June 2024 |date=19 July 2019}}</ref> | website = https://www.djseinfeld.com/<ref>{{cite web |title=DJ Seinfeld – Artist Profile |url=https://ra.co/dj/djseinfeld/biography |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref> }} '''Armand Darius Anders Jakobsson''' (born 4 November 1991), known professionally as '''DJ Seinfeld''', is a Swedish electronic music DJ and record producer.
==Musical career== Jakobsson started making music in Edinburgh at the suggestion of a friend. He began experimenting with exploring the possibilities of music on his laptop. When he returned to Malmö after his studies, his interest in making music would intensify thanks to the encouragement of his old schoolmates. A move to Barcelona and the end of a relationship, resulted in extended sessions and lots of watching of the classic American sitcom ''Seinfeld,'' which Jakobsson fully adopted 2016 when he released his first recording.<ref>{{cite web |title=DJ Seinfeld |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5377444 |accessdate=7 June 2024 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref>
==Musical style== In his music, DJ Seinfeld uses sounds from films or series, borrowings from acid house and deep house, as well as distortion effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/dj-seinfeld-om-braket-bakom-hiten-now-u-do|title=DJ Seinfeld om bråket bakom hiten "Now U Do"|website=Sveriges Radio|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref> He has also used the stage names Birds of Sweden and Rimbaudian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2023-12-23/malmos-storsta-musikstjarna-ar-pa-vag-hem-igen-pa-tva-satt|title=Malmös största musikstjärna på väg hem igen|website=Sydsvenska Dagbladet|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/11/06/dj-seinfeld-time-spent-away-from-u-interview/|title=DJ Seinfeld doesn’t care what you think of his name.|website=FactMag.com|date=27 December 2023}}</ref>
==Discography== === Studio albums === * ''Time Spent Away from U'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dj-seinfeld-time-spent-away-from-u/|title= Recension av ''Time Spent Away From U''.|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref> * ''Mirrors'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJ Seinfeld: "Life isn’t perfect, so why should music be?" |url=https://stoneyroads.com/2022/05/dj-seinfeld-life-isnt-perfect-so-why-should-music-be/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Stoney Roads {{!}} Latest News in Electronic and Dance Music |language=en}}</ref> * ''If This Is It'' (2026)
=== Compilation albums === * ''DJ-Kicks: DJ Seinfeld'' (2018) * ''MIRRORS (REMIXED)'' (2023)
=== EPs === * ''Season 1'' (2016) * ''Sunrise'' (2017) * ''Sakura'' (2018) * ''Galazy'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=FACT |date=2019-05-01 |title=DJ Seinfeld launches Young Ethics label with Galazy EP |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/dj-seinfeld-launches-new-label-young-ethics/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Lilium'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-26 |title=DJ Seinfeld – Lilium EP |url=https://www.wehatemusic.org/blog/2019/7/26/dj-seinfeld-lilium-ep |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=We Hate Music |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Parallax'' (2019) * ''Mezcalita'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cassell |first=Jon E. |date=2021-03-01 |title=DJ Seinfeld – Dreams of U and Me Above the Mezcal Moon {{!}} BBB Mag |url=https://www.weareblahblahblah.com/electronic-music/tracks/dj-seinfeld-dreams-of-u-and-me-above-the-mezcal-moon/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Blah Blah Blah |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seinfeld, DJ}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Malmö Category:21st-century Swedish musicians Category:Swedish house musicians Category:Swedish DJs Category:Swedish electronic dance music DJs Category:Swedish record producers