# Stefan Dimle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefan_Dimle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefan_Dimle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Dimle > Source revision: 1349738947 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swedish musician}} '''Stefan Dimle''' (born 7 June 1967 in [Köping](/source/K%C3%B6ping%2C_Sweden), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)) is the [bass](/source/Bass_guitar) player in the progressive band [Morte Macabre](/source/Morte_Macabre) and a former member of [Landberk](/source/Landberk) and [Paatos](/source/Paatos). He is the driving force in the company [Mellotronen](/source/Mellotronen) who also is the organiser of the floating rock festival named the [Melloboat](/source/Melloboat) which are held aboard the ship Galaxy. Mellotronen runs the community [Mello-Club](/source/Mello-Club) at a café in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm). ==Career== During the 1980s Stefan Dimle was a member of several local rock bands in his former hometown [Borlänge](/source/Borl%C3%A4nge). One of the bands was [Kajuku](/source/Kajuku). Some members from that band are currently in [Opeth](/source/Opeth) and [Anekdoten](/source/Anekdoten). 1986 Stefan Dimle started the rock club Mellotronen in Borlänge. The company existed on a parallel basis in Stockholm and Borlänge. The shop had a huge section of rare and hard to find [CD](/source/CD)s & [LP](/source/LP_album)s in the field of [progressive rock](/source/progressive_rock). Mellotronen became an important headquarters for musicians and fans of [progressive rock](/source/progressive_rock) during the 1990s. The shop Mellotronen was located on the fashionable street [Kåkbrinken](/source/K%C3%A5kbrinken) in [Gamla Stan](/source/Gamla_Stan) in the center of Stockholm. Nowadays one can find Dimle and his company in the city of [Gustavsberg](/source/Gustavsberg%2C_V%C3%A4rmd%C3%B6_Municipality). Stefan Dimle was a member of the band [Landberk](/source/Landberk) between 1990 and 1997. They recorded three albums and two EPs on various record labels like [Record Heaven](/source/Record_Heaven), [Mega Rock](/source/Mega_Rock) and the American label [Laser's Edge](/source/Laser's_Edge). The progressive rock groups Landberk, [Änglagård](/source/%C3%84nglag%C3%A5rd) and [Anekdoten](/source/Anekdoten) co-operated a lot, and all three of them used the instrument [Mellotron](/source/Mellotron) as a main instrument. These three groups led the way for many new bands in the progressive genre. All three of them were famous on an international level.Leonardo Nahoum, ''Enciclopédia Do Rock Progressivo'' (1994), uppslagsord "Landberk". The label Mellotronen started 1991 with a CD reissue of [Solid Ground](/source/Solid_Ground_(band))s debut album from 1976. Since then has Dimle released around 50 different CD and vinyl albums. The latest ones are a double-CD with [Trettioåriga Kriget](/source/Trettio%C3%A5riga_Kriget) and two albums with [Sabu Martinez](/source/Sabu_Martinez). Dimle and Mellotronen has co-operated a lot with labels like Universal, The National Swedish Radio, MNW, Sony and EMI. Together with members from Landberk and Anekdoten, Dimle started the project [Morte Macabre](/source/Morte_Macabre), who has made a career in film circuits with their repertoire of new versions of old soundtracks from mainly Italian horror movies. The band [Paatos](/source/Paatos) started in 1999 and Dimle performed with them til 2008. Paatos has released four albums and 7" inch vinyl single. Dimle has also performed with Emma Nordenstam, And the machine said behold, [Turid](/source/Turid) and [Onkel Kånkel and his kånkelbär](/source/Onkel_K%C3%A5nkel_and_his_k%C3%A5nkelb%C3%A4r). In January 2007 organised Dimle a rock festival on board the ship Silja Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mellotronen company. Among the many artists that performed on board can the following ones be mentioned, [Fläsket Brinner](/source/Fl%C3%A4sket_Brinner), November, Asoka, Morte Macabre, Solid Ground and Emma Nordenstam. In March 2008 was it time for a 2nd rock cruise on the ship Silja Symphony. Many people came to see bands like [Opeth](/source/Opeth), [Katatonia](/source/Katatonia) and [Comus](/source/Comus). In April 2009 the third rock cruise was supposed to take place with the destination Finland, this time on board the [M/S Galaxy](/source/M%2FS_Galaxy). However, a few months before the date Dimle announced that Melloboat 2009 had been cancelled. Among the many artist that was supposed to perform on the cruise was [Meshuggah](/source/Meshuggah), [May Blitz](/source/May_Blitz) and [Steven Wilson](/source/Steven_Wilson).[http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/programsidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2333&Artikel=1157975 P3 Rock 2007-01-18] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223151129/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/programsidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2333&Artikel=1157975 |date=2007-12-23 }}[http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=609816 Hans Kronbrink, "Till sjöss" i ''Dagens Nyheter'' 2007-01-25]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=612330 Nils Hansson, "Proggbåten är lastad" i ''Dagens Nyheter'' 2007-01-31]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} == References == ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081115125243/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Dimle på MySpace] *[http://www.mellotronen.com/ Mellotronen] *[http://www.gepr.net/l.html#LANDBERK Landberk i ''Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041127142609/http://www.paatos.com/ Paatos] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dimle, Stefan}} Category:Swedish bass guitarists Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Köping, Sweden --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stefan Dimle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Dimle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Dimle?action=history)). 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