Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Anders Hvass. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Anders, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Do you feel you or your work has ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized? If so, tell us the story and how/why it happened and if there are any interesting learnings or insights you took from the experience?

The mission statement of the band Wildr is to create music and go on stage with vigor – to reclaim the live scene to be more than backtrack and pre-designed performances. We want to do something, where we together with the audience feel free and uninhibited – Loud, fast paced hardcore music – aggressive on the edges but soft and tender at heart. We want to be able to be fragile and honest while screaming it out from stage.

And while we both see and experience this ‘joint liberation’ at our shows, it has also been eye-opening for us how the gate-keepers of the music industry (here in DK) has yet to respond and interact with us in the way, we had first anticipated. In some instances, this would have come off as draining or de-moralizing, but we find a sort of sharpened focus in this: There is a gap in the scene at home for this kind of music – and maybe it will take a lot of time to turn heads and shift minds, but we’re okay with that.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Wildr is two piece band (5 in live setting) that started out roughly a year ago. The need for this project arose for us both on the backend of traumatic events in our life.

The desire was that in order to avoid being victim of these events we wanted to take power back through music. Getting the rest of the guys onboard it turned out that this outfit was equally a band as well as a support group. We believe that it also has the potential to be a support group for our listeners.

Within our short lifespan as a band we’ve released our debut EP ‘Dream in color’ and more will follow this spring.

Wildr is energetic and life-affirming music that explodes on stage as well as recorded. We like to think about our songs as a fuze that creates that explosion.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

Be curious first of all – that’s the North Star. Go out an explore the small venues in your vicinity, read the smallest captions on the festival poster line ups and reclaim who is in charge when seeking out new music: you or the algorithm. We profoundly believe that there is an inherent duty, if we want to keep a vibrant and multi-faceted music culture, for everyone – artists, business folk and consumers – to be pro-active and adventurous. Passivity poses the risk of SoMe and streaming services turning everything into an undefinable mush. We acknowledge the democratic potentials of streaming but it requires action for it to flourish. There is a fine line between providing a path to exposure and revenue and then a path towards major cooperation domination.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

A lot of musicians talk about passion. But what people might not recognize is the sheer amounts of time you, as a musician, spend with people around you. Whether it be your bandmates, your manager, label, agent or fans and concert goers. It’s a very social business to be in, and it is our take that you need to reassert that perspective on yourself from time to time. Being a musician can be tough: it is a lot of work with a visibly low chance of succes (in the conventional ‘turning-a-profit’ kind of way), so you need to pull motivation from other areas.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildr_incolor/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556032104607
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BetterFasterSofterWildr

Image Credits
ACPhotos (Anna Clara Isen) Tommy Frost Nicolas Ruberg Simon André