Real name: Catharina Jaunviksna

Effective period / Period of releases: 2021 - 2022

Behind the moniker Badlands stands Swedish producer, composer & sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna. With a wide inspirational range from post punk to warehouse techno-like ambiences, she makes lush and alluring tracks rooted in vintage synths and drum machines, gritty pedal work, club beats and organic orchestration. The DIY approach is crucial to the distinct Badlands sound, where Jaunviksna exclusively writes, records, produces and mixes all material. She is the founder of the electronic record label, arts platform and production company RITE, based in Tambourine Studios in Malmö, Sweden, from where she also makes original music and sound designs for film and theater, transboundary arts and documentary, as well as production, remixes and mix work for other labels and artists.