13 Jan 2026
In Conversation with Stefan Storm. "Let the legend grow and take on importance."
Born in Sweden in 1986, Stefan Storm (http://www.stefanstormmusic.com/) is a songwriter, producer, and artist best known as one half of The Sound of Arrows (https://www.instagram.com/thesoundofarrows/?hl=en). After forming the project in 2006, he quickly signed with a Swedish label and gained international attention when a 2008 track went viral on MySpace, leading to a move to London and deals with Big Life Management and Geffen Records. The debut Sound of Arrows album Voyage (https://open.spotify.com/album/0aqXG4gD9tQvpjfoCothks?si=ft1zyjxUTP6EPS7UL9QkTg) (2011) established him as a visionary in electronic pop.
More recently, he has been producing and writing with artists including Alison Goldfrapp (https://open.spotify.com/album/4pN57ynmI7e8JPA6egj1t8?si=DsAhk4EHST-YEQWAbEFLOQ), Annie, Paola & Chiara, and Jessica Winter, cementing his reputation as a forward-thinking creative force in modern pop.
“It’s not only about how it sounds, it’s about how it looks and what feeling it conveys.”
Thank you to Stefan for being on the podcast. Be sure to follow along with him (https://www.instagram.com/stefanstorm.gif/) on Instagram. Stefan’s full written Ratio & Ritual interview for “Inner Worlds” can be read here (https://ratioandritual.substack.com/p/inner-worlds-with-stefan-storm-in).
Show Notes and Resources:
Editor’s Notes. In the beginning of the conversation, Patrick was thinking of snowshoeing, not cross country skiing. Oops! Also, apparently the new John Waters film is not moving forward—for now (https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/11/14/john-waters-liarmouth-is-no-longer-happening).
Nina Hynes (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6K6HRAFT5XBbrfATR1vnQh?si=9y5xcPryQKulh-sdR-y9Qw), Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain (https://open.spotify.com/album/1SVCM1f5fGypJbIixT1Eed?si=YDp4-1xNQI2rTHi1sdrIhQ), Annie’s Dark Hearts (https://open.spotify.com/album/1dMkUqXlm5b3JxSzBmVIX5?si=EUkUXAWYRfmnNjZOyngn8A), Alison Goldfrapp’s Flux (https://open.spotify.com/album/4pN57ynmI7e8JPA6egj1t8?si=yDXo4EInTvSsPvgg-KlA-A), Soundtrack From Twin Peaks (https://open.spotify.com/album/6iGX2bbzKEocRY0HzdQ9zX?si=mCxlUz3eQF-OrF2heZneMw) by Angelo Badalamenti, The Dark Crystal (https://letterboxd.com/film/the-dark-crystal/), Labyrinth (https://letterboxd.com/film/labyrinth/), Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (https://letterboxd.com/film/the-odyssey-2026/), Bi Gan’s Resurrection (https://letterboxd.com/film/resurrection-2025/), Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (https://letterboxd.com/film/one-battle-after-another/), Train Dreams (https://amzn.to/4qrqxGI) by Denis Johnson (https://amzn.to/4qrqxGI), Train Dreams (https://letterboxd.com/film/train-dreams/) the film, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (https://letterboxd.com/film/frankenstein-2025/), Room to Dream (https://amzn.to/4aXAIOb) by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna (https://amzn.to/4aXAIOb), Catching the Big Fish (https://amzn.to/4sBkj8z) by David Lynch (https://amzn.to/4sBkj8z), Carsick (https://amzn.to/3LEIKRM) by John Waters (https://amzn.to/3LEIKRM), David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (https://letterboxd.com/film/crimes-of-the-future-2022/) and The Shrouds (https://letterboxd.com/film/the-shrouds/), Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (https://letterboxd.com/film/megalopolis-2024/).
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