John Åhlin

Music built from the ground up

I'm a composer and sound designer based in Stockholm. I've been working with games and interactive audio since 2017 - writing music and creating sounds that adapts and reacts alongside the player is something I genuinely love doing.

Since going full time, my primary focus has been mobile game audio and web audio development. Lately I've been spending a lot of time on trailer music - there's something satisfying about building tension and impact within a tight format, finding where the music and picture lock together. I also record as John Dunder, an atmospheric synth project.

Guitar is at the heart of most things I make, even when it's buried deep in the mix. I have a soft spot for stringed instruments in general - acoustic and organic textures that I then layer against electronic production and cinematic sound design. That combination is what I keep coming back to.

When I'm not in the studio, I'm usually somewhere in the Swedish wilderness - often overnight, with a field recorder ready.