Welcome
This is not a band.
It is not a single project.
It is a creative universe built by Claes Eklund, where music is created through characters — each with its own voice, personality, and musical identity.
Characters with their own sound worlds
Each name you encounter here represents a distinct musical character.
Instead of forcing every idea into one style or identity, each expression is given its own space to exist naturally.
Examples:
- Whiskey Viper — industrial metal
Mechanical, heavy, and relentless. Cold machinery colliding with human tension. - Dirge For Tyrants — punk
Raw, direct, and uncompromising. Minimal distance between impulse and sound. - Conny Cruisefelt — punk meets rockabilly
Dirty swing, attitude, and humor, with roots in both rebellion and groove. - Classe & Bultknäckarna — classic rock and country
Straightforward, honest, and grounded in tradition, riffs, and storytelling. - Kitty May — focused rock with subtly provocative lyrics
Energy, confidence, and playful edge without becoming obvious. - Raggar-Raffe — rock with twisted wordplay
Inspired by playful lyricism in the spirit of Robert Broberg, filtered through car culture, everyday absurdity, and skewed humor.
In addition, the universe includes:
Velvet Scars, Clay Oak, Stormborne, Klas Du Lence, and Korrupta Körer —
each with its own tone, themes, and emotional language.
An experiment in music and AI
All projects are part of an ongoing experiment and creative playground, focused on developing skills in:
- songwriting
- production
- storytelling
- and using AI as a creative instrument, not a shortcut
The processes are often slow, sometimes contradictory, but always intentional.
AI is used to explore possibilities — never to replace creative responsibility.
Why work with characters?
Because not all ideas sound the same.
Because different stories require different voices.
And because music becomes freer when it doesn’t have to carry everything under one name.
Each project here is allowed to be consistent, clear, and honest — without limiting the others.
A living archive
This is not a finished work.
It is a growing archive of music, personalities, and sound worlds.
Welcome to explore.
Choose a character.
Listen to what that voice has to say.
If you want, we can next:
- write individual landing texts for each character
- create short taglines for cards or menus
- adapt the tone for press, labels, or curators
- or make a more abstract / artistic version
Just tell me how you want the site to feel when someone arrives.
Is this music AI-generated?
Yes — and no.
AI is used as part of the creative process across these projects, but the music is not created instantly or automatically. It is not made by typing “make a song about…” and waiting five minutes for a finished result.
AI is a tool in the process — not the author of the work.
How are the songs actually created?
Each song begins the same way as traditional songwriting:
with an idea, a theme, or a story.
Claes Eklund first develops the concept as a narrative — often one to four pages of text — exploring characters, emotions, atmosphere, and perspective. This story becomes the emotional backbone of the song.
That narrative is then interpreted through multiple creative systems such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and Grok, asking each to transform the story into lyrical form.
Are the lyrics written by AI?
Partially — but never automatically.
The generated lyrics are carefully reviewed.
Sometimes they are discarded entirely and the process starts over.
Other times, fragments from different versions are combined, rewritten, and edited manually.
The final lyrics are always shaped by human judgment, intention, and revision.
How is the music created?
Once the lyrics are finalized, they are brought into Suno, where the musical structure is developed.
Rather than letting the system decide freely, the music is guided in detail:
- descriptions of guitar style, rhythm, and dynamics
- instructions for verses, choruses, and transitions
- sometimes even chord progressions
Every section is deliberately shaped to match the intended mood and character.
Does the system still add its own ideas?
Yes — and that is not always desired.
When unwanted elements appear, the track is processed further using stem-separation tools. Vocals, guitars, drums, and other elements are split into individual tracks.
These tracks are then edited manually in audio software, where unwanted parts are removed, bass lines adjusted, vocals cleaned, and different versions blended together.
Sometimes several imperfect versions exist — and the final song is created by combining only the best moments from each.
Is using AI faster than traditional songwriting?
Not necessarily.
In this process, AI is not a shortcut.
It is closer to learning a new instrument.
Understanding how to guide, shape, reject, and refine the output takes time, experimentation, and experience. The process often takes just as long as traditional songwriting — sometimes longer.
So what role does AI actually play?
AI functions as a creative collaborator — not a replacement for human intent.
It acts as:
- a mirror for ideas
- a generator of alternatives
- a tool for exploration
But every final decision — lyrical, emotional, and musical — is made by a human.
What does this mean for the project as a whole?
These projects exist in the space between intention and interpretation.
Between control and unpredictability.
Between human emotion and evolving digital tools.
The songs are not fixed outputs — they are shaped, questioned, revised, and slowly carved into form.
Over time, as with any craft, the process evolves.
And with each release, the dialogue between human creativity and technology becomes more precise, more personal, and more intentional.