Hampus Lindwall

Hampus Lindwall is an organist, improviser, composer, and sound artist whose work bridges contemporary music, experimental sound art, and electronic practices. A former student of Rolande Falcinelli, he has been organiste titulaire at the Church of Saint-Esprit in Paris since 2005—a position once held by Jeanne Demessieux—and taught improvisation at IMEP in Namur from 2018 to 2023.

Lindwall is internationally active as a performer and collaborator. He has premiered works by Cory Arcangel, Tarek Atoui, Noriko Baba, Raphaël Cendo, Phill Niblock, Mark Fell, Mauro Lanza, Stephen O’Malley, and many others, and performs regularly across Europe, North America, and China. His recordings appear on labels such as Ideologic Organ, Blank Forms, SUPERPANG, Matière-Mémoire, Clean Feed, and Ligia Digital.

His 2025 album Brace for Impact (Ideologic Organ), recorded on a monumental organ in Düsseldorf with guest guitarist Stephen O’Malley, was described by The Quietus as “drawing influence from everything from Xenakis to metal to rave,” and by Boomkat as “post-internet organ music… informed by algorithmic processes.”

Born in Stockholm in 1976, Lindwall began as a guitarist in rock, metal, and jazz bands before turning to the organ. He studied in Stockholm, then in Paris and Lyon, and was awarded first prizes at the Saarbrücken and Strasbourg improvisation competitions. His work merges historic instruments with experimental composition, digital processes, and a deep engagement with sound as both material and concept.