Introducing: The trio to know

Who? One third of Stockholm's Studio Barnhus collective, alongside Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist
Sounds like? Big, bouncy, melodic house

If you're not yet familiar with Swedish producer Kornél Kovács, you soon will be. Last year's 'Szikra', with its gently bouncing keys and cheeky refrain of "Let's get fucked up" was an anthem for those of a certain disposition and his 'Radio Koko' EP, recently dropped on Numbers, is one of the most captivating and quietly innovative house releases we've heard all year. But while the 29-year-old is on a roll, he's far from an overnight sensation. Born in Sweden to Hungarian parents, it was a series of bootleg tapes of Kraftwerk, coupled with weekly piano lessons and a role as a boy soprano that first put music firmly at the centre of his life.

"My dad would give me mixtapes and really influenced my taste", he says, "but it was my mum who really pushed me towards taking music seriously."

At 11 he fell for d'n'b – then in its mid-90s creative flush – and made the move from soprano to budding DJ.

"I was a chubby 11-year-old kid who'd go into the record store, listen to every release and buy one each week," he says. "I think the clerks found it quite funny. I became a mascot for them, and they showed me the ropes."

Kornél built a career in Stockholm as a DJ, radio presenter and sometime music journalist, but it was when he moved into a studio with Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist and the three set up the Studio Barnhus label that things really took off. "We began crashing each other's DJ gigs and realised how easy putting records out was," he says. We're glad he worked it out. Sean Griffiths