RIP Swirl

RIP Swirl is the alias of Berlin-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Luka Seifert, whose hazy, downcast music draws from styles such as shoegaze and trip-hop. He started out making purely electronic efforts such as the 2019 EP 9TEEN90, which resembled a homespun, lo-fi version of IDM. He began incorporating more guitars and vocals into his work on releases like the 2022 album Blurry, and 2024's Perfectly Blue was an electronic dream pop record featuring guest appearances from Winter, Maria Somerville, Tanukichan, and others. He collaborated with Ydegirl on the 2025 EP Emo Regulation, and continued releasing tracks like 2026's "Be My" (with Mother Soki). Originally from Hamburg, Seifert became part of the Berlin club scene, playing some of his first gigs as RIP Swirl alongside DJs and producers such as Jacques Greene and Lapalux. He released Possessed, a cassette EP of breakbeat-driven house tracks, in 2018. He signed to Munich-based Public Possession and frequently appeared on their Chill Pill compilations. His first vinyl EP, 9TEEN90, surfaced in 2019, and Hope U R Well followed in 2020, with Sofie Royer and Catnapp making guest appearances. He also collaborated with Fake Laugh under the name Birthday, issuing the synth pop EP Powerhouse. By this point, RIP Swirl's work had begun shifting from abstract dance music to lo-fi dream pop and trip-hop, his 2022 full-length debut, Blurry. Second album Perfectly Blue arrived in 2024, with guest appearances by Winter, Maria Somerville, Alias Error, Tanukichan, and untitled (halo). Seifert contributed to Somerville's 2025 album for 4AD, Luster. He released an EP with Ydegirl titled Emo Regulation. In 2026, he released the songs "Nothing Matters" (with Maresz) and "Be My" (with Mother Soki), continuing in a shoegaze-inspired direction. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi