Glam Sam and His Combo


Glam Sam and His Combo is an electronic music project by Mats Samuelsson from Stockholm, Sweden.

History

Mats Samuelsson, born in 1965 in Linköping, first played in an indie-jazz pop duo and then went back to university. Later on he has been working as journalist and free author. In 2008 he developed the idea of Glam Sam and His Combo as a jazzy-funky music project with himself acting as Glam Sam. The debut Groovy was released at Lemongrassmusic in 2009.
The German label discovered the Swedish producer and signed him immediately. The longplayer which unites elements of jazz, funk, rock, hip hop techno and disco sounds has received good critiques.
After the release of the single "The Last Days of Disco", the second album The Paradise Groove was released in summer 2010 placing particular emphasis on serving the dancefloor. Critiques in many countries were all positive.
In January 2012, the EP The Riviera Sessions was released, containing more jazz and downtempo elements than the previous releases. Several EP releases followed, as well as a greatest hits compilation and then, in 2015, a new album called Stockholm City Soul emerged. Mr Glam Sam continued to release singles in the following years but focused more on his fiction writing.
In the beginning of 2023 he entered his Coolsville Sounds Studio again to produce tracks for his comeback. The cool and jazzy groove of Lost In The Art World was released on 10 March and immediately got airplay on quality soul and jazz stations in England such as Solar Radio and Jazz FM. The year of 2023 saw several new releases from the producer, and in january 2024 he released the jazzy dance-floor groove "The Challenge".
In the summer of 2025 Glam Sam And His Combo, the Swedish groove-jazz mastermind, joined forces with UK singer-songwriter Angelina for an exciting new collaboration. A new EP, Runaway Trains/Blood Red Stone, was released on August 27th, 2025. A fusion of jazz, funk, folk and blues, this dynamic project offers a unique musical journey that stretches across four tracks born from two originals, showcasing the versatile talents of both artists. A double A-side single, called Talk In Colour, soon followed as well as the soulful "Sweet Summer Nights", another shiny double A-side single. Glam Sam and Angelina have new grooves in the works. More to come!
The new songs soon got airplay on Jazz FM in the UK, Solar Radio and CJSW to name a few. The singles got rave reviews from bloggers and reviewers in , , , , and , to name a few.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • 2012: The Riviera Sessions
  • 2012: The Brooklyn Sessions
  • 2013: The Coolsville Sessions
  • 2013: Disco Will Never Die
  • 2025: ''Runaway Trains/Blood Red Stone''

Singles

  • 2010: "The Last Days of Disco" feat. Biker Boy
  • 2017: "Modern Classics, Vol. 1"
  • 2017: "Modern Classics, Vol. 2"
  • 2017: "Modern Classics, Vol. 3"
  • 2018: "Fly Cool, Fly High"
  • 2020: "The Concept Of The Boogie"
  • 2020: "Back From The Future"
  • 2023: "Lost In The Art World"
  • 2023: "Private Detective Funk"
  • 2023: "Live And Shine"
  • 2024: "The Challenge"
  • 2025: "Talk In Colour"
  • 2025: "Sweet Summer Nights"