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Jape: ‘A city loses some of its soul if people who make art can’t afford to live in it’. Photo: Anja Egan

Richie Egan has long created music in splendid isolation, locking himself into his home-studio, and keeping workman-like hours.

For more than a decade, the Dubliner has lived in Malmö with his Swedish wife and three young children and, often for days on end, he doesn’t leave home. When he’s not crafting new compositions, he’s immersed in the minutiae of family life, Sweden’s third largest city little more than a back

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