Born 1974 in southern Sweden, Johan Kotlinski a.k.a. Role Model grew up on a semi-deserted island in the Baltic Sea. He started producing music on his Amiga in 1993. After some rough years putting out demotapes, he founded the Bleepstreet label, where the CDR album 'Wiping Out' was released 1998. Later on promoting his tracks on MP3.com or the Micromusic netlabel, his tracks began to be known worldwide...

Besides from his music, Johan is also known for programming the Little Sound Dj music editor for the Gameboy. This software was first released in 2000, and soon grew to be the program of choice for a big number of underground 4-bit musicians over the world.