Tracklist: A1 Jaguaren 5:47 A2 Ljusen Har Slocknat I Shanghai 3:40 A3 7/8-ing 4:18 A4 Ibo-Lele 5:19 B1 En Massa Maskrosblad 3:40 B2 Rike Man 3:22 B3 Pappersbruksarbeterskan 1:38 B4 Knut-Arne 4:22 B5 Kvarting 3:56 B6 Det Måste Gå 3:13
Musicians: Bass, Vocals, Percussion, Guitar, Trumpet – Lars Magnus Larsson Drums, Vocals, Guitar – Magnus Nilsson Guitar, Drum, Vocals, Horn – Thomas Karlsson Keyboards, Drums, Vocals, Flute – Niklas Roman Saxophone, Flute, Vocals – Sten Källman Saxophone, Piano, Percussion, Vocals, Congas, Oboe – Hans Nordström
Tracklist: A1 Strumpsläng 1:18 A2 Finsk Sorgmarsch 4:15 A3 Fylke Airport 3:39 A4 Den Tredje Gång Jag Såg Dig 7:17 A5 Långdans Efter Hjort-Anders 1:33 B1 Två Grekiska Låtar 7:16 B2 Rotmos Och Fläskkorv 2:15 B3 Pam-Pam 4:26 B4 Tango Gabardin 2:09
Musicians: Cello, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Electric Organ, Castanets, Tambourine – Ove Karlsson Drums, Wood Block – Bengt Berger Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Electric Organ – Roland Keijser Trumpet, Drums – Torsten Eckerman Violin, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Helicon – Kjell Westling
Tracklist: A1 Stockholms City 3:16 A2a Keops Pyramid 3:40 A2b Bosses Låt 1:45 A3 Att Ta Och Att Ge 4:06 A4 Befria Norden (Med Befria Södern, Du Är Min Ende Vän, Bandiera Rossa) 9:00 B1 Stigarna Leder Hemåt 3:52 B2 Snälle Arbetsförmedlare 3:21 B3 Det Finns Ett Tomrum 2:08 B4a Overtyren Till.... 1:19 B4b Det Persiska Äventyret 9:54
Musicians: Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar – Lasse Englund Bass Guitar – Ove Ström Drums – Leif Fredriksson Electric Guitar – Coste Apetrea Vocals, Effects – Gregory Allan FitzPatrick
Tracklist: A1 Hit The Sky 4:47 A2 Mobil 5:22 A3 Skatan 3:55 A4 I Denna Samling 3:30 B1 Nattliv 5:59 B2 Intensivt 3:17 B3 Ler Där Du Går 5:02 B4 Sliter & Släpar 7:02
Musicians:
Bass, Vocals – Göran Prahl Drums, Instruments [Div. Instrument] – Göran Olsson Drums, Vocals – Thomas Grün Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Bo Anders Holm
Tracklist: A1 Jungfrun I Hollywood 4:31 A2 Brudraggarn 4:23 A3 Apollo 4:46 A4 Utan En Enda Replik 6:31 B1 Stjärnorna Har Makten 7:23 B2 Monsterparade 4:43 B3 Lögnens Poesi 6:32
Musicians: Bass – Lasse Frennessen Drums – Olle Romo Guitar – Björn Greder Percussion – Steve Shehan Vocals, Piano – Bengt Skogsholt
Tracklist: 1 New Foundation 6:09 2 Running With The Stars 7:16 3 Is It All Too Late 5:05 4 Future Is The Time (Hymn) 6:03 5 The Manticore Theme 6:07 6 Private Show 8:02 7 The Maiden 11:35 8 The Way Of The Seasons 2:31 9 Sin Of Origin 5:13 10 Time To Fly 4:34
Tracklist: A1 En Kungens Man 2:58 A2 Kavaljersvisa Från Värmland 3:49 A3 Jag Är Som Jag Är 3:15 A4 Ebon Lundin 2:06 A5 Månen 3:57 A6 Svensk Sås 4:18 B1 Vad Visste Vi 4:39 B2 Lotus Och Casanova 5:49 B3 Moder Svea 4:17 B4 Och Ängeln Föddes 2:35 B5 Nu Vi Ser Vårt Land 1:59
Musicians: Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Per Johansson Drums – Jörgen Johansson Guitar – Lars Ekholm Acoustic Guitar – Björn Afzelius Keyboards – Bosse Norgren Flute – Björn J:Son Lindh Voice – lMonica Törnell Saxophone – Peter Caudwell Vibraphone – Janne Bandel Percussion – Okay Temiz Backing Vocals – Bosse Norgren, Jörgen Johansson
Tracklist: A1 Lover Of The Moon 10:00 A2 Butterfly 4:23 A3 Lazy Waves 7:20 B1 High Wind 5:12 B2 Vanity 5:53 B3 Between Night And Day 5:33 B4 This Day 6:14
Musicians: Alto Saxophone – Mats Holmquist Cello – Åsa Forsberg Composed By, Conductor – Mats Holmquist Electric Bass – Bosse Persson Ensemble – Labyrinth, Sophisticated Ladies Piano – Jan Switz Viola – Mona Bengtsson Violin – Christina Sunnerstam, Ulrika Jansson Vocals – Lena Willemark
Tracklist: A1 Eat Your Heart Out 7:40 A2 Låt 3:01 A3 Låt Bli 7:29 A4 Bistro 3:08 B1 Edgy Miss Fidgety 5:39 B2 E Slowly, E Slowly 6:57 B3 The Very End 4:54
Musicians: Drums, Percussion – Deva Lars Beijom Electric Bass – Kåre Ström Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Johan Norberg Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Hector Bingert Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Wojtek Ernest Trombone – Erling Kroner Trombone, Violin, Alto Saxophone – Waldemar Hajer Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Tim Hagans
Brooklyn based composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell (Foetus, Manorexia, Xordox) - who has collaborated with the likes of Zola Jesus, Melvins, Swans, Kronos Quartet and many others, and is the composer for the highly acclaimed animated TV series ‘Archer’ and 'Venture Bros’ - and Swedish multi-instrumentalist and theatre music composer Simon Steensland collaborate on a new album Oscillospira.
Different yet complementary, both creators make idiosyncratic music that can be characterised by dramatic intensity, shadowy suspense, darkness and light, sometimes breathtaking and always evocative cinematics. Oscillospira is an odyssey of dark chamber prog with a cinematic bent, largely instrumental album with eerie choral parts.
JG Thirlwell and Simon Steensland's journey together first began in 2017 in Stockholm at a workshop for the Great Learning Orchestra, a collective that operate on the model of an experimental music ensemble from the late 60s, Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra, using musicians from a variety of backgrounds and abilities.
JG Thirlwell recounts "I had been a fan of Steensland’s work for some years through his albums like Led Circus and Fat Again. I admired the dark power in his work and it seemed adjacent to a lot of music that I love and inspires me - groups in the Rock in Opposition and Zeuhl worlds such as Magma, Univers Zero and Present, as well as 70’s era King Crimson and Bartok."
Taking JG Thirlwell's commission for Great Learning Orchestra as a starting point, the pair exchanged ideas and extended the work into a new collaboration which eventually became Oscillospira. The extraordinary drummer Morgan Ågren (Mats/Morgan band, Zappa, Devin Townsend etc) plays on all the tracks, bringing them to life in an explosive manner. The record also includes contributions from a variety of guest musicians playing oboe, bass clarinet, violin, voice and further sonic embellishments to enrich the album.
Tracklist: 1. Initiation (5:00) 2. The Find (1:27) 3. The Interpreter (11:52) 4. 33 Years (8:42) 5. The Ciceron (4:42) 6. The Aged (5:40) 7. Present (2:00) 8. The 8th Wonder (1:59)
Musicians: Tommy Nilsson / guitar (1,3-5,7) Mats Johansson / keyboards, arrangements (2,8) Jan Severinsson / keyboards, vibes, marimba Bengt Johansson / electronic winds (3), percussion (3,5,6), congas (1), drums (8) Christian Jerhov / orchestral arrangements Fredrik Janacek / bass, rhythm guitar (5), vocals (1,6) Kjell Severinsson / drums, percussion
With: Kina Svensson / vocals (1,6) Martin Jönsson / vocals (1,2,4-6) Ika Nord / vocals (2) Almaz Yebio / vocals (8) Bo Schunnesson / vocals (8) Magnus Evertsson / vocals (8) Mattias Frisk / vocals (8) Tanja Olsson / vocals (8) Torgny Centre / vocals (8) Jan-Erik Sääf / vocal arrangements (8) Jan Schaffer / guitar (1,2,5,6), arrangements (4) Björn J:Son Lindh / flute (6) Fredrik Larnemo / programming, keyboards & arrangements (7)
Hallandsensemblen Orchestra (3-6,8): Allan Hansen / string bass Dan Göransson / bassoon Gunnar Thörnqvist / clarinet Krister Olsson / flute Kitty Langmeen / French horn Per Pettersson / French horn Christer Agardson / oboe, cor Anglais Jan Svensson / viola Carl Rosell / violin Jacob De Verdier / violin
Keyboards – - Tomas Bodin (3) Keyboards & accordion – Stefan Karlsson (10) Bass – Stomu Imazawa (4)
In 1996 Stefan Carlsson parted ways with Ensemble Nimbus, although he was present as a guest on the band's second album ''Scapegoat'' (1998, TonArt Production/Record Heaven).Most of the keyboard parts were played Håkan Almkvist with special guests Stomu Imazawa on bass and Tomas Bodin on keyboards.This was a less chaotic and more focused R.I.O. effort by the Swedish combo, heavily influnced by Univers Zero and Samla Mammas Manna, with leading instruments being the bass, drums, strings and keyborards, although there are some ice-cold guitar moves in here with a definite King Crimson edge.Despite a more compact style, Ensemble Nimbus' music remains odd, mysterious and at moments dark.Suprising dissonances, dives into Chamber Music with omnipresent violin/viola parts by Kirk Chilton, unusual keyboard lines and light piano themes and a mechanical rhythm section.The arrangements are trully professional with lots of intstrumental intercations, bizarre breaks into experimental soundscapes and more clean Chamber-like orchestrations.A solid, deeply progressive R.I.O. effort. (apps79)
Live soundboard recording of Anekdoten – Live At NEARfest 200 is from June 17, 2000. It was recorded at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Tracklist: 1. Elisabiten (7:12) 2. På Gata (14:10) 3. Blå Vardag (6:56) 4. Gånglåt (2:52) 5. Den Vita Tranans Väg (7:18) Bonus tracks on 1995 CD release: 6. Björnstorp / Björn's Croft (6:17) * 7. Hemifrån / From Home (7:50) # 8. Sebastian / Sebastian (4:31) $
* Taken from LP "Mosaik" (1982) # Composed 1977, recorded live-in-studio 1995 $ Rehearsal at Swedish Broadcasting in 1978
Musicians: Janne Persson / guitar, congas, cymbal, flute & Mellotron (6) Björn Ekborn / organ, piano, synth, clavinet, Mellotron, Rhodes Erik Björn Nielsen / synth, Mellotron, Rhodes, organ, piano Uffe Hedlund / bass, bass pedals, guitar Micke Pinotti / drums
Atlas were a late-70's Swedish band I'd heard talk of for some time, quoted alongside the likes of Kaipa and Dice, as one of best progressives of the era. So, naturally I was quite keen to hear this reissue. An instrumental progressive fronted by two keyboardists, their style was quite a melting pot, many atypical Swedish touches, though often relating close to Dutch styles (i.e. Finch, Focus, Trace, etc.) with vague touches of Canterbury feeling (hints of National Health, Gilgamesh, et al) in some of the moodier pieces. Atlas were indeed a fine band, with a good sense of texture and arrangement, with a sedate feel between classical and jazz fusion styles, only occasionally breaking out at all dynamically. Also included on the CD are three bonus tracks, one by the later incarnation of the band as Mosaik, an early rehearsal session and a track from a recent reunion. It all adds up to a great value release! review by Alan Freeman from Audion magazine 33 (1995).
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