While Giants Sleep started out a year ago and this summer they released their self-titled debut EP. They have their base in Eslöv, Sweden, but the five members have also roots in Norway, Iceland, Finland and Chile.

Musically I find the roots, though, on the other side of The Atlantic Ocean; in post rock,  progressive rock and indie rock. It’s a collection of five well built songs where they paint a rather dark ambience together with the fateful lyrics. A very interesting debut that promises a lot for the future.

You can find While Giants Sleep on their site, on Facebook and on their Bandcamp page you can both listen and download the EP for free.

Wyatt Earp

Navet has released the single “For the Show” from the debut album “Navet”. To make it even more interesting the original song is accompanied by a bunch of great remixes from Familjen, Simian Ghost, Lissi Dancefloor Disaster feat. OWL Vision and Adventure Of.

Here below are two of the tracks. You can find and download the others on Navet’s site or listen on Spotify.

For The Show
For The Show (Simian Ghost remix)

Art Acoustic has released a new single, “Upp till tramp”, which is the official soundtrack for Cykelsamba (“Bike samba”), which started this weekend. Cykelsamba is a manifestation for sustainable progress, in the shape of a bike ride from the south of Sweden up north through the country. You can follow the journey on Cykelsamba’s site.

This is the first song in Swedish by Art Acoustic, and they say that it’s probably not their last. Listen more to Art Acoustic on the Soundcloud page or on their site.

Upp till tramp

The band The Glade released the EP “Dance For Love” this summer. I’m greeted by a warm, wonderful americana; folk rock which in the title track reminds me of Leonard Cohen. Jonas Carping’s voice feels very special, injects calmness and heart to the sound, and with his vibrato he makes the lyrics matter.

Further listening is recommended on their site, Facebook page or on Spotify.

Dance For Love
Arise

Today I’ll present some instrumental music of a different character than the other day. It’s about Conny Olivetti and his latest album “Stratagems”, an album divided into tracks but yet a whole as the songs blend into each other. It feels classic and reminds me of names like Eno and Fripp but also to some extent Roger Waters.

First of all it’s ambient music, which paints pictures in my mind as I sink into the sounds. Sampled voices guide me into the scenes from the theme, which is about war incidents. Conny describes it like this:

The theme for the album was initially to be around “international incidents, but was soon abandoned for a more loose connection to war incidents, past and present.

A strong album, which I will definitely listen to more times. The album is available on Conny Olivetti’s Bandcamp page, where you also can listen to his earlier albums. You can follow his work on his site. Here are two tracks from “Stratagems”:

International Incidents
Narrow-band Imaging