Bror Forsgren – “Narcissus”

November 10, 2015 at 5:26 pm

Bror Forsgren

The Norwegian musician Bror Forsgren is most known for his engagement in bands like Jagga Jazzist, Lionheart Brothers and Silence the Foe. This Autumn he released his first album as a solo artist: “Narcissus”. Inspired by Scott Walker’s experimental compositions he has created his own melting pot of pop and symphonic music. I hear traces of pop from the 60’s and the 70’s, from sunny Beach Boys-vibes to playful turns á la 10cc, all dressed in orchestral arrangements, often grand-sounding, sometimes complex and with his own twist to the songwriting. Here’s a taste in the shape of the single “In a Time When God Was One”:

Bror Forsgren’s site – on Facebookon Spotifyon Apple Music

Eyemouth – “Noera Genesis”

October 21, 2015 at 4:29 pm

Eyemouth

Eyemouth came out of the electronica band Estrange, where some of the members had created songs mixing electronica and organic instruments and therefore neeeded a new platform for this. This year they have released three EP:s, where the latest one “Noera Genesis”, was launched this Autumn.

It’s undeniably a dark album with a sound that draws dystopic inner and outer soundscapes, and which generally has a theatrical, dramatic touch, especially when the vocals come in. The music is incredibly manyfaceted and you can hear vibes from many directions including artrock, postpunk, drone and ambient electronica. It’s unique, eventful and quite fascinating, and as far as I have listened, each EP release seems to explore a different atmosphere. They have announced that they will release another EP before the year is over.

Eyemouths site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Apple Music

Sagan Om Alltings Förträfflighet – “6 år” premiere

October 16, 2015 at 2:06 pm

Sagan Om Alltings Förträfflighet

I have a premiere for you today as well. The producer and songwriter Joakim Persson has created the project Sagan om Alltings Förträfflighet and is releasing the 18 minute long piece “6 år” today. If you follow this blog you have heard Joakim before in the bands Tiny Union and  Century Of Ecstasy, but this is something completely different, and I recommend you to read the background story below before you listen.

This “instrumental lofi-monster with elements of poetry”, as he describes it, was created after he had browsed through 10 year old notes from a very dark period of his life. He continues:

“I was tired of everything and I decided to give myself 6 years to sort out my life and my feelings. During that time I scribbled down cryptic fragments of texts in my notebook. The music is an interpretation of the various phases of depression and in the end the idea of the 6 year period gets a bit blurred, and you can sense that the mist finally disperse and disappears.
The song also comes with an instruction of how to experience it: in solitude, standing by a window. Then the music becomes a dystopic soundtrack to everyday phenomenons and twist them into something very disturbing.”
(transl. from Swedish)

This is hardly some easy listening, but a fascinating and naked characterization of something hard and difficult in the lives of many people. Earlier this year Joakim released a debut album under the same project name, with songs of a totally different character, and next year he’s planning to release an electronic pop album, he says.

Site – på Facebook – on Spotifyon Apple Music

Lindblom & Lindblom – “Strom” (stumbild version by Sonds)

September 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm

Last year I hosted a premiere here on the blog with the cool noise rockers Lindblom & Lindblom, as they released their album “Sturm und Drang”. Their ambition is to release all songs as individual singles as well, and then accompanied by other song versions. Here the experimental electronica artist Sonds (also member of Ravga, Them Teeth) show his interpretation of “Strom”, together with a video reflecting what’s going on in the track. You can also listen to the original track here below. Robert from the band adds:

… another thing that’s familiar from the original song is the drum beat which lies embedded in the track, torned apart, but recognizable, and a guide for me to where we are in the song. I can imagine that someone whos relation to the song is not as strong as mine, get a more bewildered experience of what’s going on. I must say that it took a while for me to “get it”, but after a few spins I saw the structure and understood how the parts connect. Rather catchy actually. The video is almost entirely about reflecting what’s happening with the sound in the track and can serve as a hand rail for new listeners to embrace the noise.

Lindblom & Lindblom on Facebook – on Spotifyon Apple Music – on Bandcamp

Aeld – “Snygga ögon” EP

July 9, 2015 at 4:41 pm

Aeld

Aeld is a duo consisting of the artist Anna Lindvall and the mathematician and engineer Lars Mats. Last month they released their debut EP “Snygga Ögon”, a different, fascinating record which spans over catchy, melodic synth pop tunes to experimental electronica with analogue-sounding, dark, muffled synths. They write that it’s primarily a collaboration over distance where for example the title track was written while one of them was in Japan and the other one on Öland in Sweden. Taste two of the songs here below.

Aeld on Spotifyon Apple Musicon Bandcamp

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