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Hi everybody!
The concert at Boo Folkets Hus in Orminge on Sunday went very well! We played EOD, Align, Nuclear War, Little Vienna and Tax Vobiscum. The first clip is Align.
The line-up consisted of:
Me on the bass and on vocals
Peter Åkerberg on guitar
Thomas Berglund on guitar
Janne Kullhammar on drums
and
Bill Öhrström on percussion
Everybody played their best and it became an interesting musical experience. It seemed as if the audience liked it as well. Although there were no keyboards and Anders was not playing the drums the Reform sound was maintained. It is always a nice experience to play with dedicated musicians. The music may never come in second hand!
Enjoy!
Jesper
lördagen den 25:e februari 2012
söndagen den 5:e februari 2012
A gig at Boo Folkets Hus plus Andromeda
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After the great gig at Klubben Fryshuset we will do another gig on the 19th of this month at Boo Folkets Hus at 14h. This gig will be made in a more old school Reform way. This means that there will be some surprises when it comes to the line-up. I can tell you that Anders and Magnus are unfortunately out of town and will be substituted by Janne Kullhammar and Thomas Berglund. Bill Öhrström will also participate on harmonica and percussion. It will be a great happening! There will be a few more guests! Welcome!
Yesterday Lars-Johan and I continued the work at Andromeda with Ralph Lundsten. We recorded two more pieces, Agent of Paradise and Citadels of Mystery. They came out great and on Tuesdays the mixing will take place at Andromeda. I have now been in contact with some interesting and interested creators, composers and musicians in order to lay the ground work for the interpretations of Ralph's work.
Here follow some pictures.
A beautiful musical box
Me contemplating the recording progress.
Lars-Johan staring ou through the coloured windows while listening.
A happy dream master.
Happy Harold following the score.
With love to everyone!
Jesper
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After the great gig at Klubben Fryshuset we will do another gig on the 19th of this month at Boo Folkets Hus at 14h. This gig will be made in a more old school Reform way. This means that there will be some surprises when it comes to the line-up. I can tell you that Anders and Magnus are unfortunately out of town and will be substituted by Janne Kullhammar and Thomas Berglund. Bill Öhrström will also participate on harmonica and percussion. It will be a great happening! There will be a few more guests! Welcome!
Yesterday Lars-Johan and I continued the work at Andromeda with Ralph Lundsten. We recorded two more pieces, Agent of Paradise and Citadels of Mystery. They came out great and on Tuesdays the mixing will take place at Andromeda. I have now been in contact with some interesting and interested creators, composers and musicians in order to lay the ground work for the interpretations of Ralph's work.
Here follow some pictures.
A beautiful musical box
Me contemplating the recording progress.
Lars-Johan staring ou through the coloured windows while listening.
A happy dream master.
Happy Harold following the score.
With love to everyone!
Jesper
torsdagen den 26:e januari 2012
Reform Live at Klubben Fryshuset
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Finally a very well rehearsed Reform entered the stage at Klubben Fryshuset on January 20th. There was a three tune set consisting of Align, a new tune called EOD (Esoteric Order of Dagon) and Nuclear War. We wanted to be a bit more extroverted this time around without laying back on our original sound and style. It went very well, in our opinion at least. We flowed through the set very smoothly but attitude and accuracy. It is important to stick to the originality of the band but considering the very limited opportunities for a psychedelic jazz rock band to play live it is very important to be adaptive also.
Here are some photos from the concert:
And here are the videos:
Align
EOD
Nuclear War
Take care and take care of the art! It won't be there if we don't share our imagination!
Jesper
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Finally a very well rehearsed Reform entered the stage at Klubben Fryshuset on January 20th. There was a three tune set consisting of Align, a new tune called EOD (Esoteric Order of Dagon) and Nuclear War. We wanted to be a bit more extroverted this time around without laying back on our original sound and style. It went very well, in our opinion at least. We flowed through the set very smoothly but attitude and accuracy. It is important to stick to the originality of the band but considering the very limited opportunities for a psychedelic jazz rock band to play live it is very important to be adaptive also.
Here are some photos from the concert:
And here are the videos:
Align
EOD
Nuclear War
Take care and take care of the art! It won't be there if we don't share our imagination!
Jesper
fredagen den 23:e december 2011
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!!
Everything is now set with the first Emergenza gig.
Klubben Fryshuset January 20th. There will be many good bands playing.
We have had two great rehearsals since last and we have decided to include Align and Nuclear War in the set. There will probably be a new tune included as well.
See you next year!
Take care and let the music flow!
Jesper
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!!
Everything is now set with the first Emergenza gig.
Klubben Fryshuset January 20th. There will be many good bands playing.
We have had two great rehearsals since last and we have decided to include Align and Nuclear War in the set. There will probably be a new tune included as well.
See you next year!
Take care and let the music flow!
Jesper
måndagen den 5:e december 2011
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Hi there all reformed friends!
Because of various reasons we have been laying low for a while. The work with the new record was more exhausting than we thought it was. We have had a bit of what is called post performance depression, PPD. The record has been very well received, but the psychedelic jazz rock business is not a brisk one. Therefor it is important to have a new goal to aim for. We have decided that we will concentrate on new songs and the ones we like the best from the album. We will try to develop new interesting sounds and approaches to our music so we do not get stuck.
We had a rehearsal last Tuesday and we actually made two new tunes. Very satisfying and relieving! I feel we have strength now and I hope that in a not so distant future we will do a release concert for Reveries of Reform.
It was really nice playing the Live at Festival in Örebro. We have decided to play the Emergenza Festival here in Stockholm. From what I know this festival is mainly for new hungry rock bands that want to reach out. I talked to the festival board about our participation and they actually assured me that we would not be completely out of the festival frame. On Tuesday, before we rehearse, we will do a promo photo shoot! Great!
Here is a newly edited video from last time we played the South Side Pub. Janne Kullhammar had never played the tune, The Faithful, but made a great interpretation anyway. There was not enough video recorded so a sequence from the movie 2001 has been made to work as a substitute. Enjoy!
Over to reform related matters:
On Saturday October 29th me and my long time friend Lars-Johan Brännmarkinitiated the work with Ralph Lundsten's new music. It will a multi musical experience where musical worlds meet and collide. All based on, as it seems, three new pieces by Ralph. The working title is River of Time.
The Andromeda studio is really something special, something completely out of the ordinary. We located everything and Ralph taught us how he use to work. Very interesting! Although Lars-Johan is a great engineer all this took quite a while.
On the 3rd of December we returned to begin the recording session. Ralph had prepared everything with choosing his sounds and by SMPTE coding a tape plus having constructed a very complicated background consisting of "cosmic noise". After having synchronized the computer with the 32-channel tape recorder the recording happened accordingly:
1. The midi signals from the piece were transferred to Ralph synthesizer unit where he mixed sounds from different modules.
2. The midi with the new sounds were recorded onto the tape in order to get the analog warmth. This process was made for every midi channel.
3. The music, now on tape, was in turn transferred back as audio tracks to the computer.
A very interesting and unique process. Well tried out to gain the best musical result.
Hope everything turns out well!
Take care!
Jesper
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Hi there all reformed friends!
Because of various reasons we have been laying low for a while. The work with the new record was more exhausting than we thought it was. We have had a bit of what is called post performance depression, PPD. The record has been very well received, but the psychedelic jazz rock business is not a brisk one. Therefor it is important to have a new goal to aim for. We have decided that we will concentrate on new songs and the ones we like the best from the album. We will try to develop new interesting sounds and approaches to our music so we do not get stuck.
We had a rehearsal last Tuesday and we actually made two new tunes. Very satisfying and relieving! I feel we have strength now and I hope that in a not so distant future we will do a release concert for Reveries of Reform.
It was really nice playing the Live at Festival in Örebro. We have decided to play the Emergenza Festival here in Stockholm. From what I know this festival is mainly for new hungry rock bands that want to reach out. I talked to the festival board about our participation and they actually assured me that we would not be completely out of the festival frame. On Tuesday, before we rehearse, we will do a promo photo shoot! Great!
Here is a newly edited video from last time we played the South Side Pub. Janne Kullhammar had never played the tune, The Faithful, but made a great interpretation anyway. There was not enough video recorded so a sequence from the movie 2001 has been made to work as a substitute. Enjoy!
Over to reform related matters:
On Saturday October 29th me and my long time friend Lars-Johan Brännmarkinitiated the work with Ralph Lundsten's new music. It will a multi musical experience where musical worlds meet and collide. All based on, as it seems, three new pieces by Ralph. The working title is River of Time.
The Andromeda studio is really something special, something completely out of the ordinary. We located everything and Ralph taught us how he use to work. Very interesting! Although Lars-Johan is a great engineer all this took quite a while.
On the 3rd of December we returned to begin the recording session. Ralph had prepared everything with choosing his sounds and by SMPTE coding a tape plus having constructed a very complicated background consisting of "cosmic noise". After having synchronized the computer with the 32-channel tape recorder the recording happened accordingly:
1. The midi signals from the piece were transferred to Ralph synthesizer unit where he mixed sounds from different modules.
2. The midi with the new sounds were recorded onto the tape in order to get the analog warmth. This process was made for every midi channel.
3. The music, now on tape, was in turn transferred back as audio tracks to the computer.
A very interesting and unique process. Well tried out to gain the best musical result.
Hope everything turns out well!
Take care!
Jesper
söndagen den 2:e oktober 2011
The complete set from Live At Heart on September 16 + Two New Videos
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Dear fellow reformers!
It has been a hectic time, as always in the psychedelic jazz rock business. Three gigs in two months! Life is great!!!
Junikullen, Live At Heart and Southside Pub.
Live At Heart went great and we are really proud of the concert consisting of four tunes. Although the hour was late, 2400h, when we started playing we felt up to it and everybody played great. I had brought some copies of the new album and the nice audience bought some of them. The gig was recorded by Sveriges Radio Örebro and that recording has been merged with the one I myself did with my DAT-tape recorder. The result is very satisfying and I am proud of the crew. Magnus could not accompany us, but Thomas could, and can he play or what? Great work!
Here are the tunes:
Spooky Tax
Little Vienna
The Faithful
Madame Riot Lajath
I also give you Madame Riot Lajath from Junikullen on August 27, where we actually perform as the sextet we are meant to be, in my opinion. The were some trouble with the sound and Mattias could not hear what he was playing, but that's the way it is when you are playing live.
Last, but not least I will present you with something that we are going to do much more often. This is a jam that we played at Southside Pub on September 24. I call it Happy Tax since the tunes we jam around are Tax Vobiscum and Happy Landing. Although there is a short break between the tunes I seem them as one complete unity and therefore they are presented as one track/video of 21 minutes.
Janne Kullhammar had the kindness to join us this night since Anders was occupied elsewhere. We performed as a quintet with me on bass, Mattias and Magnus on Keyboards and Peter on guitar. Janne did a great job!
In my opinion, this is the way Reform should function; the jamming should be the focus and lead into the different tunes. We have moved towards the songs being the core for jamming, which is also interesting.
I though strongly believe that the most important ingredients in this type of music is energy and magic and a musician usually receives energy and magic where the "known" stops to be a parameter. Then the band is suddenly outside the perimeter of where the playing is intellectual. We suddenly feel and share the same awareness. This awareness tells us:
-Since you have crossed into unknown territory you must try to get to know it and find the way out, together.
Music is a holy entity and it has to be treated as such!
At least, that is what I believe.
Take care and be aware
Jesper
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Dear fellow reformers!
It has been a hectic time, as always in the psychedelic jazz rock business. Three gigs in two months! Life is great!!!
Junikullen, Live At Heart and Southside Pub.
Live At Heart went great and we are really proud of the concert consisting of four tunes. Although the hour was late, 2400h, when we started playing we felt up to it and everybody played great. I had brought some copies of the new album and the nice audience bought some of them. The gig was recorded by Sveriges Radio Örebro and that recording has been merged with the one I myself did with my DAT-tape recorder. The result is very satisfying and I am proud of the crew. Magnus could not accompany us, but Thomas could, and can he play or what? Great work!
Here are the tunes:
Spooky Tax
Little Vienna
The Faithful
Madame Riot Lajath
I also give you Madame Riot Lajath from Junikullen on August 27, where we actually perform as the sextet we are meant to be, in my opinion. The were some trouble with the sound and Mattias could not hear what he was playing, but that's the way it is when you are playing live.
Last, but not least I will present you with something that we are going to do much more often. This is a jam that we played at Southside Pub on September 24. I call it Happy Tax since the tunes we jam around are Tax Vobiscum and Happy Landing. Although there is a short break between the tunes I seem them as one complete unity and therefore they are presented as one track/video of 21 minutes.
Janne Kullhammar had the kindness to join us this night since Anders was occupied elsewhere. We performed as a quintet with me on bass, Mattias and Magnus on Keyboards and Peter on guitar. Janne did a great job!
In my opinion, this is the way Reform should function; the jamming should be the focus and lead into the different tunes. We have moved towards the songs being the core for jamming, which is also interesting.
I though strongly believe that the most important ingredients in this type of music is energy and magic and a musician usually receives energy and magic where the "known" stops to be a parameter. Then the band is suddenly outside the perimeter of where the playing is intellectual. We suddenly feel and share the same awareness. This awareness tells us:
-Since you have crossed into unknown territory you must try to get to know it and find the way out, together.
Music is a holy entity and it has to be treated as such!
At least, that is what I believe.
Take care and be aware
Jesper
torsdagen den 15:e september 2011
Live at Heart bjuder exklusivt in er artister till seminarier och
andra aktiviteter som går parallelt under festivalen.
begränsat antal personer.
FREDAG 16/9, HOTEL CLARION
Musiksverige och Sponsrings- &
Eventföreningen presenterar sin nya rapport ”Musik-
och eventbranscherna på frammarsch – en studie av
framtidstro och kompetensbehov”. Rapporten är den
första någonsin i sitt slag och beskriver branschernas
behov av kompetens och syn på tillväxt de kommande fem
åren.
LÖRDAG 17/9, HOTEL
CLARIONMusikhögskolan och musikproduktionsutbildningen vid
Örebro Universitet presenterar: Seminarier/workshops i
songwriting och produktion! Seminarierna är endast
öppna för festivalens artister (de som bär
artistpass) och ackrediterade delegater.
Ingen anmälan
krävs, men kom i tid!
11:00 Play Productions (ett
producent/låtskrivarteam som jobbat med t.ex.
MartinStenmarck, Susan Boyle och Kumi Koda) berättar bl.a.
om hur deras arbete går till och hur man jobbar mot ett
förlag.
13:00 Paneldebatt med bland andra
Anders Hjelmtorp (Export Music Sweden), Håkan Olsson
(Rootsy.nu), Janne Granvik (Musikerförbundet), Patrik
Larsson (Headlock Management), Annika Fehling (artist). Moderator
för debattenär Claes Olson, Musikindustrin.
15:00 Per
Aldeheim (Lambretta, Nick Carter, Def Leppard) berättar om
hur hitlåtenblir till. Varför är vissa
låtskrivare så framgångsrika?
MUSIK- OCH
SKIVMARKNADMissa heller inte 4Sounds musikmarknad och Banana Moons
skivmarknad på Kulturhuset på lördagen.
andra aktiviteter som går parallelt under festivalen.
begränsat antal personer.
FREDAG 16/9, HOTEL CLARION
Musiksverige och Sponsrings- &
Eventföreningen presenterar sin nya rapport ”Musik-
och eventbranscherna på frammarsch – en studie av
framtidstro och kompetensbehov”. Rapporten är den
första någonsin i sitt slag och beskriver branschernas
behov av kompetens och syn på tillväxt de kommande fem
åren.
LÖRDAG 17/9, HOTEL
CLARIONMusikhögskolan och musikproduktionsutbildningen vid
Örebro Universitet presenterar: Seminarier/workshops i
songwriting och produktion! Seminarierna är endast
öppna för festivalens artister (de som bär
artistpass) och ackrediterade delegater.
Ingen anmälan
krävs, men kom i tid!
11:00 Play Productions (ett
producent/låtskrivarteam som jobbat med t.ex.
MartinStenmarck, Susan Boyle och Kumi Koda) berättar bl.a.
om hur deras arbete går till och hur man jobbar mot ett
förlag.
13:00 Paneldebatt med bland andra
Anders Hjelmtorp (Export Music Sweden), Håkan Olsson
(Rootsy.nu), Janne Granvik (Musikerförbundet), Patrik
Larsson (Headlock Management), Annika Fehling (artist). Moderator
för debattenär Claes Olson, Musikindustrin.
15:00 Per
Aldeheim (Lambretta, Nick Carter, Def Leppard) berättar om
hur hitlåtenblir till. Varför är vissa
låtskrivare så framgångsrika?
MUSIK- OCH
SKIVMARKNADMissa heller inte 4Sounds musikmarknad och Banana Moons
skivmarknad på Kulturhuset på lördagen.
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