Everything is a bit slow right now. Record Union has a temporary backlog with Spotify which means that it will take a while before Uncut & Lo-Fi will be up. To register at Record Union I also need the ISRC numbers that CDBABY will give to me within 5-7 days.
The gig is approaching and that is good news. You can buy our discs there.
We are living in the age of hi-tech. All music has to be digitally this and that. I am reading Chuck Berry's biography for the moment and I get inspired by the focus on the actual music and not on the equipment. We have had some concerts this year and musically I have been very satisfied. They have been recorded with camera and a portable recording device that Åke has. These two sources have been blended into one. Honesty is one of the leading terms for Reform. Because of this I thought that it would be a waste not to publish the tracks although they were very lo-fi. The music is good so why should the sound quality be that important? What we want to hear anyway is a group that has a sound within itself and that delivers well played music. When you first turn the album on you may react to the quality, but give it a chance and you will get used to it. The levels between instruments may be a bit strange but that is because Åke's device was placed near the drums and that the camera is moving constantly.
The album Uncut & Lo-Fi is finally here and will soon be available to buy both physically and digitally.
If you want to buy our albums at the same time as you see us in action you are welcome to our concert in Engelens cellar called Kolingen on November 9. Bill Öhrström will play the harmonica.
The new record Uncut & Lo-Fi will arrive on either Tuesday or Wednesday. The cd consists of seven tracks:
1. Lion Bar 2. Spooky 3. Thru Breaks 4. Uncle Urri II 5. Unmajor 6. Amanita Muscaria 7. Hellstone
Spooky comes originally from the album Reduced & Maximized, which is a trio album, from 2004 and is here heard for the first time with the seven piece with Åke on drums. Spooky was written by Johan Klaeson and I and it is very intense in this new version.
Uncle Urri II was written by Alvaro and I in September this year just before the last concert at Stockholm Fusion Club. It came about when Alvaro was trying to get some inspiration for the soundtrack to the movie he is working on for the moment. I appreciate Steve Reich a lot and I am especially fascinated by his phases. So I showed him a piano phase and Alvaro immediately took to it. He played a simple phrase to make a phase out of and I thought it sounded beautifully. That piano line became the core of Uncle Urri II. A beautiful piece here with Anders on drums.
Unmajor came about on the 24th of January 2009 during a jam session with Anders, Peter and I. Anders came up with a groove, Peter with a melody and I with a bassline. Then it was ready. The only thing we changed during the rehearsals for the STFC gig was the meter during the improvisational part. Now it goes 8+4+4 bars.
Here follows the original recording from the jam session with Peter, Anders and I for you who missed it last time I published it.
