lördag 25 december 2010

Mountain Men, 3rd set from Lilla Wien and Final Videos

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Fellow earthlings!

Another Xmas is over. Yet again consumerism has reach new peaks in the western world at the same time as people in other parts of the world are starving.

Whatever you do: Do not forget that there are other people living on earth alongside yourself! Let us take care of each other!

Back to music:

I have edited and re-edited three songs from this year's Backstage Festival. I am very satisfied with the Mountain Men sound on all three videos. There is a raw, spontaneous and fresh, sort of punky, touch about the whole performance. First up is Nuclear War, which is now also a part of Reform's repertoire. Composed by me and my old teenage music friend Petter Nyhlin.



The second one is Here's to Life. It surfaced during a jam with me, Anders and Peter in January 2009. This is the first song we played at the festival and we had not had time to do a proper sound check. That's why the levels are a bit strange in the beginning.



The third one is Divine, composed by Jukka Kemppainen, a guitarist from Skövde. It has a really catchy chorus. I have the original somewhere, probably on cassette or DAT. I will present it here if I ever find it. Anyway, I believe this to be a very good song.



Here follows the final set from the concert at Restaurang Lilla Wien. It consists of ten songs. We mix in some covers also. For the first time we played Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground. It is always nice playing good music whatever genre it may be.


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Next there are the three final videos from Lilla Wien: Tax Vobiscum, It's about that Time and Help on the Way. I am very satisfied with all three of them.







Take care of both yourselves and your fellow beings!
Jesper

måndag 13 december 2010

More videos and the complete audio from the 2nd set

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Hi everyone!

I have edited some more videos from the gig at Lilla Wien. I have also re-edited Downhill and Three Part Dream. I realized I had done it a bit hastily and therefore it became quite boring watching it. Now it should be better!

Further down I also present you with audio from the complete second set.

Here they are. Enjoy!












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Take care!
Jesper

fredag 3 december 2010

Complete 1st set from November 27 plus some videos and rehearsals

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Greetings fellow reformers!

It was a nice gathering at Restaurang Lilla Wien last weekend and a nice premier for the "new" Reform with Micke Hujanen on guitar and Mattias Lennestig on keyboard. We played three sets consisting of our own material plus some Grateful Dead and some Miles Davis' tunes.

Friday evening was somewhat "searching", but still satisfying. Saturday night was great. The energy level was on top and, according to me, everyone was playing great! I think this is the best line-up so far. It really feels like a band and not like some musicians jamming together. This time I think we are forming a sound consisting of very open-minded musicians in search for unity.

Well, judge for yourself!

First off is Three Part Dream.




Followed by Downhill. The intro images are kind of weird. The beginning of the song was not recorded on camera so to begin with there are some imagery from the movie Dark Magus, made by me and my brother Anders in the late 90s. Anyway, it is better than a black screen!




Next I present you with the complete first set from Saturday.


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And finally some rehearsal material from November 21 and 22.


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Enjoy!
Jesper