Reform

Reform Live at Klubben Fryshuset

2012-01-26T12:01:00.002+01:00

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

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2011-12-23T16:40:00.004+01:00

Reform News

2011-12-05T21:12:00.002+01:00

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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.

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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

The complete set from Live At Heart on September 16 + Two New Videos

2011-10-02T16:38:00.002+02:00

2011-09-15T19:45:00.001+02:00

Live at Heart bjuder exklusivt in er artister till seminarier och
andra aktiviteter som går parallelt under festivalen./>Lokalen på Clarion Hotel, Kungsgatan 14, rymmer ett
begränsat antal personer.
FREDAG 16/9, HOTEL CLARION/>13.00
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.

The complete rehearsal from August 10 2011

2011-09-06T21:01:00.004+02:00

Live at Heart and two videos

2011-09-01T22:50:00.000+02:00

A visit to Ralph Lundsten and the Andromeda Studio

2011-07-05T17:25:00.000+02:00

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Today was a very special day for me. I went to meet the Dream master himself, Ralph Lundsten in his pink castle, Villa Frankenburg. He and Fredrik Walldén, a very nice guy who (among other things) helps Ralph with his digital stuff, were sitting in the garden sofa when I arrived. They greeted me and we went inside the house. For me it was surreal since Ralph, for me, is a concept rather than an actual person, and there I was standing face to face with this charismatic 75-year-old legend. His eyes were piercing, but nice and friendly, and his voice was calm and clear.

As I entered his pink utopia it felt as if I were entering a different universe. Since his 2-year-old daughter was having her afternoon nap we had to go upstairs to his office. He asked me to turn on the cd so I handed it to Fredrik who put it on and while we were listening Ralph started to ask me questions about the music and how I defined it. I said that I called it jazz rock or progressive music. After a while he said that he use to call all the music that is hard to define cosmic music. So I guess for now on we play cosmic music!

We talked about music today and that it was hard to reach out to an audience from within the massive media flow. After talking about publishing rights and exchanging some necessary numbers Ralph said that he liked the music and that it sounded nice and welcoming, which made me very happy.

We went down to the kitchen, his protein laboratory as he calls it, for a coffee and some cookies. Before we went to the kitchen he asked me if I wanted to see the Andromeda Studio. Guess what my answer was! The studio was in perfect shape with a big 32-channel mixer, his Dimi-o and -s, the Andromatic synthesizer a 32-channel tape recorder, great big monitors and some computer equipment. Very interesting. He showed me some stuff and told me some stories about when for example Led Zeppelin visited the Andromeda Studio in the 70s!

Well in the kitchen we had coffee with another guest, his wife and daughter and Fredrik. Only to be in the protein laboratory is an experience. There are paintings and decorations everywhere. In the kitchen there are visual discoveries to be made which could last for a week. We talked about music and Ralph share anecdotes and opinions about everything.

After that we went back to the studio and Ralph played some music and sang and danced a bit. A very lively experience! I bought his autobiography, another book of his called Happy Earthday and two discs called Out in the Wide World and Festlust. I also asked him to sign a vinyl that I brought, Nordic Naturesymphony No.1 "The Neck", which he did.

Order his masterpieces here

After this two-hour-visit I said "thank very much and goodbye". He shook my hand and said "keep up the fight". Fredrik and I also shook hands and i was off with a very happy feeling filling up my mind.

It was a great experience meeting Ralph and I feel motivated by the visit and even more eager to finalize this project with a great result. An nice and inspiring experience indeed!

Thank you Ralph!

To make you even happier I hereby publish another video from Southside Pub. Tax Vobiscum:

Take care and live well!!!
Jesper

A video from Southside Pub and some more!

2011-07-01T10:07:00.000+02:00

Seven new videos and Progressive Playground

2011-05-28T21:14:00.000+02:00

From the Jam session on May 8!

2011-05-13T20:30:00.000+02:00

Here is Horrorscope by Ralph Lundsten:

Christer Bjernelind and Per Tjernberg played together in the group Archimedes Badkar in the 70s. A great Swedish progressive group. Listen to them here:

Per Tjernberg is a legend that has recorded numerous solo albums. He actually recorded an entitled Don't Stop in 1983. Listen to Lucumi Suite from that album with no one else but Doktor Åke Erksson himself on the drums:

Åke Eriksson is Swedish drum legend mostly known for his work in Wasa Express and Egba:

Bill Öhrström once turned down a part as singer in an English r&b band. This band later became The Who!!! On Jimi Hendrix' first visit to Stockholm Jimi stayed at Bills apartment in Stockholm. Bill produced the legendary Swedish duo Hansson & Karlsson and has all his life played music and lived for playing music. He has played with everyone! Bill is always young! Here is a a clip from one of the times when he played with us at Stampen. Åke is playing the drums:

Paul Svanberg is an up and coming jazz drummer. Listen to him playing with Ulf Wakenius! Impressive!!!

Some great news!

2011-05-02T22:33:00.000+02:00

A review, an update on the new album and some general thoughts and news!

2011-04-24T23:15:00.000+02:00

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The work with the new album is proceeding. We have more than twelve songs to choose from. There is a jam also which I really would like to include. Let's see if there is enough space. Anyway, I am more than satisfied with what has come together up until now. The keyboards are amazing. It seems as if Mattias and Magnus form a great team. On Sunday May 8 I am planning for a big jam session with some special guests. If it works out I will give you the details. I will contact everybody as soon as Easter is over.

I am also going through all the Reform concerts chronologically. It was not until the concert at Kolingen in November 2009 that I started to record the concerts with active microphones and DAT. There is a lot of material with quite horrible sound quality and I have become better at mixing and restoring over the years. I am working with the concert from Gamlingen on the April 12 2009. It is quite interesting to hear how the group has developed the sound since then. This work will of course end up in a digital release called something similar to "Best of Reform Live 2009-2010". The physical and digital album Uncut & Lo-Fi, though it still feels interesting, is no longer a representative source of how the group sounds live. This is, firstly, due to the sound quality and secondly because we now have a steady crew. There is actually yet another album in pipeline. I believe it will be only a digital release and it will consist of all the alternative takes, demos and versions of the songs included and excluded on and from the sessions leading up to the completion of the new album.

Why I want to use some recorded jams on the album is because I still want to convey that Reform is based on music created in the moment. Music that is not the same twice.

We have received another review of Reformed. This time by Music Stage. Check it out here.

Skivrecension, Reform, Reformed
Skrivet av Matilda Hedberg Dowdle
2011-04-05 20:33

Loungemusik eller experimentell jazz? Den frågan kan man utan tvekan ställa sig när man lyssnar på bandet Reforms skiva Reformed.

Jag ska vara ärlig. Hade jag plockat upp Reformed i närmaste skivbutik och läst vad för typ av musik det var jag höll i, hade jag aldrig lagt pengar på skivan. Så avtänd blir jag på experimental jazz.

Men så är inte fallet nu. När jag klickade på play på Spotify möttes jag av musik vars like jag aldrig stött på. Jag kallar det för experimentell jazz, andra kanske skulle säga hissmusik. Jag själv får en lugn känsla i kroppen när jag tar del av skivans enda sex låtar. Det finns en bra balans mellan de konstanta lugna beatsen och gitarrerna a la Jimi Hendrix som ibland kommer in i låtarna.

Det finns varken sång eller något som verkar som en röd tråd. Reformed är däremot en skiva att ta fram när dagarna är stressiga och maten bränns vid på spisen. Det är en skiva som för dig till en annan miljö, vare sig det är en strand i Thailand eller en takvåning i New York.

Låt oss gå tillbaka till exemplet om skivbutiken. Hade jag vetat mer om bandet, baserat på det jag nu har lyssnat på, hade jag tagit upp plånboken. För visst finns det en mening med musiken som strömmar ut ur högtalarna. En mening som jag mer än gärna vill ta del av.

Those of you who do not read Swedish will have to use the Google Translator. I am very satisfied with this review and I am also proud of it!

To conclude this post I will present you with something that is definitely not very Reformish. In the spring of 2010 we made two concerts in which we incorporated some cover songs performed vocally by Bill Öhrström. The first time we did some 60s soul music and the second time we did some 60s American Psychedelia. The three following songs are from that second gig in May 2010.

How can we Hang on to a Dream by Tim Hardin

Summer in the City by the Lovin' Spoonful

and

7&7 is by Love

Bill is a great singer and performer and he also fits in beautifully into Reform's own tunes when he plays the harmonica. Bill is music and music is Bill!!! I hope we will play with him again soon!

Enjoy the music and stay tuned for the new album!

Reformed is reviewed by Meadow Music

2011-03-02T23:13:00.000+01:00

Yet another new song. With vocals!!!

2011-02-25T22:06:00.000+01:00

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Dear reformers!

Yesterday, February 24, we produced yet another outtake for the new album. It is called Align and is written by me and Peter. The lyrics are also by us. Yes, I just mentioned lyrics! It is the first Reform track with actual vocals, by me. I am satisfied with both the lyrics and the singing.

Why a vocal track? Our goal is to have three tracks with vocals on the new album and it is partly because we do some Grateful Dead tracks live and then thought "why not try to do some tracks of our own with vocals?". Another reason may be that it is important to broaden one's horizons: Can we keep our sound although we incorporate vocals? Judge for yourself! I think it works and really brings a dark, gloomy feeling to the improvisation.

The following tracks with vocals will, I suppose, be Nuclear War, which I co-wrote in the middle 90's with my old friend Petter Nyhlin, and a song written by me, Anders and Peter called Here's to Life. We played both these songs under the name Mountain Men at Mats Jarl's Backstage Festival in August 2010. Mountain Men is a side project consisting of only Peter, Anders and myself.

Here are the videos from that event:

To confuse you some more I will end this with a clip with Janis Joplin playing the song Raise Your Hand from Frankfurt in 1969. This is great! A genius at her best!

Music is music!
Jesper

Two New Tunes + A Jam

2011-02-13T17:01:00.000+01:00

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On the 6th of February we had yet another great rehearsal with the new fantastic Reform line-up. Everyone is contributing and this time we rehearsed two new tunes:

Click on the title to listen to it!

Little Vienna, composed by Peter Åkerberg and

Groovy Thunder, composed by Micke Hujanen.

Little Vienna is a beautiful piece not too inspired by the place where we now have played two weekends in total, I hope. For me, the name actually fits the composition perfectly. It sounds like a strange dream, as a painting of Salvador Dalí would sound and like a circus in black and white from the 20's. Peter plays the lead and hands over the first solo to Hujanen and then takes over to hand over the wheel to Magnus Ramel and then the conclusion comes with the theme played all over again.

Groovy Thunder is a very bombastic piece. It feels very genuinely jazz-rocky with roots from Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra. It is basically based on three riffs, each of them very strong and quite intricate harmonically. The first solo is performed by Mattias Lennestig and the second one is played by Peter.

I am certain that this upcoming album will be great. Taste the name "Age of Reform". How does it sound and feel?

JAM

These two tunes are not the only musical matters that came out of the rehearsal. We also had a great Jam. Jamming is the moment when there will be magic or not. When it feels right you just go with the flow and actually starts wondering "what is that fantastic music that I'm hearing?". It is almost as magic as opening Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. Either you are caught up in it or not. You can talk about it for hours, but the only conclusion is that music is one of the last remnants from when the still not rational human beings roamed the earth and the air was filled with magic. It is nice to sometimes not feel so rationalized.

Take care!
Jesper

Two New Songs and BKB Trio's first album, Raw Fusion

2011-01-30T21:06:00.000+01:00

Easy reviewed by RadioIndy

2011-01-02T18:08:00.000+01:00

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Fellow reformers!

Hope you have had a happy new year's eve!

the first thing that happened this year was that RadioIndy published a review of the re-released album Easy. Easy was the first Reform album and it was released in 2001.

Here is the review:

Saturday, January 1, 2011
"Easy" by Reform (Jazz Artist from Sweden)

The talented group Reform and their fabulous CD, "Easy," captures the essence of instrumental Jazz with sophisticated style and grace. Reform is not only a creative group, but their Jazzy style has originality as some songs emit Avant Garde tonality with intense precision. The opener, "Six," has a smooth groove with a melodic guitar, sweet electric piano, funky bass riffs, and soft drum brushes. The song, "Baker," features expressive percussive drums and silky guitars that weave a melodic melody with a rich relaxing quality. "Scapegrace," is another song with finely tuned drums that meld with the electric piano and funky bass while the guitars interject harmonious riffs. Fans of superb instrumental Jazz music will thoroughly enjoy the delectable compositions on the album, "Easy."

-Diane and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team

And here is a short description of how it was recorded and who played what.

Released in August 2001. Recorded live in the studio.

Personnel track 1,2 and 4
recorded at the Semi-Studio at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm:

Jesper Bergman: Electric bass
Johan Glasson: Electric guitar
Reine Fiske: Electric guitar
Alexander Wiig: Percussion, flute
Anders Bergman: Percussion
Mattias Lennestig: Rhodes
Isak Andersson: Drums

Personnel track 5 and 6

recorded at Alice’s Restaurant, Lerdala:

The same as above except for Pedro Martinez Ramirez who took Isak Andersson’s place and played drums, Berimbau and Percussion. Alexander Wiig missed the train and stayed in Stockholm. Mats Jarl helped engineering the tracks.

Personnel track 3
recorded live in concert (Thru Breaks) and at the Semi-Studio (Happy Landing)

Thru Breaks:
Jesper Bergman: Electric bass
Johan Glasson: Electric guitar
Reine Fiske: Electric guitar
Alexander Wiig: Percussion, flute
Anders Bergman: Percussion
Mattias Lennestig: Rhodes
Pedro Martinez Ramirez: Drums

Happy Landing:
Same as above except for:
Alexander Wiig: Percussion, Sitar
Isak Andersson: Drums

You may listen to it on Spotify or click the cover to download it from iTunes.

Here is a video from a 2001 concert. It is Thru Breaks.

Take care and enjoy the music!
Jesper

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

2010-12-25T21:30:00.000+01:00

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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

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

2010-12-03T23:55:00.000+01:00

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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.

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

And finally some rehearsal material from November 21 and 22.

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Enjoy!
Jesper

New line-up and first of four rehearsals + Pocket Size

2010-11-20T07:38:00.000+01:00

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On Thursday evening November 18 we had a fantastic rehearsal playing only Reform tunes. Micke Hujanen really got into it and had a lot of suggestions concerning groove and arrangement, but above all he added a fantastic atmosphere both musically and environmentally.

For me, as the band leader, it was a wonderful feeling!!! We are going to rehearse Sunday, Monday and Tuesday also. Everything to give you an as pleasant as possible concert experience on the 26th and 27th at Lilla Wien!

So, here are two tracks from the rehearsal:

Madame Riot Lajath and Tax Vobiscum. Both composed by Magnus Ramel and arranged by Reform.

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I attended a release party for a group called Pocket Size and their album The hornplayer from the milky way.
This album is my tip of the day. It is a great mixture of Zappa, King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Mahavishnu Orchestra. The group is lead by an old friend of mine, Peter Pedersen, who also writes all the group's material. Listen to this album! You won't regret it! I hope that Pocket Size and Reform will do some gigs together in the near future.

Take care and live well!
Jesper

Reform, Transubstans, Wasa Express, Ulf Henningsson and the Dead

2010-10-23T12:56:00.000+02:00

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Hi there reformers!

Good news! Reform finally has agreed on a record deal with the progressive record label Transubstans Records. We feel very satisfied with that and hope that it will help our music to gain more exposure. The work continues with the new record that will hopefully be out sometime in early 2011.

Today I will present you with three more songs from the gig in Gothenburg:

Playing in the Band
China Cat Sunflower
Birds of a Feather

Very intense versions all of them.

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

A new Wasa Express album is also up on Spotify. It is called Search for a New World and it a quite special one. It is focused on melodies and is very well produced. It is also special in that sense that it is a very serious album. No Wasa Express-like jokes. Judge yourself! In my opinion it is one of their finest since the focus is on music only.

If you have not yet enjoyed Whatsoever, the new album by Ulf Henningsson, then you better do. It is one of those that gets better and more interesting the more you listen to it.

Ulf Henningsson: Guitars and lead vocals
Jesper Bergman: 8 string Hagström, backing vocals and keyboards
Anders Bergman: Drums and percussion

Take care and enjoy life and music!
Jesper

Reform and the Dead

2010-09-28T23:41:00.000+02:00

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Dear reformers!

We had a wonderful time in Gothenburg at Truckstop Alaska and we enjoyed an evening in the great spirit of Grateful Dead. Mushroom Pickers made a great interpretation and so did Den stora Vilan. We also enjoyed rehearsing and Micke Hujanen has been a great complement to the group and really glues with us musically. It is great to know so many wonderful musicians.

Here follows some tracks from the concert:

Reform

Reform Live at Klubben Fryshuset

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Reform News

The complete set from Live At Heart on September 16 + Two New Videos

The complete rehearsal from August 10 2011

Live at Heart and two videos

A visit to Ralph Lundsten and the Andromeda Studio

A video from Southside Pub and some more!

Seven new videos and Progressive Playground

From the Jam session on May 8!

Some great news!

A review, an update on the new album and some general thoughts and news!

Reformed is reviewed by Meadow Music

Yet another new song. With vocals!!!

Two New Tunes + A Jam

Two New Songs and BKB Trio's first album, Raw Fusion

Easy reviewed by RadioIndy

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

More videos and the complete audio from the 2nd set

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

New line-up and first of four rehearsals + Pocket Size

Reform, Transubstans, Wasa Express, Ulf Henningsson and the Dead

Reform and the Dead

Nuclear War, Garcia and Phish

Uncle Urri Extended, Mosebacke, Södra Teatern and Berglund, Kullhammar & Bergman Trio

Backstage Festival IV

A Taste of Ulf Henningsson's New Album & Tribute at Mosebacke

Recordings and Concerts

About the Importance of Record Stores. Support Event for Multi Kulti

Three Part Dream and Rawfusion

Eyes of the World

Some more from Lilla Wien

Madame Riot Lajath from Lilla Wien

Reform at Lilla Wien, Bo Hansson, Bill Öhrström, Jimi Hendrix and More

Lilla Wien on May 14 and 15

Reform playing China Cat Sunflower by The Grateful Dead

Planning the gig at Lilla Wien

Reform from Stampen and some Hong Kong psyche by Teddy Robin & the Playboys

Tax Vobiscum from Stampen March 28 2010

New song and Phish at Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame

Reform, Wilhelm Peterson Berger and Nationalism

Audio from Reform Rehearsal, Concert and BKB

Complete concert videos with Reform from Regent Pub and BKB Trio from Stampen

Reform, BKB Trio and Tony Williams' Lifetime

The first set from Regent Pub and BKB Trio

Regent Pub February 17 2010

Gigs, Cambodia and Distributors

Testing the new concept, diving head first into psyche from India and BKB Trio

New gigs and concepts plus: Ica Store

Rawfusion by Berglund, Kullhammar & Bergman Trio

Berglund, Kullhammar & Bergman Trio. Cedars from Lebanon and Carl-Eiwar Sect from Backstage

Istemem video from The Backstage Festival

Great Expectations

What If

Rated X

The SAE recording and Grateful Dead

Some new Wasa Express and new video by Blomqvist

Reform's recording session

Uncut & Lo-Fi is on Spotify

Tax Vobiscum by Magnus Ramel

Lion Bar from kolingen and Wasa Express on Spotify

Spooky from Kolingen

Uncle Urri I & II from Kolingen

Jonte joins Reform. Unmajor from Kolingen

Review of Uncut & Lo-Fi, some Wasa and more Kolingen

Happy Landing from Kolingen and SAE

Reform is Presented with a GrIndie Award for the cd Reformed

New Releases, the Concert and Uncut & Lo-Fi

Original Member Leaves Reform, and Uncut & Lo-Fi is Available from CDBABY

Slow and Deezer

Uncut & Lo-Fi, Jack Bruce, distributors and Backstage

Why Uncut & Lo-Fi?

A taste of Uncut & Lo-Fi

Uncut & Lo-Fi has finally arrived

A look into Uncut & Lo-Fi

Club SPHM

uncut & lo-fi Ready for the Factory

Bill Öhrström and Reform

SFC and New Album Update