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Hi everybody!
Long time, I know! I completed the mastering of Reveries of Reform early August and Tony Boyle completed the art work, which turned out beautifully, at the same time. The release date is set for the 6th of October. I am waiting impatiently and so does the rest of the reformers.
On August 27 we played a festival in Julikullen, Midsommarkransen in Stockholm. It went great! We had rehearsed a lot and brought Thomas Berglund to play with us. He did an amazing work on guitar. Very pure and expressive! He and Peter play very well together.
Here are two videos from the gig:
We have also been selected to play at the festival Live at Heart in Örebro. The festival takes place on the 16th and 17th of September and we still have not received an exact date and time. I will keep you informed.
http://www.liveatheart.se/artist/2011/reform
Talk to you soon!
Jesper
torsdag 1 september 2011
tisdag 5 juli 2011
A visit to Ralph Lundsten and the Andromeda Studio
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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.
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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
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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
fredag 1 juli 2011
A video from Southside Pub and some more!
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Long time no see!
The name of the new record will be Reveries of Reform. Artwork and layout is being worked on by Tony Boyle, a great artist and designer. The album will consist of 12 tracks and they are finally mixed and mastered. The work is not done yet, but according to Jocke at Transubstans Records the album is to be released in October. We have also been offered a deal with Ralph Lundsten's publishing company, Andromeda Music, which is great. Ralph's compositions have also been incorporated into the music, forming bridges between the tunes. Very interesting actually! All this has consumed all of my spare time recently. A pleasure to work with this project, but you can't do everything at once. You have to prioritize. This time the blog, unfortunately, was not prioritized.
On May 11 we had a gig at the Southside Pub, Stockholm.
Madame Riot Lajath was the last tune in our set. Here it is:
One person that plays on some of the album's tracks is Per Tjernberg. A great inspirer and musician. He is also a great composer and has so far released 11 albums. One of those is Inside Information from which I give you a taste. It is the first track of the album divided into two parts. Musicians on this track consist of the cream of the Swedish jazz musicians. Listen carefully and enjoy!!!
Take care!
Jesper
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Long time no see!
The name of the new record will be Reveries of Reform. Artwork and layout is being worked on by Tony Boyle, a great artist and designer. The album will consist of 12 tracks and they are finally mixed and mastered. The work is not done yet, but according to Jocke at Transubstans Records the album is to be released in October. We have also been offered a deal with Ralph Lundsten's publishing company, Andromeda Music, which is great. Ralph's compositions have also been incorporated into the music, forming bridges between the tunes. Very interesting actually! All this has consumed all of my spare time recently. A pleasure to work with this project, but you can't do everything at once. You have to prioritize. This time the blog, unfortunately, was not prioritized.
On May 11 we had a gig at the Southside Pub, Stockholm.
Madame Riot Lajath was the last tune in our set. Here it is:
One person that plays on some of the album's tracks is Per Tjernberg. A great inspirer and musician. He is also a great composer and has so far released 11 albums. One of those is Inside Information from which I give you a taste. It is the first track of the album divided into two parts. Musicians on this track consist of the cream of the Swedish jazz musicians. Listen carefully and enjoy!!!
Take care!
Jesper
lördag 28 maj 2011
Seven new videos and Progressive Playground
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The gig at Blå Bodarna on May 21 went very well and it seemed appreciated!
The line-up was:
Jesper Bergman: Bass
Peter Åkerberg: Guitar
Mattias Lennestig: Keyboards
Jonas Englund: Guitar
Paul Svanberg: Drums
It was a nice experience playing as a quintet. On June 11 we will also perform as a quintet. This time with Magnus Ramel on second keyboard and with only one guitar. I presume it will work well. The event is called Progressive Playground and the group teaming up with us is Pocket Size, a great progressive group lead by Peter Pedersen!
I present you with all the songs in the correct order. I am very satisfied and I think everybody did a great job. Paul Svanberg played amazingly and so did Jonas Englund! Thank you guys! I hope we will play together soon in a near future!
Enjoy all seven songs:
That's all for now! I hope you will enjoy the videos!
Take care
Jesper
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The gig at Blå Bodarna on May 21 went very well and it seemed appreciated!
The line-up was:
Jesper Bergman: Bass
Peter Åkerberg: Guitar
Mattias Lennestig: Keyboards
Jonas Englund: Guitar
Paul Svanberg: Drums
It was a nice experience playing as a quintet. On June 11 we will also perform as a quintet. This time with Magnus Ramel on second keyboard and with only one guitar. I presume it will work well. The event is called Progressive Playground and the group teaming up with us is Pocket Size, a great progressive group lead by Peter Pedersen!
I present you with all the songs in the correct order. I am very satisfied and I think everybody did a great job. Paul Svanberg played amazingly and so did Jonas Englund! Thank you guys! I hope we will play together soon in a near future!
Enjoy all seven songs:
That's all for now! I hope you will enjoy the videos!
Take care
Jesper
fredag 13 maj 2011
From the Jam session on May 8!
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Hi everyone!
The gathering started on Sunday 8th of May at 1300h. The personnel consisted of:
Jesper Bergman: Electric bass
Christer Bjernelind: Double bass
Mattias Lennestig: Keyboard
Magnus Ramel: Keyboard
Milton Öhrtröm: Keyboard
Peter Åkerberg: Electric guitar
Jonas Englund: Electric guitar
Peter Pedersen: Electric guitar
Anders Bergman: Percussion
Bill Öhrström: Percussion
Per Tjernberg: Percussion
Paul Svanberg: Drums
Åke Eriksson: Drums
The intensity was obvious from the very start. Bill and Åke started off a groove and from there the airplane lifted off!
Everyone contributed magnificently and it all flowed.
Four really good numbers came out of this session:
Ambient Noise
From the Hilltop and Beyond
and
Horrorscope which infact is a Ralph Lundsten composition, Op 167. His original was recorded with Ralph Lundsten & The Andromeda Allstars in 1979. Watch the video at the end of this post!
Our version became quite interesting. I will present it when we know what to do with all the material.
The last piece I will mention was actually the first one we recorded. I call it "In a Strangely Nice Kind of Way". Press it and listen! It lasts for 20 minutes.
I am very proud that so many prominent musicians joined the group and helped us fulfill this dream. Nothing existed to begin with, but thanks to our universal mind everything worked out. I really hope we will play together some time in the future. I have great hopes for this album and it seems as if it will turn out as a double!
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!!!
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Hi everyone!
The gathering started on Sunday 8th of May at 1300h. The personnel consisted of:
Jesper Bergman: Electric bass
Christer Bjernelind: Double bass
Mattias Lennestig: Keyboard
Magnus Ramel: Keyboard
Milton Öhrtröm: Keyboard
Peter Åkerberg: Electric guitar
Jonas Englund: Electric guitar
Peter Pedersen: Electric guitar
Anders Bergman: Percussion
Bill Öhrström: Percussion
Per Tjernberg: Percussion
Paul Svanberg: Drums
Åke Eriksson: Drums
The intensity was obvious from the very start. Bill and Åke started off a groove and from there the airplane lifted off!
Everyone contributed magnificently and it all flowed.
Four really good numbers came out of this session:
Ambient Noise
From the Hilltop and Beyond
and
Horrorscope which infact is a Ralph Lundsten composition, Op 167. His original was recorded with Ralph Lundsten & The Andromeda Allstars in 1979. Watch the video at the end of this post!
Our version became quite interesting. I will present it when we know what to do with all the material.
The last piece I will mention was actually the first one we recorded. I call it "In a Strangely Nice Kind of Way". Press it and listen! It lasts for 20 minutes.
I am very proud that so many prominent musicians joined the group and helped us fulfill this dream. Nothing existed to begin with, but thanks to our universal mind everything worked out. I really hope we will play together some time in the future. I have great hopes for this album and it seems as if it will turn out as a double!
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!!!
måndag 2 maj 2011
Some great news!
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Today is a very joyful and happy day, although I am in bed with the flu!
The jam on Sunday has an almost complete line-up:
Electric bass: Myself
Double bass: Christer Bjernelind (Archimedes Badkar)
Electric guitar: Jonas Englund (Malak taus & Konstruktion Abstraktion)
Electric guitar: Peter Åkerberg
Keyboard: Mattias Lennestig
Keyboard: Magnus Ramel
(Keyboard: Milton Öhrström)
Percussion: Anders Bergman
Percussion: Bill Öhrström
Drums: Åke Eriksson
Drums: ?
As you can see the second drum chair is still not set. I am still waiting for some calls. Bill's son Milton will maybe join us on keyboard. That would be nice! Anyway, I have a feeling that Sunday will be great.
Another huge thing is that one of my idols and one of Sweden's, or maybe the world's or universe's, greatest electronic composers, Ralph Lundsten, has agreed to collaborate on our new album! I wanted to make the album as a "journey" with sound-bridges leading the listener from one song to the next. Ralph has agreed to help me with these bridges, which in fact is something huge!!! I can hardly believe it myself.
When I studied at the Royal University I had the privilege to have Ralph's old collaborator Leo Nilsson as a teacher of electro acoustics and electronic composition. Leo was a really interesting person who caught his students with experiments and weird anecdotes. The first time I met Leo I was late for class and stumble on the threshold as I entered the classroom. Leo immediately wanted me to do the exact stumble and sound once again so he could record it, but, of course, it was impossible to recreate what had happened. He said that "the sound was lost forever".
The wondrous of music is endless! Today I also received a guitar overdub made by Peter Åkerberg for Happy Landing. It was totally amazing and fit in perfectly with the rest of the music. I have great hopes for this album!!!
Here follows a short three-part-documentary on Ralph. He said in an interview that he does not care too much about receiving prices, but I believe that he should definitely receive the Polar Music Prize!
Enjoy!
Jesper
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Today is a very joyful and happy day, although I am in bed with the flu!
The jam on Sunday has an almost complete line-up:
Electric bass: Myself
Double bass: Christer Bjernelind (Archimedes Badkar)
Electric guitar: Jonas Englund (Malak taus & Konstruktion Abstraktion)
Electric guitar: Peter Åkerberg
Keyboard: Mattias Lennestig
Keyboard: Magnus Ramel
(Keyboard: Milton Öhrström)
Percussion: Anders Bergman
Percussion: Bill Öhrström
Drums: Åke Eriksson
Drums: ?
As you can see the second drum chair is still not set. I am still waiting for some calls. Bill's son Milton will maybe join us on keyboard. That would be nice! Anyway, I have a feeling that Sunday will be great.
Another huge thing is that one of my idols and one of Sweden's, or maybe the world's or universe's, greatest electronic composers, Ralph Lundsten, has agreed to collaborate on our new album! I wanted to make the album as a "journey" with sound-bridges leading the listener from one song to the next. Ralph has agreed to help me with these bridges, which in fact is something huge!!! I can hardly believe it myself.
When I studied at the Royal University I had the privilege to have Ralph's old collaborator Leo Nilsson as a teacher of electro acoustics and electronic composition. Leo was a really interesting person who caught his students with experiments and weird anecdotes. The first time I met Leo I was late for class and stumble on the threshold as I entered the classroom. Leo immediately wanted me to do the exact stumble and sound once again so he could record it, but, of course, it was impossible to recreate what had happened. He said that "the sound was lost forever".
The wondrous of music is endless! Today I also received a guitar overdub made by Peter Åkerberg for Happy Landing. It was totally amazing and fit in perfectly with the rest of the music. I have great hopes for this album!!!
Here follows a short three-part-documentary on Ralph. He said in an interview that he does not care too much about receiving prices, but I believe that he should definitely receive the Polar Music Prize!
Enjoy!
Jesper
söndag 24 april 2011
A review, an update on the new album and some general thoughts and news!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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