ALGARNAS TRADGARD- FRAMTIDEN....
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£ 44 Sold For
Jun 4, 2005 Sold Date
May 25, 2005 Start Date
£   15 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
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Swedish classic on Silence cat no srs 4611. Original inner and sleeve in very good condition. Record plays very well, a few crackles here and there as you would expect. No sticks or jumps.Record has been cleaned on a professional record cleaning machine and put in a new anti static inner.

the music on Framtiden... was largely improvised. Their coherent and atmospheric instant composing belies the fact that the group had been working together for about 5 years at the time of the recording. Side 1, which contains 2 extended, largely instrumental tracks, opens with church bells that fade into synthesized chirps and underwater guitar floating on a bed of increasingly dissonant harmonium chords. These give way to a dirge-like 'cello / guitar duet over a heavy rock rhythm which grows in intensity and fades into a macabre-sounding folk melody played on fuzzed electric guitar, violin and bass (with drums rumbling underneath). This, too, grows in intensity, and then gives way to a bizarre wash of found sounds and noisy cheap electronics. There's a lot more, so it will have to suffice to say that every twist and turn the band makes is surprising and inspired. Side 2 starts with 3 short folk-influenced pieces (with vocals) that range from earnest, to Medieval, to completely creepy. The last 2 tracks are longer and more-or-less similar to the stuff on Side 1.

Framtiden... is nothing less than a masterpiece of early 70s psychedelic space rock. Really, it's one of those recordings that inspires faith in the entire genre! It never lapses into drugged-out silliness, aimless noodling or overblown grandeur. There's also an undercurrent of whimsy at work here as well. Totally essential for psych fans, Framtiden... is a disc that many prog rockers will like as well, particularly those inclined to appreciate Pink Floyd (circa Ummagumma), early Can, early Tangerine Dream, etc. (though Älgarnas Trädgård is not in any way a knockoff of those influential bands!). Totally essential. GEPR.

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