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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: Elektron KukΘso
█▓█ Artist ........: Hans Edler
█▓█ Music Style ...: Electronic
█▓█ Type ..........: Album
█▓█ Release Date ..: Dec-19-2004
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: EAC (Secure Mode)
█▓█ Encoder .......: Lame 3.90.3 --Alt-Preset Standard
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 15
█▓█ Size ..........: 45,3 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 36:37 min
█▓█ URL ...........: http://www.boywonderrecords.net/
█▓█ Label .........: BoyWonder Records
█▓█ Quality .......: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Joint-Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: Jag S÷ker Efter KΣrlek ::: 02:32
█▓█ 02 ::: Lσngt Bort ::: 05:11
█▓█ 03 ::: Vi H÷r Ett Skrik ::: 02:50
█▓█ 04 ::: Leka Med Ord ::: 03:04
█▓█ 05 ::: Romantiken ::: 02:32
█▓█ 06 ::: Fattig Man S÷ker Efter Mat ::: 01:49
█▓█ 07 ::: SΣg Vad Σr Det? ::: 02:40
█▓█ 08 ::: OΣndlig ::: 03:05
█▓█ 09 ::: My Third Eye (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 03:03
█▓█ 10 ::: Out Of The Body (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 01:58
█▓█ 11 ::: Miscalculation (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 01:14
█▓█ 12 ::: Lovedust (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 00:35
█▓█ 13 ::: X-1111 (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 01:25
█▓█ 14 ::: Original Basic (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 03:10
█▓█ 15 ::: Ongoing (Unreleased Bonustrack) ::: 01:29
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█▓█ Pioneering Swedish psychedelic electronica
█▓█ from 1971 finally re-released on CD
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█▓█ One thing is certain - in spring 1971 Swedish pop-veteran Hans Edler
█▓█ released Sweden's first electronic pop album. It might even be the world's
█▓█ first computer-programmed pop-LP with a commercial release.
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█▓█ At least, that was the way the album Elektron KukΘso was presented back in
█▓█ spring 1971. It was released in a small edition on Edler's own
█▓█ independent label Marilla.. The music was recorded during many long late
█▓█ night sessions at the Electronic Music Studio (EMS) in the Swedish
█▓█ capital Stockholm. At the time, EMS was one of the world's most advanced
█▓█ studios for serious electronic composition. The facilities were even
█▓█ praised by no less a person than Pierre Schaeffer - the father of the
█▓█ concrete music. The fact that the studio also produced an experimental
█▓█ pop-album is still a secret to most.
█▓█ "I must say I had forgot about it myself. When I first was asked about a
█▓█ re-release, I thought it was some kind of a joke", says Edler, who has now
█▓█ turned 57.
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█▓█ In 1970, EMS could present a freshly installed computer which had cost 7
█▓█ million Swedish crowns. Unlike the moogs, the computer had no
█▓█ keyboard, but had to be operated by a control console which occupied a
█▓█ room by itself and was arranged as a rectangle with a total length of 10
█▓█ yards (circa 9 meters).
█▓█ It should be noted that computers at this time were unusual and very
█▓█ expensive, making them accessible only to a small number of people. It was
█▓█ only after having taken lessons in mathematics and programming that Edler
█▓█ was allowed to work on the gigantic machine, which in spite of its steep
█▓█ price wasn't very reliable.
█▓█ "This was a long time before the user-friendly interface, so everything
█▓█ had to be done from scratch - in millisecond steps - from frequency to
█▓█ duration of a tone. It was a very time-consuming process, especially since
█▓█ I discovered that the computer sometimes couldn't handle the amounts of
█▓█ data that were put into it. More than once, information was wiped out",
█▓█ says Hans Edler.
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█▓█ One-of-a-kind
█▓█ Against all odds, Edler managed to finish the recordings. The result was a
█▓█ one-of-a-kind-album too original to be copied. Elektron KukΘso is
█▓█ hi-tech and low-fi at the same time. Try to imagine Stockhausen on acid
█▓█ going berserk on Carnaby Street. Old school electronic breakbeats team
█▓█ up with the sound of vintage tone and noise generators - all filtered
█▓█ through a psychedelic kaleidoscope by a frustrated mind on high speed.
█▓█ Edler also added Swedish lyrics on top of his 100 percent electronic
█▓█ compositions.
█▓█ Even though Swedish media showed a lot of interest in the record at the
█▓█ time, the Swedish record-buyers proved unprepared for Edler's
█▓█ experimental computer-pop. Not even the ultra-kitschy sleeve - showing
█▓█ Edler leaning against what seems to be a left-over control console from
█▓█ some old episode of Star Trek - helped.
█▓█ Also, the distribution didn't work too well, according to Edler. The
█▓█ record didn't sell and simply disappeared. A promotion tour to England was
█▓█ cancelled and the planned translation of the lyrics into English never
█▓█ went further than to an initial phase. Over the years, the few surviving
█▓█ copies have become treasured collector items in the psychedelic/electronic
█▓█ collector circles.
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█▓█ Unreleased tracks
█▓█ 33 years after its original release, this pioneering album now makes its
█▓█ comeback to the record bins. The recently started Swedish record label
█▓█ Boywonder Records in Gothenburg has searched through old archives and
█▓█ dusty tapes, interviewed people involved and come up with a
█▓█ deluxe-edition of Elektron KukΘso with lots of bonus-material. The whole
█▓█ story of the recording is presented (in English) in a 24-page colour-
█▓█ booklet that comes with the CD, along with lots of rare and private
█▓█ pictures. Also enclosed is a reprint of the original promotion-poster from
█▓█ 1971.
█▓█ "I am very proud that we have been able to track down some previously
█▓█ unknown and unreleased tracks from the sessions, which we have included
█▓█ on the CD. This record certainly has a historical value, but also a unique
█▓█ sound. It definitely deserves a greater audience", says Tommy Apelqvist of
█▓█ Sweden's Boywonder Records.
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█▓█ We promise - you have never heard anything like this!
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