Release : Hans Appelqvist - Sifantin Och Morkret
Artist : Hans Appelqvist
Album : Sifantin Och Morkret
Genre : Electronic
Source : CDDA
Label : HΣpna
URL : http://www.hapna.com/H35.html
Date : 05-08-2007
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 173kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 12
Time : 24:36 min
Size : 31.84 MB
1 Wanxian 2:10
2 Tank Att Himlens Alla Stjarnor 3:21
3 Mormas Fagel 0:57
4 Freckenages Spa 2:36
5 Tiggangen 1:05
6 Skundgasshallen 1:25
7 Sju I Tre 1:06
8 Jag En Gok 3:31
9 Tilli Talli Tulli 1:06
10 Full The Moon 3:04
11 Iestapiona 1:09
12 Talkijangnas Akt 3:06
This is experimental music from sweden
Accessible and child-friendly experimental music
The ones who visit Eardrums frequently may have noticed that I'm more of a
label-fan than a band-fan. Bands usually disappoint me or bore me after their
second album, but good labels may release interesting music within the same
genre by several good artists.
One of these favourite labels of mine is the Swedish HΣpna-label, which I wrote
a feature about some months ago. One of their artists, Hans Appelqvist, has a
new album out now, - his second release in less than a year. He released "Naima"
on HΣpna in November 2006, and is already out with the amazingly beautiful
ôSifantin och m÷rkretö. This is experimental music, yet it has so much melody
and so many elements that you may recognize from your daily life that it never
gets 'difficult' to listen to. It is warm, harmonic, nice and kind, but at the
same time there are darker elements that disturbs underneath the surface.
On several of his albums (including ôSifantin och m÷rkretö), Appelqvist includes
samples and field recordings of common sounds and noises, - like a train, a dog
barking, birds and small pieces of conversation. On his album "Bremort" he used
these sounds and conversation-samples to tell the story of a fictional Swedish
small town, Bremort, and the people living there. I can't find an obvious theme
for this album, but its form and all the elements he includes makes it very
'visual' music. Appelqvist's "Bremort" is among my all time favourites, and this
new one is not far behind.
As a side-note I must say that Appelqvist's music, and especially this new
record, is very child-friendly! Since I am a family man, I try to let my two
kids hear what I think is quality music. Most of the time, they prefer the easy
stuff, but Appelqvist's songs has found its way through to both my son and my
daughter. ôSifantin och m÷rkretö is one of my son's favourites at the moment. He
instantly interprets the music into a story about animals, and tells me that
"this is the sound of a bear" and "this is the owl" and so on. "Dad, listen, I
hear a cuckoo!", he yells with the headphones firmly attached to his ears. My
daughter loves "Zenna & Marie" from one of Appelqvist's other releases. The
beautiful video for the main song on ôSifantin och m÷rkretö also gives room for
childish fantasies.
Knut B. Lindbj÷r, Eardrums music blog