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  • From The Sea

    REKV1012

    Artist: Galento

    Label: Dreamboat Music

    Dreamboatmusic är glada och stolta över att presentera det nya albumet FROM THE SEA med GALENTO. Skivan är den 4de sen debuten BETWEEN STATIONS 1996.

    Som vanligt är det svårt att bestämma vilken genre FROM THE SEA verkar i, men men, det får lyssnaren göra istället. Vad som däremot kan påpekas är att fler och fler har uppmärksammat GALENTO´s egenartade album. Fina recensioner från bl.a. Brian Turner (radiostation WFMU New Jersey) har fått oss att klappa små hundar av lycka.
    Den och annat hittar ni på www.dreamboat.se

    En annan anledning att fler har upptäckt GALENTO är förstås den uppmärksammade och kultförklarade SVT-dokumentären "Plötsligt i Vinslöv" som GALENTO skrev och framförde musiken till.
    "Plötsligt i Vinslöv" har just släppts på DVD.

    Tommy Galento spelar även bas i Eve & The Last Waltz www.rhythmace.se

    Plattan distribueras just nu av www.dgr.se och www.dreamboat.se

  • Golfstarblue

    REKV1007

    Artist: Galento

    Label: Dreamboat Music

    Under de drygt 20 min. "GOLFSTARBLUE" snurrar i spelaren hinner vi med en resa genom ett smått fascinerande ljudlandsskap. Ett landskap som är inte så lite schizofrent.Det är electroniskt.Det är
    frijazz. Det är umpa-umpa vals. Det är skramlig återanvänd dixiejazz. Det är helt obegripligt, men på ett behagligt sätt.Och i avslutande "Nattspikar" med sitt ensamma piano,sitt klockspel och sin blå sopransax, är det dessutom drömskt vackert.
    /Ola Andersson www.dagensskiva.com

    GOLFSTARBLUE is a strange disc that seems to have come out in 2003 but just arrived here at WFUM from Sweden.The music is wonderful; a combination of hazy,Badalamenti-meetsResidents soundscapes littered with both atmosphere and surrealism. Quirky electronics that come out warped but not too cutesy accompanied by piano,sax,and percussion. There´s also a very nice blanket of traditional Scandinavian folk flair, fitting the scenario in a quite comfortable manner.
    /BRIAN TURNER, WFMU radiostation New Jersey

  • Bus And Bacon

    REKV1004

    Artist: Galento

    Label: Dreamboat Music

    The BUS AND BACON album starts with a solid set of drum rhythms sounding oddly distant but absolutely right for the track, as a combination of full-sounding keyboards, rolling drums, lead synth melodies and a sort of multi sax-like texture allies to sections of percussive eloquence from mallet percussion, but the track is just amazing in a kind of cross between Obmana, early French fusion and early Eno. All highly original, very atmospheric with solid rhythms and layers of musical textures and melodies forming a magical opening track that fades leaving you wishing it could have gone on for a lot longer. There follows a further 9 tracks of similarly sounding, slowly flowing melodic and rhythmic tracks from the sublime combinations of a smooth sax, undulating bass, rich electronics, percussive foundations through soundscapes (with a more eastern feel) to suitably more aggressive tracks with thunderous bass, a solid but not fast drum, percussive leads and synth textures. Overall It´s largely slow-mided-paced jazz-based music that is not rock, not electronic, more jazz than anything but it´s never sounded as good as this before? Highly original aswell as it mproves every time I play it. Quite superb. /ANDY. MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS 2000, Dundee.

    "BUS AND BACON" innehåller också titeln "Vi som planerar tågtrafiken (These trains)". En milt sagt intressant genomgång av problematiken att planera Sveriges tågtrafik. Ola Andersson www.dagensskiva.com

  • Between Stations

    REKV1003

    Artist: Galento

    Label: Dreamboat Music

    A most unique band from Sweden.On the debut mini-album,they play a smooth,flowing brand of almost ambient fusion with a beautiful track 2 of a
    twenty minute album featuring some tasty echoed piano,gently flowing percussion and sinous sax,with a feel but not exactly a sound.Track 3 is a touch more gloomy,more rhytmic but no less atmospheric with,again,piano,plus string synth,drums & perc. leading the way on a fantastic piece of a very
    soundtrack-like music.Track 4 is a similaronly more subdued with electronics,the echoed piano,organ and gently crashing drums perc, the sax parts more textural elements as the track alternately lowsand slutters,again very filmic in its approach,only this time more varied.Track 5 is full of gorgously smoothsax,lilting piano,backwards sax textures,water sounds and organ stabs,all very ethereal,Finally track 6 is mainly echoed piano with
    violin leads and a very beatiful piece of music.ANDY Monthly Highlights
    Dundee april 1999.

    In a way the music on this innovative CD could be defined as "urban ethnic music" or " city folk music" from the 22 century.A.HINOJOSA Amazing Sounds
    2000