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Composed and performed by Kristofer Ström.
Recorded and mixed between 2005–07 in Malmö, Sweden.
We are thrilled to present “One hundred fifty-five”, the latest release from award-winning illustrator, animator, and musician Kristofer Ström (Ljudbilden & Piloten). After several highly-acclaimed limited edition singles and EPs (paired with such names as Kama Aina and Gregg Kowalsky/Osso Bucco) “One hundred fifty-five” is essentially Ljudbilden & Piloten’s first full length album. The deluxe digipack CD cover comes replete with a
special full-colour collage for each track, and YouTube is already heaving with special videos made for this release (one video per track). With echoes of Greg Davis, John Fahey and, dare we say it, Pink Floyd in the mix, “One hundred fifty-five” will surely make people sit up and take notice of this extraordinary musical talent.
The unique sound of Ljudbilden & Piloten (pron. ‘yude-bill-den oak pee-loe-ten’) is the result of Kristofer’s relentless search for new sounds. He has used a range of objects in the creation of loops and rhythms. On any one of the 15 new tracks on “One hundred fifty-five” you may hear sounds as diverse as those of Elmo (Kristofer’s dog), a glass, a zither, a handclap or two, an egg slicer, a guitar, a bass and a trumpet.
Based in Malmö, Sweden, Kristofer has worked with a variety of different bands over the past decade, yet it is his solo work as Ljudbilden & Piloten where he can really fl ex his creative muscles, which c...
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This unique collaboration was born out of a deep love of experimental music. Four of the forefathers of hypnotic, rolling waves of leftfield sounds and genre-bashing composition are honoured here: Augustus Pablo, Morton Feldman, Sun Ra and Terry Riley. Robert Horton and Dax Pierson, two fine musicians in their own right, have created not only a homage to this four bastions of modern music, they have also created their own voice within the boundaries they have set for themselves with this project.
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A lifetime in the making (and a year or two or actual production), "I am the Fire" is the full-length debut release by The Idealist (Joachim Nordwall), a Swedish musician with a penchant for the subversive side of atmospheric noise. This 6-track album is a through-the-keyhole look at the mind of a man who lives, breathes and dreams of sounds with an organic feel but an electronic bite.
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Two tracks from two of todays most interesting (in our opinion) musicians working entirely within their own self-created universe of sounds.
Kama Aina is the solo project of Takuji Aoyagi, another true multi-instrumentalist and extensive traveller who, throughout his creative life, has endeavoured to seek out and collect sounds and images from the world over. He lives in Tokyo, Japan where he is one of the main figures in the gleaming Japanese scene of innocent, DIY and heartbreaking folk-pop.
The music of Ljudbilden & Piloten is one of introspection and peacefulness. His relentless search for new sounds has brought him to use a range of objects (some unusual, some regular instruments) in the creation of his works. On the track on this release you?ll hear Elmo (his dog), glass, a zither, some rhythms, a handclap or two, an egg slicer, a guitar, a bass and a trumpet. He was joined for this special recording by Douglas Holquist on vibraphonette.
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This one-off live collaboration was recorded in Malmö, Sweden, March 2006.
Gregg Kowalsky: Computer, electronics, contact mics, bells, whistles, bowed
objects. Kristofer Ström (Ljudbilden): guitar, zither, contact mics, trumpet.
Thanks to Büro21.
