Gothenburg 08 - Fang Bomb Compilation
Various Artists
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 10 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 10 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 10 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
Various Artists - Gothenburg 08 - Fang Bomb Compilation
The by now legendary compilation LP 'Gothenburg 84' was released by Radium 226.05 (record label/gallery/publishing house/breeding ground) in 1984. The LP is an excellent document of an unusually creative period in the musical history of Gothenburg, featuring the upcoming talent of that time. It has an impressive roster of artists, such as CM von Hausswolff, Freddie Wadling, Zbigniew Karkowski and Jean-Louis Huhta.
Now, in 2008, Gothenburg's electronic and experimental scene is again soaring with talent. It's a scene of pioneers creating exploratory, unique music - completely new, but still connected to the spirit from almost 25 years ago. It is another unique era, and it is time to document it. This is what 'Gothenburg 08' sets out to do.
'Gothenburg 08' includes never before heard tracks by The Skull Defekts, Porn Sword Tobacco, Anders Dahl, Jasper TX, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Joel Brindefalk, Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Lindgren, Tsukimono and Sewer Election.
Reviews
Textura:
Like its distant predecessor Gothenburg 84, the hour-long Gothenburg 08 features previously unreleased work produced by innovative electronic and experimental artists associated with the city. The line-up's certainly promising, with The Skull Defekts, Porn Sword Tobacco, Jasper TX, and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words four of the ten contributors. Gothenburg 08 is an album of sonic extremes with some tracks easy on the ears, and others less so. Anders Dahl's engrossing electro-acoustic exploration “Strätta, flockblomstriga 4” overlays slow-motion elements of peaceful calm with splintering shards of eardrum-shredding noise, while Joel Brindefalk's “Monitoring My Own Death” offers a four-minute lesson in bruising clatter and combustible noise; needless to say, Porn Sword Tobacco's pretty wonderlands of piano and synthesizer melodies (“Feminin arkitektur,” “Ett jaläger och ett nejläger”) go down considerably easier.
The compilation is almost split evenly between harsh and gentle moments: on the one hand, there's Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words' “Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity,” where scarred guitars shriek over a pounding base so loudly they almost drown out the chanted vocals, and The Skull Defekts' eight minutes of churning snarl and rumble (“Invocation of Brother Rune Lindblad”); on the other, there's Jasper TX's “And I Close My Eyes,” a lovely ambient orchestral setting of melancholy romanticism, and Sewer Election's “Mot döden,” a dazed, Jeck-styled setting of hiss, vinyl crackle, and muffled loops. Inhabiting a rare middle ground is Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Lindgren's shimmering drone “Guldheden.” Though some pieces may soften its blow, Gothenburg 08 remains a provocative and uncompromising collection that's designed with the open-minded listener in mind.
Tracklisting
Download Album (FB006DD)
- Jonas Lindgren & Viktor Sjöberg - Guldheden
- Anders Dahl - Strätta, flockblomstriga 4
- Porn Sword Tobacco - Feminin arkitektur
- Sewer Election - Mot döden
- Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity
- Jasper TX - And I Closed my Eyes
- The Skull Defekts - Invocation of Brother Rune Lindblad
- Tsukimono - Moan Jar
- Joel Brindefalk - Monitoring My Own Death
- Porn Sword Tobacco - Ett jaläger och ett nejläger
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