Cast: Johannes Nilsson, The victim. Sigrid Nilsson, his sister. Stephan Nilsson, his fatherVally Erlingsdottir, his stepmother. Jadis Stephansdotter, his sister- Fylkingen..
Recorded in January of 1996 in a ravine in Seattle next to the house of Jim Woodring for a proposed and unrealized collaboration with this visual artist.-Fylkingen..
All pices recorded live at the Plastikville Studio. Sound sources through the use of pure analogue devices and various kinds of metal apparata connected through electronics, unaffected in any way in the hope of rendering a kind of sonic inscription of the machines.-Fylkingen..
On the night between the 1st and 2nd of April 2001, after a period of increasing fatigue, feebleness and shortness of breath, I understood that the reason must be bad function of the heart. I felt dizzy and my heart was beating irregularly, fast and hard. I took a taxi to the hospital Emergency Room. I was in a hospital bed for one week and felt my body slowly lose all its reserve power, while the heart was beating two or three times faster than normal. Numerous medications were administered but none restored a normal heart rate. Normal heart rate was finally restored through electric shock treatment. Several ultrasonic heart examinations were performed, and they were all recorded on video. I managed to obtain a copy of those videos. The sounds from them are, with the exception of the final electronic choir, the only sources of the sounds in this composition, which tries to depict the positive and the negative experience of how fragile man can be and yet how strong the will to live rea..
Lary 7 is a New York downtown legend who has blessed the city's experimental music scene with his creative presence since the early 80s. As a musician, he has worked and/or collaborated with artists and bands such as The Jickets, Swans, Jarboe, Jimi Tenor, Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten, to name but a few, and he has a yet unfinished album together with Tom Verlaine to come. As a photographer, Lary 7 has worked with artists including Matthew Barney and The Andy Warhol Foundation. He has also hosted evenings in Manhattan for years, usually in basements, showcasing experimental film and strange performances. Lary 7 does not use digital technology and is strictly devoted to analogue equipment and old instruments, often using objects found in the streets of New York, at flea markets or in junk yards."The End of an Era" was recorded live at Fylkingen in 2006. The front cover photo shows a cassette trapped inside NYC sidewalk concrete. Lary 7 says it has been there for years. ..
Ellen Arkbro - electric guitar, voice, supercollider Elsa Bergman - acoustic double bass Marta Forsberg - acoustic viola, electronics Maria W Horn - 8 mm projector, video feedback Kali Malone - electric guitar, voice, electronicsRecorded live at Kapellet, Stockholm, 2014 -Fylkingen..
Atsushi Reizen, living in Japan, uses electric-guitar-based sound sources with drone, noise and minimalist techniques. In 2007 he formed the ambient quartet Nerae, but he has now left the group to focus on his solo music. This LP features two newly recorded tracks based on the concept of "differing speeds", and a track recorded live at Fylkingen in Stockholm. Edition of 350 hand numbered copies. -Fylkingen ..
Pär Lindgren, working as a teacher at the State College of Music in electroacoustic music and one of Sweden's leading composers of electroacoustic music, presents here three of his works.-Fylkingen..
Rolf Enström is a composer who unceasingly seeks new artistic paths and new means of expression and this is something which has led him to combine music with other art forms, primarily the visual arts and literature. On this record, we meet Enström as a composer of pure electroacoustic music. The three works Dagbrott, Sekvens i blått and TNT span a period of eight years.-Fylkingen..
This album is released in collaboration with the Swedish section of the ISCM and presents both orchestral and chamber music from the World Music Days in Greece, Belgium, Sweden and Israel.-Fylkingen..
This is Fylkingen's contribution to the celebration of John Cage´s 70th birthday. The album presents works - all commissioned by Fylkingen on this special occasion - by composers from the 1960´s generation and shows their relations to an important percursor.-Fylkingen..
Tamas Ungvary is a conductor and computer music composer. Since 1972, Ungvary's many compositions have been performed at the majority of the European and American festivals. Ungvary has held numerous workshops and seminars both in Europe and in the United States.-Fylkingen..
In October 1982 a festival for electronic music was arranged cooperatively by The Swedish Radio Company, Electronic Music Studio (EMS) and the Culture House in Stockholm for the fourth consecutive year. The festival, which was held in the concert hall of the Culture House included works for tape alone, instruments and tape, live electronics and text-sound composition. As previous years, both recent and older works of Swedish and international composers were presented at the three well- attended concerts.-Fylkingen..
Lars-Gunnar Bodin, Swedish composer and graphic artist, was one of those who during the first half of the 60's tried to integrate elements of different fields of art in his works: instrumental music, tapes, texts, actions, projections etc. In Clouds (1972-76) he developed an advanced form of musical drama involving electronic music in 8 channels, singers, dancers and slide and film projections on five screens. The music on this record is a shortened version of Clouds, especially created for this medium.-Fylkingen..