New Anglagard Material?
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Topic: New Anglagard Material?
Posted By: KingCrimson250
Subject: New Anglagard Material?
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 22:42
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I don't know if this is already common knowledge, but a few weeks ago Mattias Olsson posted on his blog that Anglagard is currently recording. I don't know about anyone else but I'm really hoping this will turn into a new album, or at least a couple new tracks. In an older blog, Mattias said that the band was talking about it, and how if they were to revive Anglagard it wouldn't make sense to just rehash the same style, so hopefully what they come up with will be a bit envelope pushing (either that or it means they're going to sell out LOL) Oh, here's the link: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=57224022&blogId=491218203 |
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 22:46
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I honestly can't see Anglagard selling out. Whatever it is, it'll be interesting to hear, I think. I wasn't the biggest fan of their first two albums, but I'd give their third at least a try to see what it sounds like. They're talented.  ------------- 
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Posted By: KingCrimson250
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 22:56
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Haha neither can I, that was a bit of a joke. I thought I would post the other blog where he talks about their meeting: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=57224022&blogId=487764724 |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: June 11 2009 at 14:12
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Hi,
I heard Anedokten and Anglagaard on the same night ... for the first time a few years back.
I thought it strange that the person that suggested them to me ... and I had always trusted his ear and musical knowledge ... said something like ... these bands have a bit of the King Crimson sound ... and the first thought in my head was .... why would I want another King Crimson in my collection? The original is just fine!
Well ... surprise ... I did not hear King Crimson ... and while I never bought the CD's (couldn't afford them at the time) ... I have to tell you that I liked the music ... it was fine ... on its own ...
There is something unique and different about a lot of these bands from Sweden and Finland and Norway ... they are not the same and often the moods and music tend to be, somehow, more in tune with their culture than otherwise ... somehow I always got that Ingmar Bergman/Sven Nykvist stark reality, darkly lit and sometimes not exactly tragic or happy ... but sad ... at least lonely, as if the icy cold separates the emotions and people some ... it was undoubtedly a stupid image, but one that often creeps in, and in this case, for me, it was good ... there was no way that I would ever see any band from that area inside my head ... with the same inner vision as King Crimson ... simply impossible!
It turns out, that pop music aside in Sweden (ABBA and the like), there were also a massive number of other musicians that also did some far out things ... and they were different and creative and exciting in their own way.
So seeing this is good ... and I was looking through my head for some of the things in these areas that I have enjoyed over the years ...
Terje Rypdal - massive, and even if some of his stuff is more "jazz" oriented, his use of the soaring solo on a Stratoscaster is excellent and must have albums for all those prog folks (right! Like they will listen to this!) ... these are "Odyssey" and then "Eos" ... Eos is specially important as it is an album with him and David Darling only ... and it is the most enchantingly beautiful chamber music thing you ever heard ... it is mesmerizing and stunning. Funny thing ... even Jeff Beck copied that style a few years later!
Ralph Lundsten - Considered a composer, probably more on the classical vein, he has experimented massively with synthesizers to create some really nice things and bizarre things ... and if you get bored just enjoy Max Von Sydow doing 10 different voices! Nature Symphony is really pretty ... but, well, it's not prog rock ... so screw him!
DarXstar - Has a couple of rather nice long jams, and you can tell that guitarist knows how to play and use his axe and then some ...
WigWam - A little more jazz oriented, however, I find some of the stuff by this band hard to describe ... it can be pop oriented, it can be jazz oriented and it can ge rock oriented and it can be Genesis oriented ... so I guess it will be the time of the season that matters?
Bo Hansson - Keyboard artist that did some nice things ... unffortunately he also did an album dedicated to the Rings and then Watership Downs and because his name was not Vangelis or E. Power Biggs ... he got laughed off the map and he either got depressed and quit or never recorded again. If it said "BlueBellsBalls" instead of "The ring" you would not have given a damn. It was nice music, and we should stop being cynical about it ... it was also at a time when the synthesizers were hard to control and I really think that the gentleman did a very nice job creating the sound spheres that he did. A lot of musicians deserve a lot better than just being dismissed for being idiots that can only play scales!
There were a couple of others, but their names fail me, mostly seriously unusual things and oddities and I need to look them up ... there was an Anna something that I can not remember of give credit to properly.
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Posted By: KingCrimson250
Date Posted: August 13 2009 at 10:41
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Further updates: "I think we have already released a livealbum that was possibly a bit so-so...Havent heard it in years though. The bands main things on the to-do list is a) making sure the old albums are available b) making new music and finding ways of making this exciting and pleasurable c) if possible recording and releasing new stuff... "There is a lot of interesting material floating about. The band could easily start recording stuff as we have more or less all the old equipment available...we just need to find a sort of format and framing that will work for the band today. "Thomas said once (in defense of splitting up the band in 95 (?) that he thought there were enough mediocre albums in the world without our band adding to the pile. If we make a new album it has to be an album we are excited about and we feel is strong and individual. "We are very slow and very picky. We are snails with increasingly bad eye sight and long memories. We will never wear capes. // Mattias So it looks like while it might take a while, they're trying to put their hearts and souls into it. I'm looking forward to an excellent new release. Also on Facebook Mattias said that the Epilog rerelease (with sexy surprises) will be out later this fall... // Mattias(Apparently Facebook quotes involve a different font  ). I'm not sure what those sexy surprises are but I cannot wait to find out! |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: August 13 2009 at 14:10
THANKS!  
That's REALLY good news. I'm very excited to hear their new stuff. I recently got my hands on Hybris (it was quite hard... And expensive), I hope it will be as good as this album and as Epilog. ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |