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Celebrated Poetry in Music

I’ve compiled a list of songs and albums by musicians who have taken poetry from established and renowned writers (whether only in their respective countries or in a worldly sense) and put them to music. The list didn’t turn out to be as long as I had initially hoped, but for anyone who is big into poetry – this should keep you busy for a little while. Feedback is definitely welcome (especially if someone locates me some songs using Robert Browning, Walt Whitman, or Emily Dickinson which I’m really surprised I couldn’t find).

Louis Aragon (France)
Album:
Léo Ferré – “Léo Ferré chante Aragon”

Charles Baudelaire (France)
Songs:
Alcest – “Elévation”
Amesoeurs – “Recueillement”
Das Ich – “Blutquell” (German translation of “La Fontaine de sang”)
Gorgoroth – “Litani til Satan” (Norwegian translation of “Les Litanies de Satan”)
The Ocean – “Paleoarchaean/Man And The Sea” (incorporates English translation of “L'Homme et la Mer”)
Mortifera – “Ciel brouillé”
Mortifera – “Le Revenant”
Peste Noire – “Le Mort Joyeux”
Peste Noire – “Spleen”
Albums:
Léo Ferré – “Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire”
Misanthrope – “Irremediable”

Gottfried Benn (Germany)
Album:
Das Ich – “Morgue”

William Blake (England)
Songs:
Loreena McKennitt – “Lullaby”
Sonne Hagal – “The Sick Rose
Sonne Hagal – “Song of Innocence” (all lyrics taken from “Piping Down the Valleys Wild”)
Albums:
Ulver – “Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell”
Bruce Dickinson – “Chemical Wedding” (contains many lyrics from his poems throughout)

Robert Brasillach (France)
Song:
Peste Noire – “Psaume IV”

William S. Burroughs (USA)
Album:
Tom Waits – “The Black Rider” (contains several lyrics by him and the rest is inspired by a play he co-wrote)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (England)
Song:
Iron Maiden – “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Tristan Corbière (France)
Song:
Peste Noire – “Paysage Mauvais”

J.H.O. Djurhuus (Faroe Islands)
Song:
Týr – “Gandkvæði Tróndar”

Jens Christian Djurhuus (Faroe Islands)
Song:
Týr – “Ormurin Langi”

Robert Frost (USA)
Song:
Horn – “Landscapes on Hold II” (all lyrics taken from “Desert Places”)

Archibald Lampman (Canada)
Song:
Loreena McKennitt – “Snow”

Comte de Lautréamont (Uruguay/France)
Song:
The Ocean – “Mesoarchaean/Legions Of Winged Octopi” (incorporates English translation of “Les Chants de Maldoror”)

Guillaume de Machaut (France)
Song:
Peste Noire – “Amour ne m'amoit ne je li”

Yukio Mishima (Japan)
Song:
:Golgatha: – “Icarus” (English translation)

Alfred Noyes (England)
Song:
Loreena McKennitt – “The Highwayman”

Fernando Pessoa (Portugal)
Songs:
Moonspell – “Opium” (incorporates “Opiário”)
Ulver – “Christmas” (English adaptation of “Natal”)

Christine de Pizan (Italy/France)
Song:
Peste Noire – “Dueil angoisseus (Christine de Pisan, 1362-1431)” (incorporates “Dueil Angoisseux”)

Edgar Allen Poe (USA)
Songs:
Arcturus – “Alone”
The Crüxshadows – “Sympathy for Tomorrow” (incorporates “Spirits of the Dead”)
Green Carnation – “Alone”
The Ocean – “The City in the Sea”
Album:
The Alan Parsons Project – “Tales Of Mystery & Imagination”

Arthur Rimbaud (France)
Album:
Léo Ferré – “Léo Ferré chante Verlaine-Rimbaud” (contains several of his works)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (USA)
Song:
Simon & Garfunkel – “Richard Cory”

Taras Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Song:
Drudkh – “Solitude” (English title for “Самітність”)
Album:
Drudkh – “The Swan Road”

Edvard Storm (Norway)
Song:
Týr – “Sinklars Vísa”

Alfred Lord Tennyson (England)
Songs:
Crippled Black Phoenix – “The Northern Cobbler” (all lyrics taken from stanzas 1-9)
Loreena McKennitt – “The Lady of Shalott”

A.S.J. Tessimond (England)
Song:
Agalloch – “Birch White” (all lyrics taken from “Birch Tree”)

Dylan Thomas (Wales)
Song:
Anaal Nathrakh – “Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light” (incorporates “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”)

J.R.R. Tolkien (England)
Albums:
The Tolkien Ensemble – “At Dawn in Rivendell”
The Tolkien Ensemble – “A Night in Rivendell”
The Tolkien Ensemble – “An Evening In Rivendell”
The Tolkien Ensemble & Christopher Lee – “Complete Songs & Poems”*
The Tolkien Ensemble & Christopher Lee – “Leaving Rivendell”

*I included the other albums for the sake of being thorough, but if you want to get into this band, just get this release. It puts all the poems in the correct order as they appear in The Lord of the Rings.

Georg Trakl (Austria)
Song:
The Ocean – “Ectasian/De Profundis” (incorporates English translation of “De Profundis”)

Paul Verlaine (France)
Songs:
Peste Noire – “Soleils couchants”
Valfunde – “"Sérénade" De Verlaine”
Album:
Léo Ferré – “Léo Ferré chante Verlaine-Rimbaud” (contains several of his works)

François Villon (France)
Song:
Léo Ferré – “Frères humains, l’amour n’a pas d’âge” (incorporates “Frères humains”)
Peste Noire – “Ballade cuntre les anemis de la France”

William Wordsworth (England)
Song:
Draconian – “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal”

William Butler Yeats (Ireland)
Songs:
Agalloch – “A Poem By Yeats” (all lyrics taken from “The Sorrow of Love”)
The Cranberries – “Yeat's Grave” (incorporates “No Second Troy”)
Loreena McKennitt – “Stolen Child”
Loreena McKennitt – “Ce He Mise le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees)” (all lyrics taken from “The Two Trees”)
Primordial – “Hosting of the Sidhe”

Miscellaneous
(Ireland)
Abney Park – “I Am Stretched On Your Grave”
Dead Can Dance – “I Am Stretched on Your Grave”
Sinéad O'Connor – “I Am Stretched On Your Grave”

(England)
Rakoth – “The Unquiet Grave”

Bob DylanDead Can DanceSufjan StevensSonic YouthOf the Wand and the MoonAkercockeAlcestMortiferaCelestiaAndrew Lloyd WebberApocalypticaArcturusAyreonBattleloreSummoningBlind GuardianDemons & WizardsCradle of FilthBethlehemThe Meads of AsphodelMechanical PoetMiles DavisJohn ColtraneThelonious MonkMunly & the Lee Lewis HarlotsJay MunlyNaked CityNegură BungetNestNightwishOpethPär Lindh & Björn JohanssonPeccatumRammsteinRichard WagnerThe Ruins of BeverastSaul WilliamsSleepytime Gorilla MuseumStar of AshStarofashSun RaSymphony XTemnozorTheatre of TragedyThelonious Monk QuartetThelonious Monk Quartet With John ColtraneTherionUnexpectUrfaustWardrunaWolves in the Throne RoomBo Hansson

It’s clear upon first listen to this follow up to their last album that they've have not altered any slightest thing to their sound, and why should they? They’ve mastered their sound and production and topped themselves with this early January release, it's fucking perfect. Flawless, polished production. Great creative song writing. The front man has been consistent releasing new material with his various side projects, and whilst he’s revealed that this is his most personal album yet, it doesn’t seem evident upon first listen. His harsh and demonic voice cutting through you whilst the bass pounds into your ears, leaving no chance of catching a breath as a swift jump into the dirty underground sound of the next track, ups the ante and the relentless bass and monotonous robotics, these are some fucking promising first tracks. The dissonant experimental sound manipulation is just cutting through your ears. It’s easy to critisize the lyrical content of this album; some tracks have some sub-par lyrics, some even having none at all and just manages offensively addictive by their title, but what it really is; lyrically dark, threatening, and very fitting in some respects. This isn't lyrics, this is music. Music has nothing to do with lyrics, if you only want lyrics go read some teenage poetry on myspace.

Easily the album of the year, nothing could possibly beat this, and also one of the best industrial albums ever made.

























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straight from the Melloboat MySpace blog (Swedish version below)


Dear friends!
Now is it less than 48 hours left to the MELLO CLUB Christmas party at Café Edenborg in old town in Stockholm.
I am filled excitment for what Roger Wootton and PiU has on their repertoire.
Roger Wootton, singer in the English band Comus will join us for two days of immortal music. He is backed up by PIU which is one of the most promising bands from Sweden these days.

Have received some info that they will perform music from both FIRST UTTERANCE and the TO KEEP FROM CRYING album. Have also heard that they will perform a never before heard COMUS song called "Out of the Coma". All guests will be served delicious GLÖGG and Swedish pepper cakes.

Roger Wootton who is a phenomenal artist/illustrator has created a spectacular MELLO CLUB Christmas Card and a numbered and signed painting of a cruel Santa Claus. These paintings can be bought with or without frame. A limited quantity of the LP version of Kraftwerk..s - Organisation Tone Float will be available if someone wants a Roger Wootton signed copy. (Roger painted the front sleeve on this highly collectable LP)

I am blessed to have such a wonderful honour to present the very first solo performance of Roger Wotton and PIU.
Welcome all good friends to a (anti) Christ mass party with the godfather of frightening lyrics in the Death Metal vein!!!

Date: 4-5th of December
Time: 19:00 CET.
Venue: Café Edenborg / Stora Nygatan 35 (old Town) Stockholm.
Phone: +46 - 733 - 870 950

Swedish version

ÄNTLIGEN ÄNTLIGEN ÄNTLIGEN har det blivit dax för MELLO CLUBs två första julfester!!!
På estraden dessa två kvällar har vi den legendariska ROGER WOOTTON från engelska bandet COMUS!
Han ackompanieras av det svenska "acid" folkbandet PIU.
Vi kan förvänta oss musik från både FIRST UTTERANCE och TO KEEP FROM CRYING.
Har också hört rykten om att en icke tidigare framförd Comus låt kallad "Out of the coma" kommer att framföras!

Roger som även är en fenomenal illustratör/konstnär har skapat ett MELLO CLUB julkort av sällan skådat slag. En Roger Woottonmålning med en mordisk tomte kommer även att finnas att tillgå. (med eller utan ram)

Roger Wootton målade omslaget till KRAFTWERKs första platta, Organisation Tone Float.
En mycket begränsad vinylupplaga kommer att tillhandahållas för alla som är intresserade av ett signerat exemplar.

Det bjuds på glögg, pepparkakor, sång och musik från en av världens mest säregna sångare.
En av våra medlemmar sa såhär förra veckan:
-Att missa julfesten med Roger Wootton och PIU är att klassas vid ett tjänstefel.

Alla välkomna till Café Edenborg 4-5:e December.
Portarna öppnas 19:00, Wootton och PIU entrar scenen 21:00
Jag finns som vanligt på plats från 15:00 båda dagarna.
Välkomna!



Cafe Edenborg
KENNY HÅKANSSON and his PSYCHEDELIC DREAM
TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET
FLÄSKET BRINNER
Roger Wootton
Comus
Sabu Martinez
Sahib Shihab
Bernt Rosengren
Wlodek Gulgowski
Mr X
Christer Boustedt
Palle DanielssonThe Colins of ParadiseAsokaBo HanssonCecilia KlingsporPiUKatatoniaPlanktonFläsket brinnerTrettioåriga KrigetPuckspony
Peter Nylander QuartetComusQophEmma NordenstamEMIKA KLASDOTTERDungenUriah HeepMikael RamelPovel RamelMagmaRiversideAnekdotenLandberkOpethFlasket BrinnerLifeAgamonSolid GroundNovemberPaatosMorte MacabreFredrik ThordendalMeshuggahFreak KitchenLeaf HoundMats MorganPromise and The Monster

running a bit behind with this, but nonetheless for those who missed it, here's the repost from the Mellotronen MySpace blog... (Swedsih version below)


Hello friends.

Time flies and we have some upcoming activities.

1. THE MELLOBOAT http://www.last.fm/event/782565

2. THE MELLO-CLUB with FLÄSKET BRINNER http://www.last.fm/event/672783

3. NEW TITLES FINALLY AVAILABLE

4. FRAME33 releaseparty

5. FREDAGSHORNET Festival in February 2009

1. Things are hotting up for the MELLOBOAT 2009 so for those intending to attend this event should be sure to book tickets ASAP, as we can’t guarantee how long they’ll be available! Don’t miss this opportunity to experience this once-in-a-lifetime event. With this band line-up, you’ll be kicking your own ass if you do!

Bookings can be made via our booking site www.mellotronen.com/melloboat or by calling Tallink Silja Call Center +46 8 666 33 33 or by their web address: http://www.tallinksilja.com/sv/cruises/special/melloBoat.htm

For more information on the boat, line-up, extra activities and attractions, please visit www.mellotronen.com/melloboat or www.myspace.com/melloboat and for extra help, email info@mellotronen.com .

2. This upcoming Wednesday (the 19th of November) is it time for another evening at the mighty MELLO-CLUB at Café Edenborg.

The band FLÄSKET BRINNER will perform!!!

It will be a fantastic evening!!!

We will be hanging out at the Café from 15:00 CET to 01:00 CET

The adress is:

CAFÉ EDENBORG
Stora Nygatan 35 (gamla stan, Stockholm)
Mello-Club phone. + 46 - 733 – 870 950

3. Our new releases at the MELLOTOREN label are finally released.

TRETTIOÅRGA KRIGET – War Years (melloCD-028/029)
http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5027&tempCat=5
The bands first ever live album..
It is double CD with the name "WAR YEARS".

SABU MARTINEZ - "Burned Sugar" (melloCD-026) and (melloLP-5)
http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5043&tempCat=8

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5029&tempCat=8

Burned Sugar was recorded live in front of an audience at the Swedish Radio (Stockholm) in april 1973. These recordings are something really spectacular.

SABU MARTINEZ / SAHIB SHIHAB - "Winds & Skins" (melloCD-027) and (melloLP-6)
http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5044&tempCat=8

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5028&tempCat=8

Winds & Skins was recorded 13th of December 1978 (exactly one month before Sabu..s untimely death)

On the Winds and Skins recording Shihab Shihab delivers some of the funkiest and most mind-blowing notes ever performed on an electrified sax.

Johnny Martinez who plays percussion on the Winds & Skins album will hang around at the MELLO CLUB the 19th of November.

Don’t miss the opportunity to have a chat with him and get a signed copy of Winds & Skins.

4. Tuesday the 18th of November will our friend Lasse Wennberg have a special release party to celebrate his frames specially made for LPs.

We thing that the art of LP sleeves deserves the best space in a home and if you are in Stockholm then take the possibility to stop by at Restaurant ZEBRA DANS.

This place is located at RENSTIERNAS GATA 48 (Södermalm, Stockholm)

Opening hours between 16:00 CET till 21:00 CET.

We will attend and have our very best and most unique sleeve available.

For more info: www.frame33.com or e-mail:party@frame33.com

5. February 20, 2009 will there be a festival in the city of Södertälje.

The following bands will perform

Kebnekajse (Mindblowing heavy prog with folk influences)

Wasa Express (Fusion with a wonderful flavour of the 1970s)

Hot Lanta (local act influenced by Captain Beyond and Colosseum II)

The festival will take place at Trombon in the center of Södertälje.(200 meter from the train station) Tickets 195 SEK

Our web-shop is always open and we constantly update it with new CD, vinyl and DVD titles. check:

www.mellotronen.com for all kind of good music.

Best wishes,

The Mellotronen Crew

(SWEDISH VERSION)

Hej alla vänner!!

Här kommer en liten uppdatering om vad som händer på vår front.

1. MELLOBOAT 2009

2. MELLO-CLUB med FLÄSKET BRINNER

3. VÅRA NYA TITLAR ÄNTLIGEN I LAGER

4. FRAME33 releaseparty

5. FREDAGSHORNET Festival i Februari 2009

1. Biljetterna till MELLOBOAT 2009 är nu släppta och vissa hyttkategorier är i princip redan slut. Vore synd ifall inte all som vill, kommer med. Som ni vet så har de tidigare resorna varit mycket lyckade och årets line-up går inte av för hackor.

Bokning kan göras via vår egen sida www.mellotronen.com/melloboat eller via telefon via TallinkSilja på nummer: 08 - 666 33 33 eller via TallinkSiljas hemsida: http://www.tallinksilja.com/sv/cruises/special/melloBoat.htm

För mer information om båten så kolla gärna www.mellotronen.com/melloboat eller www.myspace.com/melloboat och ytterligare frågar besvaras om ni mailar info@mellotronen.com

2. Så var det äntligen dags för November månads MELLO CLUB.

19:e November spelar FLÄSKET BRINNER eget material plus lite Bosse Hansson och skönt Reebop-sväng. Det kommer att bli drag. Vi släppte in 95 personer på Trettioåriga Krigets gig förra månaden och vi vågar nog inte släppa in fler på Onsdag så det är helt enkelt först till kvarn om ni inte redan bokat biljett.... Det kommer att bli en helt fantastisk kväll.

Vi finns på plats från 15:00 till 01:00

Adressen är som vanligt:
CAFÉ EDENBORG
Stora Nygatan 35 (gamla stan)

Det går bra att ringa om det finns frågor:

Tel: 0733 – 870 950

3. Våra nya titlar på MELLOTOREN labeln är äntligen släppta.

TRETTIOÅRGA KRIGET – War Years (melloCD-028/029)

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5027&tempCat=5

Krigets första LIVE album som går under namnet "WAR YEARS".

SABU MARTINEZ - "Burned Sugar" (melloCD-026) och (melloLP-5)

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5043&tempCat=8

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5029&tempCat=8

Burned Sugar spelades in på Sveriges Radio (Stockholm) april 1973.

SABU MARTINEZ / SAHIB SHIHAB - "Winds & Skins" (melloCD-027) and (melloLP-6)

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5044&tempCat=8

http://www.mellotronen.com/asp/recordDetails.asp?recordid=5028&tempCat=8

Winds & Skins är inspelad 13:e December 1978.

På dessa inspelningar har även flöjtisten/saxofonisten Shihab Shihab en stor och viktig del. Han visar verkligen att han var en av de största i sitt gebit. Hans sätt att spela elektronisk sax är helt unikt och tillsammans med 5 slagverkare blir musiken något som aldrig tidigare skådats!

En av dessa slagverkare är Johnny Martinez och han kommer att hänga runt på MELLO CLUB nu på Onsdag. Ta tillfället i akt och träffa en levande legend och kanske få ett signerat exemplar av Winds & Skins.

4. Tisdagen den 18:e November är det äntligen dags för premiären av Lasse Wennbergs utomordentligt vackra LP ramar. Ramarna är gjorda i riktigt trä med riktigt glas. Snygga LP omslag förtjänar att sitta snyggt inramade i varje hem. Festen hålls på Restaurant ZEBRA DANS på RENSTIERNAS GATA 48 (Södermalm, Stockholm)

Det är öppet mellan 16:00 till 21:00.

Vi är självklart där med ett fett lass LPs med snygga omslag.

För mer info: www.frame33.com eller e-mail:party@frame33.com

5. Den 20:e Februari hålls en festival i Södertälje. Festivalen kallas Fredagshornet.

Banden som lirar är:

Kebnekajse (Stenhård svensk folkrock med Kenny Håkansson)

Wasa Express (Superfusion med Åke Eriksson och hans vänner)

Hot Lanta(lokal trio som spelar med influenser från Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Captain Beyond och Colosseum II)

Festivalen hålls på Trombon i Södertälje. Trombon ligger ca 200 meter från pendeltågsstationen Södertälje Centrum. Biljetterna säljs via Ticnet och kommer att kosta 195 kronor.

Vår webshop: www.mellotronen.com är alltid öppen och fylls dagligen på med diverse plattor.

Med vänlig hälsning / Stefan Dimle



Cafe Edenborg
KENNY HÅKANSSON and his PSYCHEDELIC DREAM
TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET
FLÄSKET BRINNER
Roger Wootton
Comus
Sabu Martinez
Sahib Shihab
Bernt Rosengren
Wlodek Gulgowski
Mr X
Christer Boustedt
Palle DanielssonThe Colins of ParadiseAsokaBo HanssonCecilia KlingsporPiUKatatoniaPlanktonFläsket brinnerTrettioåriga KrigetPuckspony
Peter Nylander QuartetComusQophEmma NordenstamEMIKA KLASDOTTERDungenUriah HeepMikael RamelPovel RamelMagmaRiversideAnekdotenLandberkOpethFlasket BrinnerLifeAgamonSolid GroundNovemberPaatosMorte MacabreFredrik ThordendalMeshuggahFreak KitchenLeaf HoundMats MorganPromise and The Monster

Straight from the Mellotronen blogspot...




Hello friends.!

The summer is over and it is time for some action!!!


The 26th of September is it the world premier for the MELLO CLUB at Cafe Edenborg at the street Stora Nygatan 35 in gamla stan / Stockholm.
We have the big honour to presentKENNY HÅKANSSON and his PSYCHEDELIC DREAM to be the first band on stage at the MELLO CLUB! [eventpage]

The 23-24th of October will TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET perform. [eventpage]
The 19th of November will FLÄSKET BRINNER perform [eventpage]and
December 4th and December 5th, Roger Wootton from Comus will perform. [eventpage 4/12 - eventpage 5/12]


Before the end of September will we have a special website for the MELLO CLUB and also for the MELLOBOAT. On this site can you easily book tickets for both the club and the Boat. Stay tuned for info.
IMPORTANT: You need to have the Mello Club membership card to get a ticket for our club events. You can get the Mello Club membership card at Café Edenborg during day time the same day as any event. We will pre-sell tickets to all events from the 26th of September.


The line-up for the the next MELLOBOAT will be confirmed in a very near future.


We have three titles in the pipeline as well as the MELLOBOAT DVD.


The MELLOTRONEN label will finally release the titles
TRETTIOÅRGA KRIGET – War Years (melloCD-028/029)
The bands first ever live album will be released during their performance at the MELLO CLUB the 23-24th of October.The album will be a double CD and it will be called "WAR YEARS".The first CD will consist of live recordings from the 70s and 80s while the second one will manly contain TK´s show at Progday, NC, US in 2004.


Sabu Martinez - "Burned Sugar" (melloCD-026) and
Sabu Martinez / Sahib Shihab - "Winds & Skins" (melloCD-027)

Burned Sugar was recorded live in front of an audience at the Swedish Radio (Stockholm) in april 1973. These recordings are something really spectacular.

The line-up:
Sabu Martinez: Bongos, congas, bukoba, talking drums, tympani, gong, all sound and percussion effects /
Bernt Rosengren: Sax & flute /
Wlodek Gulgowski: Electric piano /
Mr X: Electric Bass /

The bonus tracks includes a top secret and never ever officially played tape called "The Polyvox sessions. Recoreded during the summer of 1974.

Winds & Skins was recorded 13th of December 1978 (exactly one month before Sabu´s untimely death)
On the Winds and Skins recording Shihab Shihab delivers some of the funkiest and most mind-blowing notes ever performed on an electrified sax, steadily backed up by five suggestive percussionists. The myth that Sahib Shihab never played electrified sax can hereby once and for all be dismissed!
A more unique session has never taken place in Sweden. Two top giants in the world of jazz goes berserk in the very end of their lives!

The line-up:
Sabu Martinez: Bongos, congas, bukoba, talking drums, tympani, gong, all sound and percussion effects /
Sahib Shihab: Sax & flute /
Johnny Martinez: Various drums & percussion /
René Martinez: Various drums & percussion /
Daoud Amin: Various drums & percussion /
Ivan Krillzarin: Various drums & percussion /

The circle will be closed through the bonus track. These bonus track includes the very first session that Sabu Martinez recorded in Sweden.
He recorded this tune for a radio program just after his departure to Stockholm 1967. By his side he had Christer Boustedt on sax and Palle Danielsson on double bass.


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Atmosphere is something that is generally subjective and can manifest itself in many ways. This is the fifth installment of a journal series where I rant on, recommend and explain some albums that I found to be very atmospheric in their nature. This is NOT a journal where I talk about my favorite albums overall. To read the previous journal Click Here.

Here are a few albums from artists that I've been obsessing over recently:


17. Infidel?/Castro! - "Bioentropic Damage Fractal"
Experimental / Avant-garde / Noise / Post-Rock
Experimental? Yes, to the point of plain weird and risking an overdose. I love this album so much I'm almost willing to call it my favorite album ever even though I hate all this "my favorite genre is" or "my favorite artist is" etc. etc. No ill will towards you who namedrop your favorites but I don't find my taste to be so easily pigeonholed. Bioentropic Damage Fractal is a melting pot of mixed sounds, sometimes done with "proper instruments" sometimes just whatever. From random and chaotic electronic grind to 20 minute long post-rockish ambient noise pieces. I really like the grind tracks, they're fun, constantly changing leaving you not knowing what to think really, but it's at the long atmospheric ambient operas where it's really at considering what kind of journal this is. The contrast is enormous, from extremely distractive grind to slow soundscape music. Which might answer the question why they're so unknown, I mean, someone who's into the one polarity wouldn't instinctively like the other, but then I guess to seek out this kind of music you would have to rather open-minded in the first place. It's just hard for me to fathom that something this great has gotten so little attention, hence I make up theories as to why that might be, it's a natural reflex, makes life easier.

"Let's make a song, start it out almost silent but continuously builds up an tension which rapidly expands the whole time for ten minutes" seriously... How fucking awesome isn't that for a song concept? It's not really that generic reverb-drenched ambient which you imagine it would be either, it's a more dry and noisy sound collage thing. There are so fucking many layers of sound, properly done panning as well, with good balance and sometimes psychedelic of nature, which just enhances the way this monstrosity of sound devours you. It's a gloomy, malicious, melancholic, chaotic double-disc opus which - if something - would suit as a soundtrack for the decay of mankind.

To sum this up: Avant-Garde is for the cool kids.


18. Bohren & der Club of Gore - "Black Earth"
Doom Jazz / (Dark) Ambient
Long droning ambient tones immediately captivate me as I begin to listen. The funeral-paced drums sets the tempo of my breathing. The rhodes piano plays a dark melody for me, an emotional one. Bass tones sounding as if they had traveled from the most unfathomable depths of the abyss has begun to tremble me. The bass is later on played with a bow which creates what can only be described as a fearsome sound. The almost silent buzzy noise created by the brush fondling the snare is tingling my ears. Ah the sax... I don't know how long it's been playing for I have forgotten when it begun. It plays me a lonely tune. Which isn't necessarily grieving the absence of company. It's a tone which I can relate to. I frequently find myself to be extremely tired of, and unwilling to participate in the social play that where we all must assume our "role" to survive in today's society. Since when was "survival of the fittest" exchanged with "survival of the most fake"? I often find myself trying to isolate myself from others, however I always fail because I am a wheel in society. Therefore this tone represents to me, a sense of belonging, I have found what I was looking for. It does not make me feel ecstatic, elated, hearty or happy. Yet despite all it's melancholic glory, it does make my heart pound hard and in a way makes me feel happy.
That was a slightly romanticized rant but whatever rite?


19. ZandoZ Corp. - "Suffocating Egos"
Rhythmic Noise / IDM / Industrial
Suffocating Egos' atmosphere is very futuristic in it's nature, though it's not the corny sci-fi sound you might be imagining, it is a dark and dystopian cyberpunk atmosphere. Despite that imagining what kind of music would accompany a book or something is something so subjective, it is how I interpret it. I bet that people who are as familiar and appreciate cyberpunk-fiction as much as I do would agree. This highly unknown Brazilian combines rhythmic noise, IDM and industrial into a quite disturbing concoction. Industrial melodies and IDM ambiances with chaotic rhythms put on top, perhaps too noisy to be called IDM rhythms. The melodies usually aren't very special and kept quite simple but they're something that makes otherwise chaotic music pleasant to listen to... Well, pleasant in a subjective way :} I wouldn't exactly call this easy-listening if you understand what I mean. Anyways, what makes the melodies good is the great variety in sound with no melody sounding as the other. As well as how those are weaved together in all the layers to together create what is the mechanic sounding atmosphere of Suffocating Egos.


20. Genghis Tron - "Board Up The House"
Experimental / Electronic / Grindcore
Though admittedly it's far from my favorite Genghis Tron album. I much prefer the more direct approach of Dead Mountain Mouth. Despite that, I believe this to be their most atmospheric album hence why I chose this one. It feels pretty much like a natural successor to their older works and takes a more progressive approach than Dead Mountain Mouth which took a more progressive approach than Cloak of Love which was purely experimental. While all this progressive wankery with complicated fingerplay and chaotic transitions between rhythms and riffs is more than often frowned upon, I personally think Genghis Tron does such a good job at this, keeping it at a moderate level, that I think this just doesn't fall under the same umbrella. Allow me to further elaborate; this is GOOD while the other is BAD which leads us to the conclusion that Genghis Tron =/= Other.

Another thing issue I would like to address is metalheads problem with drum machines. They bitch and whine because it is done electronically and therefore not true and what the fuck who cares. A drum machine can first of all do ANYTHING normal drums can do, absolutely everything, including ghost tones and everything else. That is because you can sample. It can not only do ANYTHING normal drums can do it can also do it ten times better and ten times more dynamic with cutoff volumes and playback velocity etc. The list goes on, there are billions of alternatives. I play drums myself, when I want to make up a rhythm to go with the music I imagine it in my head at first and then play it, the only difference when I use a drum machine is that instead of playing it I draw it, I get the exact same beat, actually I even prefer writing drums with a drum machine because it's faster and I can plough through ideas more quickly. The only area where a drum machine is obsolete is within improvisation, but what-the-fuck would you call metal an improvisational genre? Genghis Tron uses drum machine because with the proper knowledge it just plain sounds better.

Anyways, time to get back on topic. The structure of this album is quite brilliant and you can immediately tell that it's meant as one long song rather than separate works. Some parts are more interlude-ish and some are more meant as choruses, and I don't mean choruses in their traditional sense, I mean it as something that stands out from the rest of the song which just happens to be kind of catchy. I don't even think any song has any choruses in their traditional meaning. The IDM influences are still here, thank God for that (I don't mean God as in God, rather simply as an expression), though not as obvious and frequent as in Dead Mountain Mouth. But at least they don't make the same kind of album over and over again which would just be embarrassing, though that being said this is still very similar to it's predecessor. The slight noise influence seems to have been even further toned down to the point of disappearing completely. Some parts of the album is ambient, but never completely, rather it is often kept in the background which gives the soundscape an obscure feeling with their more recurring and "convenient" synth with heavy and harsh on top. Something that I find myself enjoying is the more on this in comparison to the previous album is the more frequent journeys into clean-oriented singing which are just breathtakingly beautiful, or perhaps that is the wrong word as they can be quite upsetting at times as well, in contrast to the harsh screaming to heavy music it sends shivers down my spine. The melodies send shivers down my spine, especially those of the more interlude oriented songs. This album sends shivers down my spine.







Thank you for reading, if you did. For further reading check out (though the early ones are kinda suckeeeh (not the albums, just my writing about them)):
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV

If I fooled you by coming here looking for something else, due to my excessive use of connections, I don't really care. :) But do leave me a comment will you!?


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This is borrowed directly from a recent series of journals by JoeIsListening, wherein one takes 64 songs selected at random from one's playlist and puts them in an elimination tournament which I gather is based somewhat on basketball playoffs or something. I don't know from basketball, so I won't comment on that. To quote from Joe, "These will be divided into 32 musical face offs. Losers go away and the winners advance until 'there can only be one.'" I eliminated any under-1-minute tracks from the list, but didn't bother with a ten-minute-plus track or a number of 8-9 minute ones.

I am also borrowing Joe's Difficulty-O-Meter, which "gauges the degree of difficulty in deciding which song advances. The scale runs from * (no contest, no thought required) to ***** (pass the razor blades)".

Now, I've got close to 30,000 tracks in my system, many of which I could not hum even a snatch of upon seeing the title, so this could be interesting, or not as much. Let's see.

1. Lebanese Blonde (French mix) by Thievery Corporation
vs.
2. Relax (Come Fighting) by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Frankie
Comments: Both of them good grooving tracks, but I think "Relax" got the edge because of my greater familiarity with it, and perhaps it's a bit less laid-back and a little more forceful.

3. Broken Birds by Jane Siberry
vs.
4. 7 8 9 by Barenaked Ladies
Difficulty: *
Winner: The Ladies
Comments: Little contest here--a pretty much acoustic track from a past-her-prime Siberry doing a misguided album of songs she wrote as a teenager, versus a catchy children's song from Canada's top popsters.

5. Heat of the Moment by Willy DeVille
vs.
6. Dreamin' by Lou Reed
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Willy
Comments: Willy DeVille mostly wins by default, because the Lou Reed track, from his subdued "Magic & Loss", is just not very strong. We'll see how Willy does in the next round...

7. Hell in a Handbasket by Drywall
vs.
8. Framed by Saga
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Drywall
Comments: This is far from my favourite track from Stan Ridgway's "Drywall" project, but it's still at least distinctive enough to edge out a less-familiar prog-rock track from Saga.

9. Afterglow by Genesis
vs.
10. The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Difficulty: *
Winner: Flash
Comments: A weak track from a weak Genesis album against one of the classic songs of rap music? Okay, I'm not rap's biggest fan, but Grandmaster Flash nailed this one.

11. Slip Inside This House by The 13th Floor Elevators
vs.
12. Close But No Cigar by Weird Al Yankovic
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Al
Comments: A catchy, appealing tune from Weird Al's latest album, even if not one that stuck out on first listen, holds its own against Roky Erickson's eerie tune.

13. We're Just Temporary Ma'am by White Whale
vs.
14. The Warrior by Scandal
Difficulty: *****
Winner: The Whale
Comments: Okay, "The Warrior" is a classic of 80's pop-rock, where White Whale are just some obscure upstart indie-rock band, but "We're Just Temporary Ma'am" is catchy and has a great title, which won out over nostalgia by a hair.

15. Prayer Meeting by Chet Atkins
vs.
16. Ultraviolence by New Order
Difficulty: ***
Winner: The Order
Comments: While "Ultraviolence" is one of those tracks that I couldn't hum you a bar of right now, it still outdoes a Chet Atkins instrumental cover version from "Solid Gold '68". Or, at least, this particular one.

17. My Hippy Angel by Bob Geldof
vs.
18. The Luxury by The Tragically Hip
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Sir Bob
Comments: While the Tragically Hip have some great songs, I have trouble getting into a lot of their album tracks, while Geldof's song is a fun listen.

19. Rocket by Primitive Radio Gods
vs.
20. Take Me Away by Fefe Dobson
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Fefe
Comments: Though Dobson's Avrilesque charms are overly obvious, they nonetheless outweigh those of that PRG guy.

21. Stay Awake by Suzanne Vega
vs.
22. Streets of Banaras by Ann Mortifee
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Ann
Comments: This was an interesting pairing. I love Suzanne Vega's a cappella take on the Mary Poppins song, but somehow her quiet, deadpan song paled next to Ann Mortifee's intense, histrionic soprano workout.

23. Furry Old Lobster by Jonathan Coulton
vs.
24. The Last Word by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Mary
Comments: Mary Chapin Carpenter wins out over Jonathan Coulton for having more clever lyrics, but this is admittedly one of Coulton's weaker numbers.

25. As Good as New by ABBA
vs.
26. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
Difficulty: ***
Winner: BAAB
Comments: The throbbing disco beat and harmonies have it over Fagen's soft jazz and wry weary-radio-DJ lyrics.

27. Questions in a World of Blue by Julee Cruise
vs.
28. The Rhythm of the Heat by Peter Gabriel
Difficulty: **
Winner: Pete
Comments: Julee Cruise is just a little too wispy to take on the primal power of even the live version of one of Gabriel's best tracks.

29. Tomber by Laurence Jalbert
vs.
30. Tapestry by Carole King
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Laurence
Comments: Laurence Jalbert, who on this song strikes me as a sort of Francophone Melissa Etheridge, edges out Carole King on this one.

31. You Took My Heart by Chris Isaak
vs.
32. Junior by John Mellencamp
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Cougar
Comments: John Mellencamp's story was a little more compelling than Isaak's bouncy lament.

33. Chance (single version) by Big Country
vs.
34. Messages by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Difficulty: ***
Winner: BC
Comments: The OMD track just wasn't striking me, which left Big Country on top by default.

35. Animation by Jon Anderson
vs.
36. Foxglove by Bruce Cockburn
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Bruce
Comments: The Jon Anderson track just went on and on, leaving the field open for Cockburn's little guitar instrumental.

37. What If We Don't Get What We Want? by 13 Engines
vs.
38. Rooms on Fire by Stevie Nicks
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Lucky 13
Comments: An uncharacteristically low-key track from alt-rockers 13 Engines, which takes out past-her-prime Stevie.

39. Mermaid Smiled by XTC
vs.
40. Perfect World by Talking Heads
Difficulty: ****
Winner: XTC
Comments: I'm not that familiar with the XTC track, actually, but it manages to beat out one of my less-than-favourite Heads tracks.

41. Manto's Arrow and the Sphinx by Andreas Vollenweider
vs.
42. Eric's Theme by Vangelis
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Vangelis
Comments: Despite (or, perhaps, because of) what sounds like Lisa Gerrard wailing in the background, Andreas Vollenweider is unable to beat the majestic track of "Chariots of Fire".

43. Kissing Gate by Sam Brown
vs.
44. Fading Lights by Genesis
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Ms. Brown
Comments: Not my favourite Sam Brown track, but it's better than the dull and overlong Genesis song, at least.

45. What a Day That Was by David Byrne
vs.
46. There Won't Be Trumpets by Stephen Sondheim
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Mr. Sondheim
Comments: Perhaps if the Byrne song had been the "Stop Making Sense" version, it might have beaten out this minor Sondheim song from the "Side By Side By Sondheim" revue.

47. The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
vs.
48. Pull Me Down by Skydiggers
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Echo
Comments: For a song I was unfamiliar with, the Skydiggers track was unexpectedly strong, but not enough to beat out the classic E&TB song.

49. So Serious by Electric Light Orchestra
vs.
50. Bus Stop by The Hollies
Difficulty: **
Winner: Holly
Comments: It'll take more than that silly ELO song to defeat one of the best pop songs of the 60's! I can see "Bus Stop" getting quite far in this competition, in fact...

51. Double Take by Blondie
vs.
52. Islands of the Future by Gentlemen Without Weapons
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Blondie
Comments: Oh, my. The Blondie song is pretty silly, and from their latter days, but what is it up against? While Gentlemen Without Weapons sounded more pop than new-age with their synthesizers filled with animal and natural sounds, this song contains a gagworthy voiceover from a young Fairuza Balk that eliminates it from this round.

53. Grimsby by Elton John
vs.
54. Nightswimming by R.E.M.
Difficulty: ***
Winner: REM
Comments: The Elton John song is okay, but not great, and the REM song has been growing on me lately.

55. Careful With That Axe, Eugene by Pink Floyd
vs.
56. The Horns of Rohan & The Battle of the Pelennor Fields by Bo Hansson
Difficulty: **
Winner: Floyd
Comments: Oh, please. There's no way that Hansson and his synthy Lord of The Rings soundtrack can compete with such an epic of prog. I mean, with screaming and everything!

57. Look Down by Claude-Michel Schönberg
vs.
58. Saskatchewan Sea by The SplendourBog
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Les Miz
Comments: The SplendourBog song is an interesting ode to Canada's flattest province, but it can't decide whether to be serious or jokey, so the Les Misérables track, not one of my favourites but decent enough, narrowly pulls ahead of it.

59. The Story of One Chord by Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
vs.
60. Lovers Anonymous by 10cc
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Mojo
Comments: The Mojo & Skid track is silly stuff, and so is the 10cc I suppose, but the 10cc track has the disadvantage of being pretty dull musically, so it drops out.

61. I Wanted Your Heart by Magazine
vs.
62. Love Don't Need No Tyranny by Tanita Tikaram
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Tanita
Comments: Neither of these are songs I'm that familiar with, but the Magazine track was grating on me a bit on this listen, so Tanita takes it through greater tunefulness.

63. Amelia by Joni Mitchell
vs.
64. Future Call by Jill Cunniff
Difficulty: **
Winner: Jill
Comments: While I like a number of Joni Mitchell songs, this isn't one of them. I mean, my favourite album of hers is "Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm", for heaven's sake. Jill Cunniff's isn't quite Luscious Jackson, but it's still a more fun listen.

Next week, or so, Round Two, where the 32 winners in this round duke it out with each other...

For those who missed out on the latest announcements of the Mellotronen camp...



News / Nyheter 28th of June 2008 (A Swedish version will follow below)

The rolling MELLOTRONEN shop will visit the festival PARKFESTEN 2008 outside Nora (örebro) the 12th of July [event page]. Hope to meet many Mellotronen friends on this new festival which we hope will be a yearly tradition.

We have just released a new and fresh double CD edition of Kultivator - "Barndomens stigar". The CD will be available at our stand at PARKFESTEN as well as 1000 of other CDs, LPs and DVDs.

Talking about DVDs so is the editing of the mighty MELLOBOAT 2008 DVD done!!! The result is beyond all expectations!!! Hoping to release the double layer DVD in the end of August.

At the same time will our two releases of unreleased material with Sabu Martinez be available. Yes you have heard this before but now is it actually the truth!!! Believe it or not....

Here comes some important dates: 26th of September, 24th of October, 19th of November and 5th of December. These are the dates to remember if you are in the Stockholm area during the fall and wants to visit the MELLO-CLUB at Café Edenborg (Stora Nygatan 35, gamla stan) [venue page]. The coolest place in old town. We wil offer new arrivals of LPs, CDs, DVDs, fresh coffee, food, beer and music performed by interesting musicians. What can be better? See you all soon I hope / Stef.



Nyheter på ren svenska

Den rullande Mellotronen-shopen kommer att anlända till Nora den 12:e Juli. Där är det premiärdax för den nya festivalen PARKFESTEN [event page]. Hoppas att så många som möjligt av våra Mellotronenvänner dyker upp.

Med stolthet kan vi meddela att Kultivator - "Barndomens stigar" äntligen finns i remastrerad dubbelutgåva. Den går att beställa i web-shopen men finns så klart med i vår ambulerande shop som stannar i Nora.

Klipparbetet av den kommande DVDn från Mellobåten 2008 har gått mycket bra och vid en genomgång tidigare idag så blev det gåshud vid flera tillfällen. Med lite tidsoptimism så finns dubbel-layer DVDn ute i Augusti precis som våra nästakommande utgåvor "Burned Sugar" och "Winds and Skins" med Sabu Martinez som har varit på G sedan 2004.

Som ni minns eller kanske hört talas om så var det fantastiskt trivsamt på Café Edenborg den 7:e Mars tidigare i år när vi hade förfest och PiU spelade så fint för alla oss 140 som klämt in oss i gamla stans coolaste café. [venue page]

Nu har storchefen själv, nämligen Carl-Michael Edenborg erbjudit mig att ta över Caféet en dag i månaden. Så den 26:e September slås portarna upp för MELLO-CLUB. Förutom levande musik så kommer det att finnas mat, öl och skivor till kaffet. Övriga datum är 24:e Oktober, 19:e November och 5:e December. Ja det var det hele / Stef.



The Colins of ParadiseAsokaBo HanssonCecilia KlingsporPiUKatatoniaPlanktonFläsket brinnerTrettioåriga KrigetPuckspony
Peter Nylander QuartetComusQophEmma NordenstamEMIKA KLASDOTTERDungenUriah HeepMikael RamelPovel RamelMagmaRiversideAnekdotenLandberkOpethFlasket BrinnerLifeAgamonSolid GroundNovemberPaatosMorte MacabreFredrik ThordendalMeshuggahFreak KitchenLeaf HoundMats MorganPromise and The Monster