Swedish vocals, instrumental, spoken word
International relevance: **
A rarely mentioned curio. a double
album from a stage play made for children in 1980 by Götateatern in
Gothenburg. While the narration is a bit distracting and even more so
to a non-Swedish listener, there's more music than spoken word on the
album, and the musical parts are in fact rather interesting.
Especially when you realize that the bizarrely named Öböbö musical ensemble
comprised Sebastian Öberg and Andreas Brandt from Älgarnas Trädgård; Christer Öhman who provided percussion to ”Tristans
klagan” on the Älgarna Trädgård album; Gunnar Bergsten of
Fläsket Brinner and Sevda (plus a plentiful of jazz groups), and
Bill Öhström who had played with Tillsammans, Ramlösa Kvällar,
Mikael Ramel, Bo Hansson... You get the point.
Some of the all-acoustic tracks have vocal appearances from Ragni Carlsson, with lyrics by Ingegerd Leyman (today known as Ingegerd Rönnbäck) who also wrote the play. Not all tracks are good, but the folksier tracks are rather pleasant and evocative, especially the Eastern inspired ”Zinkonsången” complete with Öhrström's darbouka, Bergsten's flute and Brandt's fiddle, and ”Spindeln Spinn” with its quirky time signature and rich use of marimba, which also happen to be the two longest tracks on the album.
Some of the all-acoustic tracks have vocal appearances from Ragni Carlsson, with lyrics by Ingegerd Leyman (today known as Ingegerd Rönnbäck) who also wrote the play. Not all tracks are good, but the folksier tracks are rather pleasant and evocative, especially the Eastern inspired ”Zinkonsången” complete with Öhrström's darbouka, Bergsten's flute and Brandt's fiddle, and ”Spindeln Spinn” with its quirky time signature and rich use of marimba, which also happen to be the two longest tracks on the album.
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