Instrumental, Swedish vocals
International relevance: ***
Ranked #19 on the blog's Top 25
Perhaps Gothenburg's Älgarnas Trädgård
should have been German because they were more 'kosmische' than most.
Träd, Gräs & Stenar's music have been declared 'meditative',
but that's an adjective I'd rather save for Älgarnas Trädgård.
Because their kind of meditation works without serial flubs and
fuck-ups. They even manage to use sitar and tablas on ”Det finns en
tid för allt, det finns en tid då även tiden möts” without
getting silly and cheap-sounding.
”Framtiden är ett svävande skepp,
förankrat i forntiden” sounds just like band member and painter
Jan Ternald's absolutely stunning artwork looks. The album is
a trip deep into inner space, an intergalactic mind journey but at
the same time firmly rooted in ancient soil through the folk sounding
passages as ”Möjligheternas barn” with vocals by Margareta Söderberg, and ”Tristans klagan” based on the renaissance dance
”La Rotta” (title corrected on later editions). The music's an altered state full of secrets,
conundrums and enigmas, reaching out in all directions, inwards,
outwards, upwards, downwards, sideways, ahead and back – its scope
is almost unfathomable. ”Framtiden är ett svävande skepp” is a
work of wonder.
When reissued on CD, the album was
expanded with live recordings made at Gothenburg's Museum of Art in
1972. More live recordings exist, including one from Stora Teatern in
Gothenburg in 1973. A second Älgarnas Trädgård album was also
recorded, but as the band dissolved during the mixing sessions, the
release was cancelled. Silence eventually put out it out as ”Delayed”
in 2001.
Thank you
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