Thursday, August 9, 2018

MARIA HÖRNELIUS – Det finns inget mörker (Proletärkultur, 1976)


Swedish vocals
International relevance: *
 
A low-key album released by far left label Proletärkultur, known for Knutna Nävar and Dan Berglund. Berglund wrote the music for the track ”Vaggvisa”. There's also a traditional Italian song and, of course, a Bertolt Brecht song, mandatory to an album such as this, ”En proletärmoders vaggvisor” with music by Hanns Eisler. It's the only actual Brecht song here but a couple of other tracks have a Brecht vibe nevertheless. The album as a whole falls somewhere between Lena Granhagen and Elisabeth Hermodsson, with arrangements making use of cello, clarinet, flute and accordeon. It's an OK album, especially for having such political key signatures, but not really one I feel like pulling out very often.

Maria Hörnelius made one further album for Proletärkultur in 1983, ”Skitiga barn”, with lyrics written by author and actor Kent Andersson, her last record appearance until the 2008 Kent Andersson tribute CD ”En sång för Kent”. She also appears on Knutna Nävar's ”Hör maskinernas sång” on Proletärkultur 1973. Hörnelius is also an actor and can be seen in numerous movies and television series made between 1966 and 2011.

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