Swedish vocals, other languages
For their second album, Skrotbandet
recruited previous members of Göteborgs Visgrupp and GöteborgsBrechtensemble and changed their direction from a once avantgarde
constellation (as represented on various artists compilation ”LIM –
Levande improviserad musik från Göteborg”) to a band taking most
of their cues from afro-Caribbean music. The album title alone gives
away the stylistic switch.
”Afrocarib” almost plays like a
catalogue of styles from the region. We get Cuban rhythms, a couple
of reggae tracks, a little touch of calypso and several dashes of fashionable salsa – everything bereft of
the respective styles' original weight and meaning. This is a
textbook example of when putting style before content. It's all
mathematically precise, well-studied and competently executed but the
most important thing, the one you've got to have within you, is
conspicuously lacking: the passion that comes with the circumstances
the music is rooted in.
Ignore this album and check out Skrotbandet's sources instead for the real McCoy - the list of recommended albums printed on the album's lyric sheet provides suggestions for more fulfilling listening experiences than the album itself (even though my personal recommendations probably would have looked different). Nacksving's label honcho and album producer
Tommy Rander probably loved it though, given his penchant for dogmatically
correct but soulless statements.
Their first album is reviewed here.
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