Tuesday, January 2, 2024

SUSPEKT ASPEKT – Den årliga vårliga konserten på Röhsska muséet (no label, 1979)


Instrumental
International relevance ***

Probably one of the most obscure bands ever to be featured here, Suspekt Aspekt never even released any music when they originally existed. Originating from Gothenburg, they formed in the mid 70s and disbanded in early 1980. This recording were distributed privately by the band after having reunited in 2003. It's a live recording made at Röhsska museet, an art museum in the centre of their hometown. Sound quality is good, even excellent for an audience recording from 1979. The music is soft instrumental symphonic prog with an epic quality, somewhat reminiscent of UK bands like Camel. It's well played and rather pleasant, but with 23 tracks clocking in at over two hours, it's too much to chew in one sitting for the casual listener, Genre fans however will surely be delighted by the discovery.

Had Suspekt Aspekt had the opportunity to have a proper album out when they existed the first time around, they would most likely have been widely recognized among aficionados, instead of being a hardly known footnote in the history of regional symph prog.

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