Instrumental
Sjunne Ferger had a long history. Originally a blues drummer and one of the original members of Örebro band Blues Quality famous for backing Peps Persson on one album before evolving into Nature, he switched to jazz after meeting Don Cherry. He was in obscure late 60s organ/drums duo Takt & Ton before founding nebulous outfit Exit by the beginning of the 70s, but it wasn't until the end of the decade he first used the name on disc. ”Childrens Mind” is a New Zealand release compiling the two singles Sjunne Ferger's Exit released in 1979 and 1982 respectively, adding two previously unreleased tracks to flesh out the album.
It's not at all what you might expect from soneone with Ferger's past. Instead of blues and jazz, ”Childrens Mind” sounds more like an artsier Ralph Lundsten, heavy on electronics with a touch of new age. Only ”Beginners Mind” reveals a jazz influence in the fusion-y guitars but that's not praise. It's not a good album at all; the only mildly interesting track is ”Romance” from Exit's self-released debut 7”, a recording slightly reminiscent of Steve Reich's minimalism.
With only one Takt & Ton track
released officially (on Caprice Records 4CD box set ”Jazz
Cosmopolit”), I'd much rather hear a compilation of their
archival material, or something from Exit's early years. That would
surely be much more interesting than anything on ”Children's Mind”.
Full album playlist (Bandcamp)
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