This one passed through my hands at work the other day, so I figured I would do my part and share the love, because it is amazing. As soon as I found out what the title of this record means (Öl = beer, Skog = forrest) I was sold. The music was second fiddle at that point, but even so it was amazing. Just not amazing as Beer Forrest as a title.
“Ralph Lundsten is a well known Swedish composer of electronic music, as well as a film director and artist. He was born in 1936 in Ersnäs, in northern Sweden, and now lives on the outskirts of Stockholm, still close to the forest and the sea. His home is Castle Frankenburg, dating from 1878, a wooden fairytale mansion which also houses his famous picture and electronic music studio Andromeda. Since 1959 he has lived an independent life in this “institution” of his own, creating his own personal musical language, and preparing original films and exhibitions. With his wide-ranging, cross-cultural artistic activities, Ralph Lundsten has had – and still has – considerable cultural significance. Every day his music is played all over the world. It serves as the signature for Radio Sweden International broadcasts – a sort of “national anthem” – making Ralph Lundsten more than ever Sweden’s musical voice out in the wide world.
During 1950 Ralph Lundsten built his own electronic musical instruments and was one of the first pioneers in this field. This is an absolutely excellent record from Ralph Lundsten, the Swedish Avant-Garde Electronic musician. This one is some sort of a symphony from what I can tell about The Fall. This is some serious mind-bending electronic music with orchestra and choir. Think Nurse With Wound on EMI with strings drowning in a sea of voices and you might have some idea. This will appeal to fans of Locust, Nurse With Wound, Aphex Twin, Delia Derbyshire and any other masters that you can think of.” – Mutant Sounds blog
Ralph Lundsten
Ölskog
MediaFire Download Link
Tracklist:
01. Through A Landscape Of Mirrors
02. Cosmic Love – Trial And Discussion
03. Cosmic Love
