Re:The Impossible Music of Black MIDI
by mbrock on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @06:10PM
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I haven't even heard of that! Oh, it's another project with the drummer, Morgan Ågren. He does a lot of cool stuff (including the educational drumming TV show from which that link was a clip).
While googling I found a kickstarted documentary about him from 2013.
Mats Öberg, the keyboardist, is also an excellent jazz pianist and seems to play on loads of new Swedish jazz records. Here's him with his own jazz trio. He also has two very beautiful solo piano albums (they're on Spotify and iTunes).
While I'm geeking out... that Mats/Morgan song "Hollmervalsen" is named for Lars Hollmer ("Hollmer waltz"), a composer who played accordion and keyboard and was an important part of the Swedish progressive music scene in the 60s/60s. That scene split into a more political part and a more freaky part, and we're talking about the freaky part.
His band Samla Mammas Manna ("Gather Mother's Manna") made some truly remarkable music. They took influences from Swedish folk music and combined it with Zappa-ish jazz rock. With the song "Musmjölkningsmaskinen" ("The Mouse Milking Machine") from 1974 you can understand they were an influence on Mats & Morgan.
While googling I found a kickstarted documentary about him from 2013.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/morgan
I think I'll watch it right now. :)
Mats Öberg, the keyboardist, is also an excellent jazz pianist and seems to play on loads of new Swedish jazz records. Here's him with his own jazz trio. He also has two very beautiful solo piano albums (they're on Spotify and iTunes).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tOykrVfIgc
While I'm geeking out... that Mats/Morgan song "Hollmervalsen" is named for Lars Hollmer ("Hollmer waltz"), a composer who played accordion and keyboard and was an important part of the Swedish progressive music scene in the 60s/60s. That scene split into a more political part and a more freaky part, and we're talking about the freaky part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Hollmer
His band Samla Mammas Manna ("Gather Mother's Manna") made some truly remarkable music. They took influences from Swedish folk music and combined it with Zappa-ish jazz rock. With the song "Musmjölkningsmaskinen" ("The Mouse Milking Machine") from 1974 you can understand they were an influence on Mats & Morgan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhDbgp1RX4M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samla_Mammas_Manna