Scandinavian Indie Digest Mon, 13 Jul 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 55 Today's Topics: Danish tape moves on Latvians rocknews/ july 7 (Fwd) jeepster-news: New Belle and Sebastian album! Re: Danish tape-chain update -> Wanna have! Re: Danish tape-chain update -> Wanna have! Sorten muld (was: Danish tape moves on (fwd)) Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Re: Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Re: Karkkiautomaatti Re: stubnitz etc. spiritualized Re: Karkkiautomaatti RE: Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Bent Spanner 7" Re: spiritualized Barusta + Motorhomes live review Milliway? + demo band news Re: spiritualized Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the Scandinavian Indie Digest mailing list: * send e-mail to: scan-indie-d-request@lysator.liu.se * with the Subject: unsubscribe To post to the Scandinavian Indie mailing list: * use the address: scan-indie@lysator.liu.se Digest back issues can be found in the [SID] section at the Scan-Indie website: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html () Please take care not to include the entire digest in your () reply, only the message(s) you are replying to. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:21:00 -0400 From: Mo Holkar / UKG Subject: Danish tape moves on Content-Disposition: inline Hi all, Just sent off the Danish Pop tape to Chris Rice. Thanks Julian for designing the insert! I've added Liisa Holma on to the end of the chain. Not really had a chance to give it a good listen yet, but I really really like the Sorten Muld song at the end of side 2 -- what a lovely voice. Mo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 00:31:48 GMT+2 From: raitis@novell.rb.bns.lv Subject: Latvians rocknews/ july 7 Latvian rocknews / july 7 (short version, for long version call: raitis@rb.bns.lv) *** 1. The 2nd Baltic drummers meeting follows 3-9 august in small Latvian town Saulkrasti. There participates Baltic and Scandinavian professional and amateurs drummers and other musicians. 2. The "Integration party" (rave & dance music party) will take place in Riga at the 10 july. There participates DVA SAMOLOTA (Sankpeterburg, Russia), UNA BOMBA (Tallin, Estonia), ZODIAC (Riga, Latvia) and DJs from Estonia, Russia and Latvia. 3. The another great jazz event will be in Jurmala (small seaside town near capital city Riga) at 12 july. There will follows Europian Youth Jazz orchestra's concert. Participates - too - well known "oldman" composer Raimonds Pauls, singer Olga Piraga and famous guitarman Vjacheslav Mitrohin. 4. The 2 albums in near future will recorded "hard/heavy" act NEON RAIN. 5. And "rock'n'roll" megastars - group REBEL will finished (in august) new album in russian, then started recording new programm in english. *** Raitis Latvian Rocknews agency ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:54:46 +0000 From: "Viridian" Subject: (Fwd) jeepster-news: New Belle and Sebastian album! ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 18:19:13 +0100 From: Katrina House Organization: jeepster [http://www.jeepster.co.uk/] Subject: jeepster-news: New Belle and Sebastian album! Reply-to: Katrina House hi all, well, we've all waited long enough, now that most of the details are finalised, it seems appropriate to let you all know what's going on. The new Belle and Sebastian album is going to be released on September 7th, 1998. This is a world-wide release date. The album will be released by the following companies on the following formats + catalogue numbers for the respective territories: UK & Eire - Jeepster - CD(JPRCD003)/MC(JPRMC003)/LP(JPRLP003) North America - Matador CD(7 44861 03112 3)/LP(OLE-311-1) France & Europe - Delabel/Virgin France CD(07243 846429 2 1)/MC(07243 846429 4 5)/LP (07243 846429 1 4) Japan - Virgin Japan/EMI CD only (unknown cat#) Australia - Virgin/EMI CD only (unknown cat#) There is still no title for the album. The track-listing is as follows: 1. It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career 2. Sleep The Clock Around 3. Is It Wicked Not To Care 4. Ease Your Feet Into The Sea 5. A Summer Wasting 6. Seymour Stein 7. Spaceboy Dream 8. Dirty Dream #2 9. The Boy With The Arab Strap 10. Chick Factor 11. Simple Things 12. The Rollercoaster Ride The band will be touring around the world to support this album. The individual dates are still yet to be confirmed, however the pattern is looking like this: 31/08 - 12/09 UK gigs 24/09 - 07/10 Northern Europe gigs 21/10 - 04/11 West Coast USA + Canada gigs As soon as the dates are confimed, i will post the information to the list. For those of you awaiting news regarding the jeepster and belle and sebastian web-sites, an annoucement will be made early next week. Cheers, Katrina -- ************************************************************************ jeepster recordings ltd. - mailto:a-and-r@jeepster.co.uk 217 canalot, 222 kensal road, london, w10 5bn, uk phone - 0181 964 9432, fax - 0181 964 8600 http://www.jeepster.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a message from the Jeepster Records news mailing list. Visit our site at http://www.jeepster.co.uk for more info. To unsubscribe yourself from this list send a message to majordomo@jeepster.co.uk with the words 'unsubscribe news' in the body of the message Any problems? mailto:shop@jeepster.co.uk -- Viridian http://home5.inet.tele.dk/viridian/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:54:46 +0000 From: "Viridian" Subject: Re: Danish tape-chain update -> Wanna have! On 30 Jun 98 at 8:01, Barczinski, Reiner, Celanese/ wrote: > Well, never mind, if it just would be possible to put me at > the end of the chain, too ! So, who's responsible, or who's got the list > and wants to put me in it ?! Sorry to answer so late, but I get the digest and it arrived first today. I compiled the tape. I dont know where it is now. Here is what is on it : Side A 1- Greene. - Here comes April >From the album "Minor Sun" (1996) Cloudland Rain 017cd 2- Greene - Tomorrow >From the album "Teenage Museum" (1992) Cloudland Rain 004cd 3- Lovebites - Hey look around 4- Lovebites - Travelling Both from the album "Nothing but Joy" (1997) Mega records MRCD 3327 5- Harvest moon - Down >From the album "Redletterdays" (1995) Emi 8339772 6- Trains, Boats and Planes - I like cars >From the album "Minimal Star" (1993) Cloudland Rain 006cd 7- Rhonda Harris - Hilarious 8- Rhonda Harris - Lisa Both from the album "Rhonda Harris" (1997) Cloudland Rain 014cd 9- Nikolaj Noerlund - Navnlos >From the album "Navnlos" (1996) Exl cd30056 10- Port Friendly - This perfect sound >From the album "Welcome to Port Friendly" (1995) Cloudland Rain 016cd 11- 18th Dye - Girl s boots >From the album "Done" (1992) Cloudland Rain 003cd 12- The Poets - Subversive >From the album "The Poets" (1990) RCA PD74431 13- Sort sol - Siggimund blue >From the album "Flow my firetear" (1991) Columbia 467510-2 Side B 1- Sort sol - Let your fingers do the walking >From the album "Glamourpuss" (1993) Columbia 10-475523-10 2- Thau - Very moment >From the album "Swish" Frog 0072 3- Supernova - Cold >From the album "Leave a message" (1996) Virgin ICPN 7243 8 41496 2 8 4- Ludox - The audience >From the album "Ludox" (1996) Pmd 95072 5- Ibens - Jeg savner min blaa cykel 6- Love shop - Casa negra >From the album "DK" (1992) Pladekompagniet PCCD 8047 7- How do I - You and the moon >From the album "Pluto" Cloudland Rain 005cd 8- Gangway - Come back as a dog >From the album "That s Life" (1996) RCA 74321399082 9- Shirtsville - One note song >From the album "Shirtsville" (1998) RCA 74321564772 10- Lars Hug & Lisa Ekdahl - Backwards >From the album "Kiss and Hug from a Happy Boy" (1997) EMI 0522402 11- Sorten Muld - Venelite >From the album "Mark II" (1997) Sony PCCD 8137 12- Vildensky - Husk Vesuv >From the album "Utyskme" (1997) Mangel pÕ Ht 0 02 005 Here is the list: 1. Henrik Norrsell. 2. Alexander Bailey 3. Julian Minervini 4. Mo Holkar 5. Micke Rehnstrom 6. Roberts Galvans 7. Hendrik Luuk 8. Jed Dore 9. Erik Soderstrom 10. Joerg Winzer 11. Isabella Lundgren I cant remember if there were other people coming later. Maybe, the one who has the tape (Mo?) can tell us and write you on the list ( you ll have to send your adress to him). 12. Reiner Barczinski 13. Liisa Holma 14. Toni Lahti < lahtit@sci.fi> -- Viridian http://home5.inet.tele.dk/viridian/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 04:25:21 -0400 From: Mo Holkar / UKG Subject: Re: Danish tape-chain update -> Wanna have! Content-Disposition: inline >> I cant remember if there were other people coming later. Maybe, the one who has the tape (Mo?) can tell us and write you on the list ( you ll have to send your adress to him). << Not any more, I'm afraid, I've sent it on to Chris Rice, who was inserted at 4 1/2 (he's also in the UK, so I guess someone earlier up than me thought it made sense to put him in after me). Then it's to Micke Rehnstrom etc. Reiner, you've already been added, at the end, and so has Liisa Holma. I don't remember seeing Toni Lahti's name, though, perhaps whoever has it now could check... best, Mo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:28:01 +0200 From: "Barczinski, Reiner, Celanese/DE" Subject: Sorten muld (was: Danish tape moves on (fwd)) Hej, > Not really had a chance to give it a good listen yet, but I really really > like the Sorten Muld song at the end of side 2 -- what a lovely voice. Hm, yes, due to recommendation from somewhere (Thierry / Micke) I fortunately already knew Sorten Muld before. Can't recall that special song soo good, but her voice is quite good on every song, yes, even if you may find some of those songs too "disco" or so .. but in general, a good choice, imo. And then there's "18th dye" on it ... mhm, they are (were ???) a danish / german combination, weren't they ? Had some stuff from "Tribute to a bus", if I recall that right! And, about the rest, never even heard of, so really looking forward to the tape! Reiner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:37:12 -0400 From: mqo4365@is4.nyu.edu (Martin Olson) Subject: Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Hey everyone, Well I'm off again on my annual journey back to sweden to visit relatives and of course, more importantly, to buy music. Last year all of you came up with absolutely fantastic lists of stuff to check out and I was wondering if any of you have any reccomendations for stuff that has come out within the last year that I'd be a fool for leaving the country without. I suppose to give you some basis in what kindof stuff I'm looking for I could say that past favorite swedish purchases include Bob Hund, Starmarket, Komeda, Randy, The Dorian Records "chance to shine" comp, carpet people and the first Girlsmen disc. Basically I suppose anything in the genres of indie-pop/rock, punk, ska or hardcore would be great. Or damned near anything for that matter... Anyway, think of it as a public service: help guide a poor misplaced swede in his purchasing expedition to reconnect with his homeland and spread the word about some swedish bands to over here. (NYC now has a rabidly devoted gaggle of Bob Hund fans--I showed them the copy of Ett fall och en losning I'd mail ordered and they almost beat me up for it.) I depart on friday night so the sooner the better, but hey... Thanks in advance! -martin. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:43:40 +0200 From: Henrik Engstroem Subject: Re: Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Some recommendations that come to mind: The Mopeds "The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds" (Vibrafon). Komeda "What makes it go" (NONS). Tambourine Studios Vol II (Vibrafon), to hear the immaculate Chocolate Barry if nothing else. Liberator "Worldwide delivery" (Burning Heart) - ska superiors of Sweden with a delightful second album. The Hives (Burning Heart) - punk rock is best when played by brilliant 17 year olds. Freewheel "Starfriend" (Vibrafon) - carefully crafted melodies with a country touch at times. And I'm sure I've forgotten a few. About the Vibrafon releases, you can listen to samples from every release on the web page at www.vibrafon.se. /Henrik >Hey everyone, > > Well I'm off again on my annual journey back to sweden to visit >relatives and of course, more importantly, to buy music. Last year all of >you came up with absolutely fantastic lists of stuff to check out and I was >wondering if any of you have any reccomendations for stuff that has come >out within the last year that I'd be a fool for leaving the country >without. > I suppose to give you some basis in what kindof stuff I'm looking >for I could say that past favorite swedish purchases include Bob Hund, >Starmarket, Komeda, Randy, The Dorian Records "chance to shine" comp, >carpet people and the first Girlsmen disc. Basically I suppose anything in >the genres of indie-pop/rock, punk, ska or hardcore would be great. Or >damned near anything for that matter... > Anyway, think of it as a public service: help guide a poor >misplaced swede in his purchasing expedition to reconnect with his homeland >and spread the word about some swedish bands to over here. (NYC now has a >rabidly devoted gaggle of Bob Hund fans--I showed them the copy of Ett fall >och en losning I'd mail ordered and they almost beat me up for it.) > >I depart on friday night so the sooner the better, but hey... > >Thanks in advance! > >-martin. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:03:18 +0300 (EET DST) From: "timo riitamaa." Subject: Re: Karkkiautomaatti Alexander wrote: > I was kind of surprised to see that the cat' number on this album is 04, > and the single that I've got was only 01. Anyone know what's happened > inbetween? Two other singles? (fast as usual) Yeah, their label seems to have released something between 01 (Seikkailuun CDS) and 03 (Susan CDS)... what the hell was 02? number 03, "Susan" contains the song Susan and a cool mix of Kuutamo. timo. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:04:03 +0300 (EET DST) From: "timo riitamaa." Subject: Re: stubnitz etc. Mats wrote: > Did you find a copy with the Subgenious poster? > (wich I have) ;) Nope, but i do know a place where you can get a fabulous Dog Eat Dog beachball! (an inside joke if i've ever known one... sorry) timo. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 12:50:25 +0200 From: Mats Larsson Subject: spiritualized A friend of mine wonders if there's a Spiritualized Mailinglist out there somewhere. I've tried to find one but havn't had any luck. /Mats -listening to Gang of Four -Damaged Goods and can't ever get enough of that song ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 13:45:26 +0300 From: "Kimmo A. Saaskilahti" Subject: Re: Karkkiautomaatti timo riitamaa said: > Subject: Re: Karkkiautomaatti > Alexander wrote: >> I was kind of surprised to see that the cat' number on this album is 04, >> and the single that I've got was only 01. Anyone know what's happened >> inbetween? Two other singles? > > Yeah, their label seems to have released something between 01 (Seikkailuun > CDS) and 03 (Susan CDS)... what the hell was 02? number 03, "Susan" contains > the song Susan and a cool mix of Kuutamo. My guess is that the 02 release was a Barefoot Brothers single (vinyl maybe?); I think there's one out there anyway. Also, I'd like to use this opportunity to second Alexander's recommendation of the Karkkiautomaatti CD; I think it is the best pop album released in Finland for a very long while. Kimmo kimmo saaskilahti * solaris@sci.fi * http://www.sci.fi/~solaris/ aleksis kiven katu 30 a 14 * 33200 tampere * finland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:55:00 +0100 From: "Abbott, Daniel, ABBOTTD7" Subject: RE: Help me bankrupt myself in sweden (recommendations please) Martin! Here are four Swedish masterworks that got me all upset during my last couple of trips to Swedonia: Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (Burning Heart) Yikes! Straightedge hardcore with a twist! MC5! James Brown! PopArt! Ward J. - Hold it Dear Your Career (NONS) Formerly "Ward J. Little". Delicate and slightly rusted Neil Young-ish ballad type behaviour. "Who Do You Love" is still one of my favourite '98 songs... K-Pist - Voltage Controlled (NONS) Mutated teenage hardrock hip-hop collision! Screeching analogue keyboards, pounding LedZep dums and manic Busta Rhymes' Swedish cousin on vocals. NO GUITARS! Songs mainly covering the themes of "space" and "war". Bjorn Olsson - Instrumental Music (Dolores) Guy who left The Soundtrack of Our Lives. AMAZING solo album recorded in the Swedish countryside last summer. All instrumental numbers featuring swirling, echoing hammond organ... part Ennio Morricone, part Pink Floyd circa '68. Totally haunting and unique. Have fun! - Dan. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 16:34:17 +0200 From: Mats Larsson Subject: Bent Spanner 7" Hi My band, Bent Spanner Arty Banner is in the beginning of August releasing a 7" single, "Denial", on our own new label DEUTCHE KAVIAR records. I would like some of you to help me with records stores and distributors that could be interesting and interested. And of course, if someone of you is interested in it, just mail me. Thanks Mats ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:11:03 +0200 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Re: spiritualized scan-indie@lysator.liu.se,Internet skriver: > A friend of mine wonders if there's a Spiritualized Mailinglist out > there somewhere. Yup, there is a list: http://www.no-fi.com/droneon_faq/1.html and even a newsgroup: news://news.no-fi.com/no-fi.spiritualized Your hjalpreda in cyberspace... ;-) Jan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 08:22:23 +0200 From: j.sundstrom@ekuc.se (Jan Sundstrom) Subject: Barusta + Motorhomes live review Back from DN Pa Stan's showcase at Wayne's Coffe, Kungsan, Sthlm. Apparently they're gonna run some free concerts there during the summer, but I didn't know until i opened the paper yesterday. Read about it: http://www.dn.se/DNet/articles/46600-46699/46670/barusta.html So this band Motorhomes opened. The gut reaction when you hear the name is not good, made me think of Mobile Homes *yuck*, but this was quite different. 5 nice boys from Jonkoping, perhaps mates with Cardigans, or at least frequents the same stylist. The vocalist was a real svarmorsdrom. I guess you could call his voice "beautiful", in that way that turn young girls on. Closest comparisons: Morrisey and Morten Harket (A-Ha). Backed by your generic indie band: Blur a la Modern Life Is Rubbish, with some acoustic guitar thrown in. Towards the end the poses got bigger, in the teathralical Kent stadium rock way. They rocked OK. But this wasn't what I had biked all the way from Farsta (45 minutes) to see. Barusta got on. From all I've read, I was so excited to finally see/hear them for the first time. Nathalie gave a striking first impact - draped in a long, red evening dress (remember PJ Harvey down by the water?), and a semi-acostic Hohner guitar. She's got long red-coloured hair, and self-confidence to fill any stage with her presence. The band were your generic "nice guy" indie fellows, with the looks of Bear Quartet or whatever (insert swedish indie band name here)... So when the music started I was surprised. Like early Verve and Spiritualized, you know, droning but still ever changing, unstructured but with a beat, flummigt but rocky at the same time. If you're a Verve-fan, listen to songs like So It Goes, On Your Own, All In the Mind. And Nathalie singing her lyrics, somtimes naive like nursery rhymes, sometimes girlish, sometimes with a dark, mature voice. Familiar, but yet very special, I can't place it. This lady has star quality. She uses her voice like a fine, delicate instrument, it sometimes builds up to soemthing strong. Although she doesn't shout like PJ. ;-) Towards the end they all freak out, it's getting harder and even more unstructured, like a 60's rock/Stooges thing. Nathalie plays the final song jamming a Festis-bottle on the strings of her guitar. Noise! And in the small audience, it seemed like the whole of Rock-Gothenburg for a moment had moved to Stockholm. Aptfully, I could spot at least one of the guys from Silverbullt, Nina Natri from Fidget, John Jern from Honey Is Cool, and Fredrik Norberg from Popsicle (OK, he's not from Gbg, but you can't seem to get rid of him ;-) Does anyone know when they play next?! Curious on more Barusta: http://www.nojesguiden.se/tidning/text/squash.html#Barusta http://www.starboy.se/artister/ They even have a real audio track, and it's good. Jan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 13:39:38 +0200 From: "Micke Rehnstrom" Subject: Milliway? + demo band news Does anyone know anything about a Swedish record label called Milliway? Like who's behind it and if any other record company is involved? I am just curious, because they have just signed DURANGO 95 (whose "noFo" demo was "best demo" in the last issue of SA. Those with a good memory might remember that I wrote a short review of that demo on the list long ago) but not even the guys in the band seem to know very much about the label. And when I'm writing I might as well share with you some news about other bands, whose demo tapes I have mentioned on the list: BOB (THE BOBBY EWING FAMILY) - have relocated from Vimmerby to Stockholm where they, according to themselves, are playing a lot of gigs. They have contributed a few tracks for a compilation record and there are plans for a 10" vinyl record. I don't know the label. They said something about "Hell on wheels" but I don't know if that is the label or another band on the compilation (anyone else?). They will go on a tour with EM and KEVLAR in August. KAPOOR - released the 4-track CD-single "Be nice" recently (or are just about to release it?). It is on the label "Nature Always Wins" and I think it is their own label. If Girilal is still on the list and if he isn't too busy he might, perhaps, give us some more information. MICHAEL GREENE - these mod-inspired power-poppers from Umea doesn't exist anymore. A couple of the members have graduated from the university and moved away from Umea, so they decided to call it the day. They have made a CD with 21 tracks that have previously been on their demo tapes. If you are interested in the CD you can contact Olov Windelius at olletg@acc.umu.se . Well, perhaps someone was interested ;). My fave demo tape at the moment is the one from SADOVAJA SOUNDSYSTEM, which the Chief has already told you about. Trip-hop with a distinct "soul" feel in Sarah Assbrings voice. /Micke, who decided, yesterday, that "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley will be played at his funeral. Now I just need a cool way to die (right now there seems to be a huge probability that my book shelf will break down, so that I might be buried beneath my record collection. How's that? :) ) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 09:38:37 +0300 (EET DST) From: Jussi Ristikaarto Subject: Re: spiritualized > A friend of mine wonders if there's a Spiritualized Mailinglist out > there somewhere. I've tried to find one > but havn't had any luck. > > /Mats -listening to Gang of Four -Damaged Goods > and can't ever get enough of that song Hiya, I'm not aware of any Spiritualized-only mailing lists out there, but the DroneOn mailing list is a good one. Originally called the Hypnodrone list, it started as a kind of a fan list for Spacemen 3 et al. Nowadays covers not only the Pierce/Boom legacy, but is a real amphitheatre for discussion about music not-quite-of-this-earth. FSA, Labradford, the American 'indie-drone' scene (tons of bands out there I still haven't heard), old farty psyche-rock, spacerock, ethnic drone, equipment, FXs, etc. etc. The signal-to-noise ratio has remained decent and the overall atmosphere could be defined as relaxed. Luckily, no die-hard teen fans raving about the drug use or the car colour of his/her favorite star. On the contrary, it seems like most members (at least the non-lurker ones) are musicians of some sort: a tape compilation was put together back in 1996 by one of list head honchos Chris Barrus, featuring only artists/bands that had at least one member on the DroneOn list. Finnish spacejazzers Coo made an appearance on the tape. More info at the No-Fi Records pages, www.no-fi.com, the record label maintained by the aforementioned drone guru C. Barrus. Also, links to excellent Spiritualized pages and the Spiritualized web ring. Don't hesitate to ask me for more info if you need some... cheers, Jussi (jr53356@uta.fi) (jussi.ristikaarto@nokia.com) ------------------------------ End of Scandinavian Indie Digest Vol.98 #55 ********************************************