Instrumentalmusik: Instrumental Music...to Submerge in...and Disappear Through

Instrumentalmusik: Instrumental Music...to Submerge in...and Disappear Through

Track Listings

1. Bohuslandsk Fanfar

2. Avtagande Verklighet

3. Minnesstund

4. Mellanspel

5. Vaggvisa for Flyktbenagna

6. Visionen Vecklar Ut Sitt

7. Borta Fast Hemma

8. Melankolins Langa Arm

9. Hallekindsvalsen

10. Stjarnklar Natt

11. ...Eller Kanske Bara Ett Luftslott

12. 1996

Tracks:

Bohuslandsk Fanfar
Avtagande Verklighet
Minnesstund
Mellanspel
Vaggvisa for Flyktbenagna
Visionen Vecklar Ut Sitt
Borta Fast Hemma
Melankolins Langa Arm
Hallekindsvalsen
Stjarnklar Natt
...Eller Kanske Bara Ett Luftslott
1996

Customer Reviews:

Reminds me of Eno's unusual early ambient experiments.......2006-01-06

I wasn't sure what to expect with this album. Recorded by TSOTL former member Björn Olsson, "Instrumentalmusik" reminds me of the instrumental work on Eno's best albums "Another Green World" and "Before & After Science". There are rich, lovely unusually supple melodies that decorate this CD like icing on a very rich cake. That's only the surface though as the performances and mood of the album quickly pull you in. This is ambient music as Eno intended to be initially--it's memorable background music that will seduce you without your realizing it.

I'm glad I purchased this (although it took amazon.com over a month to get it to me for some reason. It was ordered as a Christmas gift at the beginning of December but was well worth the wait). I would strongly recommend this album with its walk down the music isle there's a variety of different eras and genres woven into the compositions on display here.

Divine Ambience.......2004-03-10

This is a fantastic albumn. It's definitely something that you don't hear everyday. It is perfect for many occasions, anything from subtle background music to complete submergence whilst shutting out the rest of the world. It's production and tones are very reminescent of mid to late 60's psychedelic rock but not over-the-top to the point of being a pretentious throwback. While having said that, I don't think that any other production or tone could have been better. A great albumn from up north with a complete lack of focus on image, the way music should be listened to.

textures for daydreams.......2000-05-01

What an odd creation for the 21st century, where electronica and hip-hop dominate the musical production. Olsson's album stands out as really unusual ambient music. This music falls somewhere between early electroacoustic music, psychaedelic rock, and music for films. As another reviewer has mentionned, the drum lines bring to mind Morricone's music for Leone's spaghetti westerns. This album is very mellow and dreamy. The sound is rich and thick. it's the kind of album where on first listens it seems as though all the songs sound the same, but then with each new listen, the identity of each song begins to emerge, without breaking the sonic unity of the album. Perfect for a rainy sunday morning or an evening of staring at stars and shadows.

Like straight out of a fairy tale..........2000-02-06

Sounds as if it were recorded in Oz, Never Never Land, or some distant planet...spooky mood music that drifts like a lullaby. Awesome.

Reverberant.......1999-12-18

This is truly achieving music. Just as Erik Satie's Gymnopedies or Air's instrumental compositions reflect the clean lines of brief, composed, arranged pieces, Olsson's music benefits from his concentration on the heart of the matter, the importance of meaningfully melodic expression. Rough comparisons might include spaghetti western soundtracks, particularly in consideration of the powerfully simple lines drawn by Olsson's guitar playing, creaky organ, and rumbling kettle drums; yet the approach to the music is much less defined, maintaining a deft discipline within a larger context that recalls classic krautrock, its looping, droning character both full of life and detached, organic and electronic, permanent and fleeting. Too purely poetic for new age or pop or rock, and too developed for improvisatory exploration or simple folk, Instrumental Music seems to encompass them all, reflecting its recorded moment (and apparently, fittingly, it was a long moment on a Scandinavian shore, mostly at night) in aptly titled pieces like The Vision Unfolds Its Landscape. The hills roll, the waves break. Truly stunning, self-contained, a work in and of itself.

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