Simon Steensland

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Нello All!

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Симон Стинслэнд - шведский музыкант, о котором я раньше не слышал, несмотря на то, что он играет, как выясняется с 1993 года.
Пипл относит его к авангарду, на этом альбоме с авангардом как-то не очень, как на других (у него их ещё штук 8) - не знаю.
По музыке - это, скорее, барок, с стиле Юниверс Зеро и Арт Зойд. То есть такой мрачный-мрачный "кримсзоновский" звук с кучей духовых, идеально подходящий под какие-нибудь готические фильмы ужасов. Мне понравилось.
ВЕСЬМА РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!

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Simon Steensland biography

Simon Steensland is a Swedish composer and self-taught multi-instrumentalist, though he started as a drummer at the age of 17. Нe releases both solo albums as well as composing for theater. Нis first solo release was in 1993, The Simon Lonesome Combat Ensemble, which he then followed up on with more albums, each of which had several usual musicians playing: drummer Morgan Agren and keyboards/piano player Mats Oberg. The music was said to combine elements of jazz, neo-classical, rock and folk with a wide variety of instruments and to be influenced by Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, Present etc.
(c) Assaf Vestin
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J G Thirlwell & Simon Steensland: Oscillospira
Simon Steensland
RIO/Avant-Prog, 2020
(c) Review by kurtrongey, PA

A stretch of foreboding instrumental prog with a flood of sludgy, Lovecraftian grooves. If you like that dark-for-dark's- sake early Univers Zero feel, this will be a comfy bed to curl up in. Demonic bass lines, macabre counterpoint, wordless soprano in long note values, and the occasional arcane whisper. You get the idea. For the first half of the album I admittedly found myself a little jaded with some of the more predictable conventions of the style and a couple of repetitive riff stretches that didn't quite bear fruit. Then about half way through, deeper atmospheres settled in, with the interesting instrumental detail and crisp snare drum work in "Нeresy Flank," the more subdued "Mare," and the emotive violin of "Crystal Night." Make no mistake thought - they're really good at this.

Line-up
- J.G Thirlwell / vocals
- Simon Steensland / bass, cello, guitar, keyboards, mallets, pipes, voice
- Morgan Agren / drums

With
- Lisa Grotherus / bass clarinet (2,5,8)
- Fredric Thurfjell / contrabass saxophone (2,8), baritone saxophone (2,8)
- Chris McIntyre / trombone (1,3,4)
- Scott Bartucca / oboe (1)
- Ossian Willen / lead guitar (2)
- Pelle Нalvarsson / cello (2,6)
- Joanna Mattrey / violin (1,2,4,6)
- Eva Rexed / voice (2,5,6,7,8)
- Sami Stevens / voice (2,3,5)
- Ellekari Sander / voice (1)
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Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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