Warm gloom is a great way to describe this album. Darkjazz master E.E. Engström makes another appearance on the blog (and we’re honored to showcase his work, by the way), providing a smoky, twangy, slightly muffled and claustrophobic work to pound your bottle of homemade absinthe to. Each release has a gorgeous creepiness to it, so I intend on following his development as an artist.
Sweden
[Music] Eastern Lord – Əzab mirası (Legacy of suffering)
There isn’t much information about the powerful ethno-folk-metal-ish troupe Eastern Lord. They’re either from Azerbaijan or Azerbaijanis residing in Sweden. What is important is that they play a powerful music heavily affected by their Caucasian roots.
[Music] Ciwan Haco – Sira Sibê
Many thanks to my friend Oded for sharing this Kurdish pop gem from legendary singer Ciwan Haco, who was the first Kurdish musician I ever heard.
[Music] Dead Vibrations Explore the Darker Side of Swedish Shoegaze — Bandcamp Daily
Dead Vibrations. Stockholm’s Södermalm, often shortened to “Söder,” which is Swedish for “south,” is a neighborhood that was home to famous Swedes (Greta Garbo spent her childhood there), and famous fictional Swedes (Mikael Blomkvist, the journalist searching for sinister answers in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). But it’s also prime real estate for up-and-coming […]
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[Music] Refugee Project Band – The Streets Without Names
Unfortunately, there’s no embedding capability for my friend Zdenko Colic’s music, but if you like shoegaze and rock combined, this may be worth checking out.
[Music] İlhan Erşahin – Aşk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvbwY4Oiyg4
A wonderful fusion of world music and jazz from a young Turkish-Swedish composer, İlhan Erşahin.
[Video] Pärson Sound – India (Slight Return)
This band comes as a revelation to me. Apparently, Pärson Sound compare favorably to The Velvet Underground, and have connections with legendary Swedish Progressive Folk band Träd, Gräs och Stenar.
I hope to come across more of their weird psych sounds.
[Video] Goat – Goathead
A new band for me, Goat hail from Sweden and play some very, very strange music that seems rather hard to classify, though it would fit well in scenes where people like groups such as Borbetomagus and, say, Cibo Matto.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 