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New twists on the new album with the groundbreaking Swedish folk rock band. Cult band Kebnekaise - known for their electrified folk music - refuse to play on nostalgia. On the new album Aventure Kebnekajse add new pieces to their musical mosaic. Nine new songs that build on the passion and joy of folk music, from the airy happiness and steady rhythm to the melodic melancholy, conjured by psychedelic folk rock. Aventure is Kebnekajses ninth album since their debut in 1971 and the third since returning in 2001. The previous††album 'Idioten/The Idiot' was nominated for a Swedish Grammy iin the category 'Best Rock'. - We live on as if we never had taken a brake. For us, music is not a museum piece that sounds the same every day. Our music stands for something that doesn t stop, but continue to evolve. Says Kenny HÂkansson the bands illustrious psychedelic guitar wizard with a history in such legendary Swedish bands as T-Boones, Baby Grandmothers, Mecki Mark Men and Dag Vag. The new album 'Aventure' was recorded in the legendary Silence studios in V‰rmland, Koppom with non other than Anders Lind behind the controls, at the beginning of the summer. The album contains five new discoveries from the Swedish folk music treasure and four new self-written. Kebnekajses distinctive and pioneering folk rock sound is as secure as the mountain itself. As in the initial†Snickar-Anders (Carpenter-Anders)††where heavy drums, percussion and double basses proud and challenging urge on distorted guitars and violin to purposefully play tag with an elusive Swedish folk melody. But the music is also allowed to take new and unexpected twists. A mandolin gives oriental pensive tone to†VallÂt efter Britta Jansson (Grazing-ground Song after Britta Jansson). A Wild West guitar is accompanied by the now hilarious mandolin in†Svartbergstrollen (Black Mountain Trolls), who effortlessly bounces between major and minor. The dreamy†VallÂt efter††MÂns Olsson (Grazing-ground Song After MÂns Olsson) where the guitar folk loops hovers over a distinct African thumb piano. Aventure offers more African elements - and three songs with vocals. On the title track†Aventure†Hassan Bah tells the tale of how he as a 15 years old left his home country of Guinea and eventually more or less accidentally arrived in Sweden ("... now I'm sitting on top of the mountain and looking out over Sweden"). And in concluding†Battery†where Hassan comments on his recent trip to Africa, in the Zuzu-language and over a high powered psychedelic afrobeat. With Aventure Kebnekajse† add new pieces to their musical mosaic - Swedish folk rock with psychedelic overtones - now with more African undertones.

• Genre: Rock
• Format Detail: LP
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Format: Vinyl
• Released: 10/24/12
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format: Vinyl