[Toshiya Tsunoda|Ridge Of Undulation]波峰波谷，聲波曲綫

Artist：Toshiya Tsunoda
Album：Ridge Of Undulation
Release Date：2005-12-13
Label：Häpna
Country：Japan
Genre： Electronic, Non-Music
Style： Field Recording, Experimental

Tracklisting:

1		Sine Waves Mixed With The Sound Of A Vibrating Surface_1 (5:06)
2		Seashore, Venice Beach_31 Jul 01 (3:21)
3		An Aluminum Plate With Low Frequencies_1 (4:25)
4		Metal Pieces With High Frequencies (8:24)
5		At Stern, Tokyo Bay_11 Dec 97 (4:01)
6		Arrival, Kisarazu Bay_11 Dec 97 (5:16)
7		An Aluminum Plate With Low Frequencies_2 (4:02)
8		Sine Waves Mixed With The Sound Of A Vibrating Surface_2 (4:16)

簡介。。。。。。

“The vibration of a thin metal plate and the huge waves of a vast seashore... similar phases can be observed between them... like wrinkles on clothes remind us of mountain ridges.”

New release from Japanese Toshiya Tsunoda who was the first artist to be released on Häpna in 1999. This household name in the art of fieldrecordings has produced a discography of highly sublime recordings capturing the finest details of sound, and Ridge of Undulation is no exception. This new work is exploring sonic phenomena of very different magnitudes, from roaring waves at sea to experiments with high frequency sine waves and vibrating objects. Piezoceramic sensors were placed on the objects and the vibrations were transmitted in voltage, which can be recorded.

Toshiya Tsunoda is a Yokohama based artist who has studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music. Tsunoda is concerned with the relation between sound space and cognition space and the hidden beauty in the tiniest sonic details. Since 1994, he has been operating the WrK label, which he co-founded with Minoru Sato. He has previously released works on the WrK, Selektion, Lucky Kitchen, Staalplaat and Häpna labels. His work has been shown at the ICC, Tokyo, and the Kawasaki city museum, among others.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。推薦指數：7.0/10

時隔六年后，Toshiya Tsunoda（角田俊也）再次在Hapna發片。和之前的The Air Vibration Inside A Hollow差不多，Toshiya Tsunoda像個物理學研究者一樣，依然樂此不疲地進行著他的聲波實驗。物體的振動，波浪的聲響，還有鋁板、金屬片。。。像實驗室中的操作者一樣，探索著各種各樣不同規模的聲波現象。

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[Toshiya Tsunoda|Extract From Field Recording Archive #2: The Air Vibration Inside A Hollow]中空，耳鳴，不同的聲音

Artist：Toshiya Tsunoda
Album：Extract From Field Recording Archive #2: The Air Vibration Inside A Hollow
Release Date：1999-11
Label：Häpna
Country：Japan
Genre： Electronic
Style： Experimental

Tracklisting:

1		Bottle At Mountain Road (15:58)
2		Bottle At Park (4:46)
3		Tub-Type Container (5:56)
4		Drain Hoses (13:26)
5		Connecting Duct (14:35)
6		Downpipe For Rainwater (6:33)
7		Crack In The Lid Of A Manhole (2:35)
8		Cavity In A Cliff Wall (9:24)

簡介。。。。。。

This is a CD of field recordings by the Japanese artist Toshiya Tsunoda. Microphones were placed inside small objects (e.g. bottles and drain hoses) located outdoors - either in an urban or rural sound environment.

The work of Toshiya Tsunoda is concerned with the relation between sound space and cognition space, and often investigates stationary waves formed by fixed conditions in closed systems.

Toshiya Tsunoda is a Japanese sound artist best known for his detailed field recordings. His work is concerned with the relation between sound space and cognition space, and often investigates stationary waves formed by fixed conditions in closed systems. Toshiya Tsunoda is a founding member of the influential WrK collective and has previously released CDs on the WrK, Selektion, Sirr, Korm Plastics, Lucky Kitchen and Hibari labels. He also works with sound installations.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：7.0/10

這張專輯很奇特，Häpna的編號No.1，更重要的是它只是一些聲音，是日本藝術家Toshiya Tsunoda（角田俊也）將Microphones放入各種小容器裏，然後放置在各種環境中錄製的，這是他對於聲音空間以及知覺空間之間關係的一次探索，很具實驗性質。

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[Hans Appelqvist|Naima]昨晚做了好多好多夢

Artist：Hans Appelqvist
Album：Naima
Release Date：2006-11-06
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic, Rock
Style： Folk Rock, Abstract, Neofolk, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Untitled (0:40)
2		Naimamelodin (3:02)
		Vocals - Naima
3		Untitled (0:40)
4		Underbar Var Jag Ännu (3:04)
		Vocals - Mahsa Baligh
5		Untitled (0:31)
6		En Lektion I Ansvar (3:47)
		Vocals - Freddie Wadling
7		Untitled (0:30)
8		http://www.naimachat.se (2:51)
9		Untitled (0:33)
10		"Du, Min Naima" (4:24)
		Vocals - Iris Kristjansdottir , Katrin Arnkelsdottir
11		Untitled (0:48)
12		Vi Lämnar Staden Och Går Mot Stranden (5:54)
		Vocals - Ellen Siöö , Reza Shayesteh
13		Untitled (0:27)
14		"För Mig Är Det Inte Verkligt" (3:01)
15		Untitled (0:33)
16		Små Människor Utan Hår (3:41)
		Vocals - Marie Schmer-Galunder
17		Untitled (0:40)
18		On The Beach (6:22)
		Vocals - Mattias Svensson
19		Untitled (0:48)
20		"Se Hur Det Dagas" (3:03)
21		Naima Tecknar I Ditt Skrev: Kärlek Ger Vila (3:20)
		Vocals - Naima Wifstrand

簡介。。。。。。

”After two years of work since my last album ’Bremort’, a new album is finished. This time, the record is about Naima, an entity who in different ways is present to the persons on the album. Sometimes she interferes with their lives and speaks directly to them, sometimes her presence is only communicated through her musical theme, Naimamelodin (Naima’s melody).

Somewhat pretentiously expressed, the album is an answer to a longing for more fixed references. In less joyous times, I often wish for someone or something that could tell me how to be and behave, and through this advice free me from responsibility and thoughts about whether my acts are right or wrong. Someone who says: ’You ought to do like this, it is just the way it is’. Imagine how wonderful it would be if there was an entity with a pelican’s head who one had endless confidence in and who one could ask for advice every time one did not know what to do.”

In 2004 Hans Appelqvist released the album “Bremort” which got a lot of attention and among other things won the Swedish Radio’s Pop Record of the Year award. The record was staged in a fictitious small city in Sweden, where one as a listener could follow daily life during three days for some of the people living there. Hans Appelqvist has previously released ”Att möta verkligheten” on Häpna.（from Häpna）

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：7.8/10

ugly cover。= =！不知道是哪位腦子進水的設計的這個封面，如果是Hans Appelqvist本人，我真是服了他了。恐怖，如果這張音樂中塑造的Naima就是這個形象，我想我一定會做噩夢的。呵呵。Hans Appelqvist的音樂中總是會聼到各種各樣奇奇怪怪的採樣，比如像http://www.naimachat.se這個有趣的track就是一段電腦狂想曲。有趣的還有on the beach那段英文版康定情歌，出人意料。Naima像我昨天一夜做過的所有夢，有著無盡的想象，海浪、飄渺迷幻的女人歌聲，仿佛海洋之中人魚的召喚、每天接觸的computer、熟悉又陌生的情歌，哪怕是可怕的鵜鶘頭女人，Naima給了我昨夜豐富的睡夢。

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[Tape|Opera]歌劇院中的人生哲學

Artist：Tape
Album：Opera
Release Date：2002
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Leftfield, Experimental

Tracklisting:

1		Bell Mountain
2		Fire made of Bones
3		Feeler
4		Summa
5		Radiolaria
6		Longitude
7		Noises from a Hill
8		Return to Ship
9		Terraces
10		Rut

簡介。。。。。。

Beetles rattled and whispered encrypted truths while hovering over the garden paths of the doctor’s mansion. Specimen found on the journey that don’t fit the theory haunts you, but be calm, we will quietly discuss them later. Impressions found in corallic limestone; you have rocks large as fists with you in the luggage, fine we will examine them tonight in the umbrageous light on the porch. You have rowan-tree here, he said. Old thyme, medicinal herbs, minfoil, a scrubby bush of some kind. Yes... was there anything curious about that? Was it criticism that the old friend uttered? Certainly, he was more incalculable than ever; I also read in the local paper about his infamous outbursts after he came home from his journey, but I must not think about it too much.

The temperature dropped. Night spiders and dragonflies flew in from the pond, in over the gates and through the iron fence. Spirals of cobweb was caught in the woodwork as we sat on the porch after our walk in the garden. Anomalies, tiny crooked bone pipes, notes cut out of malajic travel journals and pieces of wood, that to me at least seemed insignificant and not quite relevant to the subject; all this was presented on the table cloth under flickering kerosene light that somtimes widened our world and invited plants and moths to our conversations, sometimes shrunk it to a world of shadows with room just for the two of us. It was a strange collection of objects. Suddenly, I was overwhelmed with a feeling that everything was possible; the evolution had proceeded in radically different directions on various places on Earth; the world was open, it could bring forth every living being and object imaginable. From afar, the noise of thunder could be heard, and shivering I was reminded of that in noise every sound is present even if one can’t hear them, as every conceivable form thrive in chaos during a inhumanly absurd time scale. (from the Xesmarism, in Swedish)

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.2/10

Tape的音樂是適合在半夜聼的，白天太過喧鬧，感受不到它的味道。一個長長的電音一直在耳邊縈繞，但是依舊寧靜，散發著獨自一人可以靜下心來思考時的迷人香氣，把玩著吉他，讓它跳出一個個緩緩的音符，仿佛人生哲學似的令人回味。

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[Tape|Milieu]平安夜，寧靜的音符，我好平安

Artist：Tape
Album：Milieu
Release Date：2003
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Minimal, Leftfield

Tracklisting:

1		Oak Player
2		Sponge Chorus
3		Crippled Tree
4		Edisto
5		Golden Twig
6		Long Bell
7		Root Tattoo
8		Switchboard Fog

簡介。。。。。。

Tape is a trio from Stockholm, Sweden, building their music from a whole array of acoustic instruments, computer and field recordings. Their first CD “Opera” got excellent reviews in international press and was compared to artists such as Talk Talk, Gastr del Sol, Fennesz, John Fahey and Faust. See the web page for full info and reviews about “Opera”.

Their new CD “Milieu” shares the same basic premises as “Opera”. All kinds of sound sources are used and organically integrated in the songs, which move freely somewhere between the composed and the improvised.

Even if “Milieu” makes use of experimental methods, the album is argumentably more songbased than “Opera” and therefore maybe more accessible.

“Milieu is Björn Olsson as seen through Gastr del Sol's lens — or Pascal Comelade influenced by the Nordic winds instead of the Spanish sun. Peaceful, slightly melancholic, impressionistic without sounding tentative, Milieu delivers a very coherent half-hour of music. [...] Recommended despite its brevity.”
Rated 4/5, François Couture, All music guide

“Tape succeeds where other "folktronica" acts noodle themselves into a corner or fall prey to an over-determined laptop. On Milieu, the trio's second album, the compositions are carefully and emotionally layered, a midnight Fahey/Parch pantomime against a rusted silo.”
Rated 7.9/10, Brandon Stosuy, Pitchfork

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.5/10

我喜歡的類型。我喜歡的類型主要有兩种：寧靜柔和得令人陶醉，另一種bizarre、weird得讓我能夠在音樂中肆意放縱。Tape這張專輯屬於前者，尤其是在這樣一個平安之夜，我真的覺得自己好需要它啊，感謝上帝給我這樣一張美麗田園一般的好音樂陪我度過一個祥和安靜的平安夜，有了它我沒有感覺到寂寞與孤獨。朋友在網上問我爲什麽還不睡覺，在等聖誕老人嗎？我笑著給了他肯定地回答，是的，我在等聖誕老人還有他給我準備的禮物。:)伴著音樂，感受著這份屬於我一個人的自由自在的平安。

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[Sagor & Swing|Orgelplaneten]光電蝴蝶鳥，跳動地終結

Artist：Sagor & Swing
Album：Orgelplaneten
Release Date：2004
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic, Rock
Style： Leftfield, Downtempo, Prog Rock

Tracklisting:

1		Henriks Födelsedagsmelodi
2		Äventyr I Alperna
3		8-Bitarspolskan
4		Rymden På 50-Talet
5		Distro
6		Smedjebacken By Night
7		Postmodernism
8		Bora Bora
9		Baklängesvisa
10		Idiom

簡介。。。。。。

Just half a year since “Allt hänger samman” and the fourth album from Sagor & Swing, “Orgelplaneten” (“The Organ Planet”) is here. The energy has been turned up quite a bit. This more energetic side of their sound has been showing a whole lot during their concerts, but this is the first time that it has been captured on record, as a document of how the duo have sounded live. It also stands out from their three earlier records by adding Moog and accordion to the usual setup of organ and drums.

A more playful and joyous atmosphere runs through the record. Many of the songs e.g. “8-bitarspolskan” and “Äventyr i Alperna” have an electronic sound reminiscing of synthesizer experiments á la Jean Jacques Perrey. “Distro” and “Postmodernism” are both full-on instrumental pop songs while “Smedjebacken by night” echoes of lazy hotdog-stand reggae. But the fairyland-music and Sagor & Swing’s unmistakable touch is still there, just below the surface.

This album marks the end for Sagor & Swing. Echoes and shadows will certainly turn up in the future, but “Orgelplaneten” is the final record from the group as we remember them.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：7.5/10

在這張唱片之後，Sagor & Swing宣告解散，每一支很棒的音樂團體解散，我都會感到很難過很遺憾。這張專輯與Sagor & Swing之前的發行相比，明顯地強烈很多，跳動很多，也吵鬧很多。不知兩人是否在這時產生了某些摩擦，還是什麽原因，這張專輯像是某种衝突、或者是某种爆發，充滿著力量，與之前的風格迥然不同，卻與Eric Malmberg的solo album有些相像。兩人以這樣一張富有動感的專輯結束了他們3年來的合作。

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[Sagor & Swing|Allt Hänger Samman]黑森林中的聖光

Artist：Sagor & Swing
Album：Allt Hänger Samman
Release Date：2003
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Återkomsten
2		Lövverk
3		Vid En Tjärn
4		Grottmusik
5		Polska Från Insjön
6		Längre In I Skogen
7		Längst Inne I Skogen
8		Det Sista Äventyret
9		Vandring Bort
10		Flyttfåglar
11		Alla Sagor Har Ett Slut

簡介。。。。。。

The myth of Sagor & Swing tells that they are children of nature that grew up in the forest. That they at an early age built their first instruments and isolated from the noise of civilization invented a music of their own. What we know for sure, however, is that they make wonderful organ music and have been doing this for some time now. This is their third album, “Allt hänger samman”.

The woods have thickened. The melodies have become more intricate and the idyllic scenes now have a darker tone. One slips away on excursions in the faintest sounds through passages where the organ is a tone generator built to recreate the sounds of the forest - the wind, the singing of birds, the creaking of roots.

As soon as the majestic introduction “Återkomsten” begins, one senses that something is going on. In “Lövverk” echoes are heard of Kraftwerk and their endless ostinati and the final “Alla sagor har ett slut” is a magnificent, minimalistic bookending. The moods that are summoned in between the songs keeps one helplessly in the world of Sagor & Swing.

Their previous two albums “Orgelfärger” and “Melodier och fåglar” are both small gems deserving wider recognition.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.3/10

節點中這樣描述Sagor&Swing的音樂:「在過度感官刺激與資訊轟炸的年代，很多人雖然想安靜一下，其實卻無法忍受真正的無聲。這張『沒什麼的音樂』（nothing music），正能滿足那種渴求。」就是這樣一類音樂，一直播放著既不覺得寂寞，也不影響心情和手邊的忙碌。所以經常能夠聼到這樣的音樂，是現代都市人心靈的一方很好的撫慰劑。

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[Sagor & Swing|Orgelfärger]溫婉的月，夜的使者

Artist：Sagor & Swing
Album：Orgelfärger
Release Date：2001
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Vals På Vingar
2		Melodi
3		Andra Melodin
4		Sagoslottet
5		En Vandring I Bergen
6		Ljud Långt Bortifrån
7		Ett, Två, Tre, Fyr
8		Mjuk Skog
9		Allt Kommer Att Ordna Sig
10		Bordunens Vandring
11		Ljud Långt Långt Bortifrån

簡介。。。。。。

In the living room of a small house in Dalarna, the Swedish countryside, Sagor & Swing has recorded this timeless music evoking the surrounding landscape - the forests, mountains and lakes. Moody and simple melodies with echoes of old Swedish folk tunes and the nature in the paintings of John Bauer.

Some years ago, Eric Malmberg was given an organ from legendary Swedish organplayer Bo Hansson, one half of the 70’s drums/organ duo Hansson & Karlsson. This organ was the very one used on Hansson’s epic record Lord of the Rings, an influential record which combined jazz and rock together with minor key melodies of Swedish folk music. Sagor & Swing makes a more minimal journey. The melodies unfold at a calm pace and the whole album has a mesmerizing feeling to it.

This is music which could only have been made in Sweden. While the music of Björn Olsson, another Swede influenced by folk music, is connected to the archipelago of the Swedish west coast, Sagor & Swing has its spiritual home in the old forests deep in the middle of the country.

Eric is also an accomplished comic strip writer. His serial “Hansson & Karlsson i världsrymden” (“Hansson & Karlsson in outer space”) ran in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter at the end of 2000.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.2/10

縂覺得Sagor & Swing要比Eric的solo要好聼，難道是人多力量大？hoho。而且更溫和，更舒緩，柔美的風琴演奏，配上輕輕的鼓點，Sagor & Swing是這個音樂領域的先鋒。

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[Eric Malmberg|Verklighet & Beat]窗外的世界很精彩

Artist：Eric Malmberg
Album：Verklighet & Beat
Release Date：2007-09-12
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic, Rock
Style： Prog Rock, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Finalen
2		Min Kompis Anton
3		Till Minne Av Lilly Lindström
4		Slutet På En Epok
5		Leksand, Tidigt Nittiotal
6		Söndagskonsert
7		Milda Döden Hämtar Oss Alla Till Slut
8		Ackordflödet Och Evigheten
9		Varat Fanns Någonstans I Röran
10		Styx

簡介。。。。。。

Eric Malmberg might not be a name on everyone's lips (especially if you've been born and raised anywhere south of Sweden) but this latest from the ex-Sagor & Swing organist, despite a title that makes pronunciation to a non Scandinavian about as easy as humming the Hungarian national anthem, is a real triumph. Some of you might have heard Sagor & Swing before, some might even have caught them live - I was lucky enough to manage the latter and it was an unforgettable experience, pinned together by Malmberg's virtuosity on his trusty Hammond organ. Prog fans will no doubt have heard the name Bo Hansson bandied about a little, and the man who once wrote an album dedicated to Lord of the Rings (how prog is that?! and this was before Peter Jackson had even had a sniff) serves as Malmberg's biggest influence, even popping up on 'Verklighet & Beat' on the synthesizer. So far so Swedish. But this album, easily Malmberg's most assured solo work to date, should see the musician carry his music far beyond the Northern Lights. Okay so maybe I'm not the best person to ask about this, being a Goblin completist and self-confessed Rick Wakeman fan (sorry) I have a rather high tolerance for proggy excess, but this record is a dictat in Hammond-led magnificence from its first, assured chord. The instrumentation is simple - live drums, Hammond organ, guitar, bass and the occasional synthesizer and over ten tracks Malmberg creates an acid-laced, THC haze of tie-dyed, rose tinted gorgeousness, harnessed by each player's clearly outstanding abilities. It's odd because with this unusual burst of interest recently in anything proggy, psychedelic and breaks heavy (thanks in part no doubt to Andy Votel's killer Finders Keepers imprint) Malmberg's music suddenly makes a lot of sense in 2007. He might have been busying himself with the Hammond for many years now but the climate feels right at the moment for him to capture the hearts and minds of crate diggers and a new generation of psychedelic explorers, and I suggest that anyone enamoured by recent rediscovered psych/prog gems from the 70s should check this album without any further delay. I don't want to go into it track by track, because first and foremost (like every great prog album) it needs to be heard in its entiriry, but a special mention needs to go out to the phenomenal and totally bonkers 'Till minne av Lilly Lindström' a track which starts with a clean break, builds into dancefloor abusing Hammond-hammering mayhem and then ends up with lush string orchestrations and disco-lite sweeps. Insane and more enjoyable than you could possibly imagine - an album to totally lose yourself in, and one for anyone looking for something just that little different. Huge recommendation.（from Boomkat）

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.0/10

Eric Malmberg在Häpna發行的第二張solo，第一張Den Gåtfulla Människan發行05年。Eric Malmberg是個有天賦的風琴演奏者，風琴在他的手裏，似乎充滿著魔力，能夠發出閃閃亮亮的璀璨光芒。

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[Eric Malmberg|Den Gåtfulla Människan]星空、果園，我睡去了

Artist：Eric Malmberg
Album：Den Gåtfulla Människan
Release Date：2005-04-13
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic, Rock
Style： Prog Rock, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Det Högre Medvetandet
2		Undermedvetandet
3		Jaget
4		Överjaget
5		Delpersonligheterna
6		Språk Och Tankestrukturer
7		Människan Och Tiden
8		Människan Och Evigheten

簡介。。。。。。

Eric Malmberg is the genius hammondplayer from popular swedish progg-band Sagor & Swing.His solo material is very similar to his work with Sagor & Swing and should appeal to the same fans as well as to fans of legendary organist Bo Hansson (of Hansson & Karlsson).Eric has also recorded material together with Bo Hansson and Pluxus.

Eric Malmberg is something of an enigma. How he without apparent effort brings forth these timeless melodies we don’t know - only that the music is classic organ pop that aims straight for the heart.

During the past years, he was the songwriter and organ player of Sagor & Swing. Soon after that band broke up, after four records, this productive musician started to sketch the main guidelines for a new solo album. A year later it's finished. An album made entirely on ORGAN and completely one man’s vision, recorded in Insjön, Sweden. A highly personal record, a travel into the human psyche as illustrated by the song titles.

Contrary to some beliefs, the only instrument used on this CD is the organ. The same is true for two of the previous Sagor & Swing albums, “Melodier och fåglar” and “Allt hänger samman”. No synthesizers are involved. We know of no artist that has gone into more depth regarding the treatment of the Hammond organ as a general sound generator than Eric Malmberg.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：7.9/10

Eric Malmberg的個人專輯和Sagor & Swing差不多，充滿幻想。但是感覺Sagor & Swing更注重情感的抒發，而Eric Malmberg的個人專輯讓我感覺自己好像是在看一部幻想題材的美術片，細膩，魔幻，光怪陸離。像是翺翔于太空，又像行走于童話中的仙境，每一件事物都充滿著魔法，都在閃閃發亮。很可愛，也還不錯的一張專輯。

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[Tape|Rideau]幽深森林將我吞噬

Artist：Tape
Album：Rideau
Release Date：2005-10-24
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Abstract, Experimental

Tracklisting:

1		Sunrefrain (11:15)
2		A Spire (11:45)
3		Sand Dunes (4:42)
4		Exuma (6:15)
5		Long Lost Engine (12:26)

簡介。。。。。。

On October the 24th the Swedish trio Tape will release their eagerly awaited third album – “Rideau”. The main idea behind this record was to make something that differed from the two previous albums that were recorded by the group members themselves, and also to try to work with another person to push the music in another direction. The choice fell on Marcus Schmickler, German musician and producer and the album was recorded in his studio in Cologne, winter/spring 2004-2005. Another way of working had to be found and the concentrated atmosphere that was established was soon transferred to the recordings. The surroundings of Cologne made for sure an imprint as the previous albums were recorded in rural Sweden. The songs have a more architectural structure this time, a sharper sound, more rhythmical elements and a grandeur that hasn’t shown before.
　　
Tape’s music moves between experimental music and pop without effort and has been recognized internationally for it’s particular sound where electronics blend with all sorts of acoustic and electric instruments.
　　
Tape was formed in 2000 by brothers Andreas and Johan Berthling together with Tomas Hallonsten. Their first recording Opera came out in 2002, the second Milieu in 2003, both released on Häpna. Tape has done shorter tours in Europe, the US and Japan. In August 2005 Staalplaat released a live CD of Tape in their “Mort Aux Vaches” series.
　　
Marcus Schmickler is a musician, producer and composer with a broad range. He makes pop with Pluramon (with Julee Cruise), experimental computer music solo, and composes contemporary music for choir.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.3/10

為了尋求新的音樂養分，這次Tape決定與德國著名電音創作人Marcus Schmickler合作，還特別到他位於科隆的錄音室工作，從以往有點即興隨性的田園風味過渡至這次結構嚴謹的音形塑造，節奏元素更突出，有一種別於以 往的華美感被發展出來。Rideau對Tape而言是一次成功的音樂突破，呈現一個全新的方向：結構性較強、聲響銳利、節奏元素更為明顯，寬廣而堂皇。（引自節點）

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[Sagor & Swing|Melodier Och Fåglar]祭祀，我的悲傷

Artist：Sagor & Swing
Album：Melodier Och Fåglar
Release Date：2002
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic
Style： Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklisting:

1		Apollons Aftonsång
2		In I Skogen
3		Klonkmelodin
4		Flickan Och Jätten
5		Valsen Fortsätter Vidare
6		En Dag I Ruperts Rike
7		Aningar
8		Fantasilandet Raseras
9		Vagga Min Själ
10		Efterklanger

簡介。。。。。。

Sagor & Swing is Eric Malmberg on Hammond organ and Ulf Möller on drums. This is the follow up to their debut album “Orgelfärger”, considered one of the most interesting records of last year by many Swedish critics.

“Melodier och fåglar” (“Melodies and birds”) is minimal and timeless, naive and simple. Eric calls his melodies “Nothing music”. Something to listen to when you almost want it to be quiet. When you are so affected by the noise from the media that you no longer bear with real silence. Then you may listen to “Melodier och fåglar”. By the time the record has ended, you may stay in the sofa and finally enjoy the quietness and stillness.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.5/10

Sagor & Swing ，由管風琴手Eric Malmberg與鼓手Ulf Moller合作的瑞典二人組，自2001年的Orgelfarger發行以來，就因為他們獨特的復古聲音組合，以及融合民謠、古典甚至放克搖滾的樂風而 被譽為是近年來最有趣的團體：Hammond organ繞來繞去的旋律，以古典的對位手法展開，由低調的打擊節拍伴奏，產生一首首極簡、永恆、純真，沒有目的不需抵達的小曲，在變與不變之間，那恆動 卻靜逸的美具有催眠的魔力。

Häpna在專輯的介紹中說得鳥語花香的，但不知道爲什麽，我聼Melodier Och Fåglar的感覺是悲傷的，也許是我的心情實在鬱悶吧。聼Apollons Aftonsång、In I Skogen還有Fantasilandet Raseras的時候我居然哭了，Eric Malmberg的管風琴實在動人，撫慰人心的溫暖。我應該快樂，不是嗎？

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[Hans Appelqvist|Sifantin Och Mörkret]童聲稚語，夢幻般的王國

Artist：Hans Appelqvist
Album：Sifantin Och Mörkret
Release Date：2007-05-08
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Electronic, Pop
Style： Experimental

Tracklisting:

1		Wanxian (2:10)
2		Tänk Att Himlens Alla Stjärnor (3:21)
3		Mormas Fågel (0:57)
4		Freckenåges Spa (2:35)
5		Tiggången (1:05)
6		Skundgässhallen (1:25)
7		Sju I Tre (1:06)
8		Jag En Gök (3:31)
9		Tilli Talli Tulli (1:06)
10		Full The Moon (3:04)
11		Iestapiona (1:09)
12		Talkijangnas Akt (3:06)

簡介。。。。。。

This is the fourth full-length release for Sweden's Hans Appelqvist, his third for the Häpna label. Hot on the heels of his last record Naima, released in November 2006, Hans has a new album ready, entitled Sifantin och mörkret, containing 12 new tracks and a beautiful video for "Tänk att himlens alla stjärnor," made by Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, José Gonzales and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives). The music shows Hans from a new side, the album being more open and spontaneous than previous works. Animal noises, doors creaking, children shouting, delicate acoustic guitar, and rollicking instrumentals, Sifantin och mörkret is a patchwork symphony. It oscillates between the sweet and grotesque, the nice and the ugly, harmony and terror, light and darkness. As Appelqvist lyrically proclaims, "Me, a cuckoo. Of all the great things in Africa my eyes have met, one I can never forget. On the savannah a rhinoceros stood proudly, gazing in the distance. Its belly ripped open in battle with the one that always wants more."

Appelqvist mainly derives his particular form of musical story telling from feature film, where the music is paralleling the story so as to amplify it or comment it. It is in this form, where sound and image converge, that Appelqvist is conducting his search for unexpected emotional expressions.

Appelqvist’s music infuses the debate on the musical qualities of music. The newness of his acoustic image, where the choice of sounds are not always evident or natural in their context, makes the listener react, certain musical nuances might generate strong emotions while others leaves the listener indifferent. The same is true for Appelqvist’s scheme of using untrained, hand-picked voices, a device which by many might be construed as provocative. It raises the question of whether we are actually listening to music and/or taking part in a staging. The crude voices are intimately interlinked through the underlying narrative and bring a dimension of agitation on top of the melancholy and suggestive coulisse of sound.

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.5/10

I love this video.Hans Appelqvist在這張唱片中，創造了一個豐富的幻想世界，擁有豐富的聲音。這位帥哥很擅長用音樂和各種聲響營造可愛的故事情節。他的音樂像行雲流水一般，很靈動。他的吉他精致細膩，嗓音也很好聽、很溫柔。我正在探究Talkijangnas akt這首歌的原作是出自哪裏，貌似世界人民都知道這首歌謠。除此之外，我對他優美樂曲以外的各種採樣也很感興趣。犬吠、鳥鳴、雷聲、野獸的吼叫、蒼蠅的嗡嗡聲······尤其是那個小孩子的聲音，實在是太太太可愛了！！！我聽到他的時候總是想笑。我想心情再糟糕、再煩躁的人，聼了這樣一張唱片也會變得很平和。

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[Anna Järvinen|Jag Fick Feeling]被風吹著走

Artist：Anna Järvinen
Album：Jag Fick Feeling
Release Date：2007-10-03
Label：Häpna
Country：Sweden
Genre： Rock
Style：Indie,Folk,Pop

Tracklisting:
1. Götgatan
2. PS, Tjörn
3. Koltrast
4. Kan du gå
5. Nedgångslåten
6. Leena
7. Svensktalande bättre folk
8. Helsinki
9. Vårmelodi
10. Kom hem

簡介。。。。。。

"The wind started blowing, the clouds scattered as if they had been ripped open and now there are stars in the sky. I went for an evening stroll, I looked at the junipers and the low pine trees that crouched down. I had the feeling I was on the right track, the poems are there, waiting, I can sense them in the shadows, there is always that much light. In the day I met some children, they formed a ring around me and pointed at my bandana: “What’s that?" "I'm an Indian." "Mom, mom," the children ran and yelled, "We've seen an Indian!" I read something on a board that said the speed limit on the island is thirty kilometres per hour. I thought about something, don't know what, but during the evening it occupied my mind, I looked for it on my walk just now, now I'm putting it on the balcony, behind the door, like the tea pot so I'll remember to empty and rinse it when I go out. Tomorrow I might be wiser."

ANNA ON ANNA: "Born in Helsinki, at the age of six moved to Täby outside Stockholm due to mother's new marriage, always had a longing back, will not return. Sang and wrote songs in Granada 1998-2004. Granada released three albums and one ep produced by Björn Olsson and Mattias Glavå on record labels Universal, V2 and Look Left Recordings. This record was recorded in the Kungssten industry area in Gothenburg during a rainy summer and cold winter with among others Dungen as musicians and Mattias Glavå as an indisposable producer. Tried to make music I've always loved, melodies I grew up with (the soundtrack to Brideshead Revisited, Carpenters, Elton John's darling seventies' tunes, Vesa Matti Loiri's interpretations of Eino Leino's poetry, Woody Allen movies, Saarikoski.) nature poetry drug-and-alcohol abuse, nostalgia, the Finland of my dreams, falling in love, sorrow, homesickness. I've tried to not be too shy and inhibited. I've made it I think he he" (Anna Järvinen)

Anna Järvinen was(/is?) a singer and songwriter in swedish band Granada. Granada released three albums and an EP (Granada, takes a lot of walking and let that weight slide off your shoulders plus everyone wants to)on universal, v2 and their own label look left recordings.

Currently (january 2007) Anna Järvinen is finishing her solo album, which is called "Jag Fick Feeling" and has been recorded by Mattias Glavå, who among other things produced Håkan Hellström's two first releases and worked a lot with Granada. Musicians on "Jag Fick Feeling" are among others swedish band Dungen. The album is due out this spring (2007).

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：7.8/10

縂覺得這位姐姐的形象和聲音不符，因爲從她的形象上來看，她至少有40嵗，然而，如果只聼她的聲音的話，真像個清純的少女啊。聲音真的好清澈，好甜膩。所以聼這張專輯，會讓你感覺像沐浴在春風裏，被風吹著走的感覺。曲風復古、懷舊，好像又回到了上個世紀，而且是在你上個世紀中的美好回憶中。Häpna在瑞典剛發行不到一個月，我就得到了這張專輯，原來自己還是蠻幸運的嘛。呵呵。

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[Tenniscoats|Tan-Tan Therapy]霎那間，恍如隔世

Artist：Tenniscoats
Album：Tan-Tan Therapy
Release Date：2007-11-07
Label：Häpna,Headz
Country：Japan
Genre：Rock
Style：Indie，Folk

Tracklisting:
1. Baibaba Bimba
2. Oetsu to Kanki no Nanoriuta (Given Song by Sob and Joy)
3. Marui Hito (Everyone)
4. One Swan Swim
5. Umbarepa!
6. Abi and Travel
7. Rolling Train
8. Uta ga Nainoni (Like No Songs)

簡介。。。。。。

To live music. It’s an expression one probably has heard before, but never has it been more appropriate than to describe the lives of married couple Saya and Takashi Ueno, also known as Tenniscoats. Häpna's mighty Tape have known them for almost two years, and they say they have been astonished many times by how many hours Tenniscoats' spend on music in a day. New songs are written in the tour bus, new songs are rehearsed for the evening’s concert at the soundcheck and later, after the concert, they literally play and sing themselves to sleep. They catch some sleep here and there, and wake up to musical work again with coffee and cigarettes as the only fuel… A wild pace and an inspiring flow of musical expressions.

Tenniscoats' starting point is pop songs, but with a staggeringly free approach: psychedelic folk tunes, complex instrumentals and short pop jewels side by side, everything is possible. A song can be performed in a myriad ways. Their interplay is angular and at the same time the most sensitive one has heard. A feeling of a music that constantly goes on, whether Saya and Ueno are on stage or not. A music free of pretensions, but urgent as few things we have heard.

"Tan-Tan Therapy" is a distillate of the last two years, when Tenniscoats and Tape have socialised, toured together and exchanged musical ideas and experiences. The album gives a slightly new picture of Tenniscoats. Found here is a fuller dynamic spectra and richer use of diverse sound elements than usually found in their live shows. Yet the album has a concise pop feeling to it, in a calm and multi-faceted way. The level of details and the different sound world is to a large extent due to the musicians of Tape, as they have been involved both in the production and the writing of arrangements on the record. To Tenniscoats’ original setting, various horn instruments, double bass, zither, organ, glockenspiel and electronic instruments have been added. The recordings were made in an intuitive way during a couple of days in Stockholm and Cologne with Tape (Andreas Berthling, Johan Berthling, Tomas Hallonsten), Andreas Söderström, Leo Svensson and Lars Skoglund and fellow musicians.

Saya and Ueno are also members of the Japanese music collective Maher Shalal Hash Baz. They live outside of Tokyo.

Saya comments on the tracks and the album
1. Baibaba Bimba
One warm flash lights by flocking together appear and wink
with good smell
Starting of departure has been stimulated and rhythmed up by breathing
The sea who waits our navigation is becoming big or small
with good-bye and hello.

2. Oetsu to Kanki no Nanoriuta (Given Song by Sob and Joy)
If there is just one truth and we have love for it,
a song can be appeared.
Then we start to understand about the song.
This song was written in 2003 at first
from our friend's chord and lyric.

'Give me just one world
It comes around and carry off our meetings
By and by, we leave here and come around
and come to here
In this song we see one world'

3. Marui Hito (Everyone)
This song was written from ueno's waving guitar
which was overdubbed experimentally to the recorder.
And Saya found melody.
We can put the any point on this song.
Because this song rythm is like circle.

4. One Swan Swim
Prolonged moments like afternoon sleeping
I love it!

5. Umbarepa!
Fairly song

6. Abi and Travel
My one friend has been in sadness on a few month.
And she went to travels on that time.
I thought her sadness was beautiful anyway.

7. Rolling Train
When we went to the tour with tape (and this recording),
In the train to the Narita Airport, I wrote this lyric with seeing early autumn of Japan.
Tan-Tan Therapy's beautiful photo (by klas) is very similar to japanese autumn.

In the rice field after harvesting,
a white heron stand
The grove look after
with nobody's noticing

The ivy of morning glory
Growing over the roof
Their bright colors
Shining in the sky clearly

8. Uta ga Nainoni (Like No Songs)
In the night which i can sing
There seems to be no sound
Moon lighted here and my singing
Like there is no other sound

I remember well that me and ueno's mind were uneasy standing at skavsta airport/stockholm until we met with tape accidentally.
Their smiling made us gradually comfortable, and we noticed our adventure has started.
On recording, we could play naturally with them and Hapna's friend musician's spontaneously playing and ideas.
Simple lines became to be beautiful million over first imagination.
We love their love for phenomena of life / music.
-Saya (Tenniscoats)

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.3/10
聽著Tenniscoats的音樂我已經飃到了封面那個似乎與世隔絕的室外桃園，就像Saya說的那樣，我看到了另外的一個世界。11月份剛發行的新專輯，被我搞到了，真是高興，高興自己跟上了時代的步伐，哈哈。更喜歡專輯的前半部分，這是一張很耐聼的專輯，越聼越好。
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