Again and Again
Spjärnsvallet
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“Whoever keeps this album from being properly reissued will have a rough time on judgement day.” – Peter Sjöblom
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Released on november 8, 2014, this album is sold out but you can get the digital edition from your digital distibutor.
Spjärnsvallet was formed when Berger, who had studied music in India (and was on his way to Ghana), met Bothén who had learned in Mali (and was on his way to Morocco) for a long collaboration with Don Cherry starting 1973 in New York where INNOCENCE is recorded. This was the starting point for the group with Nikke Ström and Kjell Westling. In 1975 we recorded the minor classic album Spjärnsvallet together. Some material that was not released then or was shortened to fit the LP format makes up the rest of this album plus a recording the three of us did just now: AGAIN – in remembrance of deceased multi instrument genius Kjell Westling, where we improvise around a couple of the tunes we used to play 40 years back .
The original album:
Omlott licensed Again and Again:
… and have released a vinyl edition with their own cover art on May 20 2015. On the same day we make the album available on Spotify and other streaming sites.
We did two release concerts
in 2015, one at Rönells in Stockholm on May 19 and one at Folkteatern in Gothenburg on May 20. In both concerts we had the pleasure of having Goran Kajfes and David Stackenäs playing with us. In mid june we performed at the Psykjunta festival and on december 11 and 12 we will play in Aarhus and at Global in Copenhagen.
Reviews
“Whoever keeps this album from being properly reissued will have a rough time on judgement day.” – Quote from Peter Sjöblom’s review of the original release.
Here are reviews by Raul da Gama and Eyal Hareuveni.
Tracks
DJINNA MOSSOUW (Trad.arr Christer Bothén) 3:11
MALI DONSO N`GONI (Bothén) 3:44
POJKARNA PDL (Bothén) 5:23
BALASONG (Bothén) 2:52
THE JUNGLE Berger-Bothén-Ström-Westling) 5:56 (contains quotations from The Jungle is a Scyscraper by Ornette Coleman and an untitled original by Kjell Westling
HAGA (Bothén) 2:46
INNOCENCE (Berger-Bothén) 5:06
AGAIN (Berger-Bothén-Ström) 14:42 (contains quotations from 9 + 10 by Christer Bothén and Desireless by Don Cherry) Remembering Kjell
Total time 43:40
More info
Kjell Westling, flutes, ballani, bass clarinet, sopranino and alto saxophones
Christer Bothén, guimbri, donso n’goni, ballani, bass clarinet, tenor sax, piano
Nikke Ström, bass
Bengt Berger, drums, mridangam, calebash
All recorded 19750826 except AGAIN recorded at Studio Pannhuset 20140824 by Magnus Persson and INNOCENCE, recorded at Blue Rock Studios,N.Y. 1973
Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP Recordings
Photo Viktor Gårdsäter
Graphic design Jon Edergren ELECTRIC BOOOOOOOGIE
Produced by Bengt Berger
Thanks to Lars Westin
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