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Beches Brew

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“one of the most spectacular records to come out of Europe in 2009“ –

Finally Bengt Berger has managed to get a band together that conveys all his charateristics as composer, musician and band leader: The modal, the ethnic, the melodies, rhythms, the oldfashioned, avante garde, odd meters, humour and seriousness, chastity and sex, childishness, wisdom and senility, in a word: Country & Eastern.

All facets and emotions are welcome in our music:

So we start off with four rythmic pieces 1-4,
three with texts 4-6,
two thoughtful modal moods 6-7,
two pretentious things, one short and one long 8-9,
comic stuff 10-13, and lastly
the band live 13-17.

The CD was nominated both for a Swedish Grammy and Manifest awards.

“Beches Brew, one of the most spectacular records to come out of Europe in 2009. The music is sophisticated and lurid, downright earthy and sensuous yet deeply mystical, magical and mysterious, bringing the best forms of surprise….Beches Brew in its entirety, is a wonderfully crafted suite. It is a world of music that ebbs and flows through the soul of Berger, memorably interpreted by his fellow journeymen.” Full All About Jazz review

Tracks

1 New Gyil 03:21
2 Oskar’s Lullabye 02:56
3 Kakraba High Five 04:08
4 Livet 05:29
5 Laila 01:43
6 Dagar, Djur 10:22
7 Simon Says 06:27
8 Jag Palperar Platons Grotta /Till Björner Torsson) 00:19
9 Nada 09:45
10 Sperings Gånglåt – Canary version 01:46
11 Familjen Bra 00:20
12 Pizza Excess 00:53
13 Gurukul 02:26
14 Apart 05:08
15 Sperings Gånglåt – live version 00:35
16 Flabby Dick 08:19
17 Gurlai Kora 02:11

In the downloadable format two bonus tracks are included: an alternative long live version of Simon Says and a short studio version of Sperings Gånglåt:

18 Simon Says – live version 11:31
19 Sperings Gånglåt – studio version 01:04

All music composed by Bengt Berger
Lyrics on 4 Livet by Niklas Rådström
Lyrics on 6 Dagar, Djur by Torkel Rasmusson

All facets and emotions are welcome in our music
So we start off with four rythmic pieces 1-4,
three with texts 4-6,
two thoughtful modal moods 6-7,
two pretentious things, one short and one long 8-9,
comic stuff 10-13, and lastly
the band live 13-17.

Musicians & Info

Thomas Gustafsson, soprano and tenor saxophones (slightly to the right)
Lindha Kallerdahl, voice
Jonas Knutsson, soprano- alto and baritone saxophones (slightly to the left), percussion
Sigge Krantz, bass on 7, background vocals on 5
Max Schultz, guitar, banjo, bass and voice
Mats Öberg, keyboard, harmonica and voice
Bengt Berger, drums and percussion

All music produced and mixed by Bengt Berger and Sigge Krantz.
Recordings by Sigge Krantz at Kapsylen, august 29-30 2008 and live at Fasching on september 1.
Mastering by Claes Persson, CRP.
Cover by Jon Edergren, Spektra.
Photo by Olivia Jeczmyk