Tracks:
A1 Prolog (Domus remix)
A2 Tinget (Bram & Tymen remix)
A3 Profeternas fäbod (Jobo remix)
A4 Herdarnas äng (Fältöversten remix)
B1 Salomos gästabud (ROPS remix)
B2 Den rike mannen (The Small Crowd remix)
B3 Herrens gårdar (Hemelektronik remix)
B4 Epilog (Små Vågor remix)
Liner notes:
In 2017, I picked each song from the album “Fritt efter en väg” and sent it to different musicians and producers, mainly based in Stockholm, and asked them if they wanted to do a remix, and to my surprise and glee, they all said yes (that’s 100% yeses!). Even better, they also sent wonderful interpretations of the original songs in return. As a result, the whole original album has been recreated song by song.
But there is a twist. The original album “Fritt efter en väg” was a musical interpretation of the six tableaux found in “The Heavenly Play” written by Rune Lindström, a local hero in Leksand, Sweden. His stage play depicts a journey in which the protagonist, Mats, leaves his village after his fiancée is sentenced to death by burning and travels through a weird landscape where reality and fantasy merge. On the album, we, Strulgattu & Meierkord, explored these spatial and temporal coordinates of human activity, trying to translate the paintings to music. As a result, extraterrestrial and cosmic sounds were blended with earthy and organic ones.
The remixes on this album, however, are detached from the story found in “The Heavenly Play”. Rather, they are interpretations of the original interpretation. In my opinion, these remixes all fit together in a strange way, like the songs were supposed to be “album songs” rather than “singles” from the beginning. Surely, it is not a Pink Floyd album, but I believe this is an album that works best when listened to from start to finish, which is pretty impressive considering it is a remix album.
I am thankful for having the opportunity to collaborate with these gifted people and their beautiful and haunting soundscapes; music that evokes worlds of hope and melancholy; mental places where I want to remain and grow old.
/Magnus Haglunds
All songs written by Haglunds, Meierkord & Persson. About one year ago, I picked each song from the album “Fritt efter en väg” and sent them to two different musicians and producers, mainly based in Stockholm, and asked them if they wanted to do a remix, and to my surprise and glee, they all said yes (that’s 100% yeses!). Even better, they also sent wonderful interpretations of the original songs in return. As a result, the whole original album has been recreated song by song.
But there is a twist. The original album “Fritt efter en väg” was a musical interpretation of the six tableaux found in “The Heavenly Play” written by Rune Lindström, a local hero in Leksand, Sweden. His stage play depicts a journey in which the protagonist, Mats, leaves his village after his fiancée is sentenced to death by burning and travels through a weird landscape where reality and fantasy merge. On the album, we, Strulgattu & Meierkord, explored these spatial and temporal coordinates of human activity, trying to translate the paintings to music, and as a result, extraterrestrial and cosmic sounds were blended with earthy and organic ones.
The remixes on this album, however, are detached from the story found in “The Heavenly Play”. Instead, they are interpretations of the original interpretation. In my opinion, these remixes all fit together strangely, like the songs were supposed to be “album songs” rather than “singles” from the beginning. Surely, it is not a Pink Floyd album, but still, I believe this is an album that works best when listened to from start to finish, and that is pretty amazing considering it is a remix album.
I am thankful for having the opportunity to collaborate with these gifted people and their beautiful and haunting soundscapes; music that evokes worlds of hope and melancholy; mental places where I want to remain and grow old.
All songs written by Haglunds, Meierkord & Persson. Remix and additional production on: PROLOG by domus; TINGET by Bram Meindersma & Tymen Bergman. Vocals: Susanne Edam; PROFETERNS FÄBOD by Johan Borg, HERDARNAS ÄNG by Magnus Haglunds, SALOMOS GÄSTABUD by Matts Persson, DEN RIKE MANNEN by Martin Håkansson; HERRENS GÅRDAR by Gabriel Wentz and EPILOG by Henrik von Euler.
Mastered by Anders Hellgren/Music in the Making; Cutting at ATLANTIS STUDION, Stockholm; Pressing at OPTIMAL, Germany; Artwork by Gabriel Wentz. Thank you Karl-Jonas Winqvist for connecting people.
©℗ 2018. Messy Weekend Records. PROLOG by domus; TINGET by Bram Meindersma & Tymen Bergman. Vocals: Susanne Edam; PROFETERNS FÄBOD by Johan Borg, HERDARNAS ÄNG by Magnus Haglunds, SALOMOS GÄSTABUD by Matts Persson, DEN RIKE MANNEN by Martin Håkansson; HERRENS GÅRDAR by Gabriel Wentz and EPILOG by Henrik von Euler. Mastered by Anders Hellgren/Music in the Making; Cutting at ATLANTIS STUDION, Stockholm; Pressing at OPTIMAL, Germany; Artwork by Gabriel Wentz. Thank you Karl-Jonas Winqvist for connecting people.
©℗ 2018. Messy Weekend Records.