Samuel Hällkvist "Epik, Didaktik, Pastoral"

Country: Denmark/Sweden
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label:  BoogiePost Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 20, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. vägen som landet
2. utan vilja
3. dekorum i: hög
4. badboll gles
5. dekorum ii: medel
6. 100 takter med piano
7. blåklocka, ängsklocka
8. dekorum iii: låg
9. omstart
10. svedjebruk

Line-up: 
Samuel Hällkvist (Isildurs Bane), guitars, MIDI programming
Knut Finsrud, drums
Dick Lövgren, bass (1,3,5-8,10)
Katrine Amsler, sound design, programming (1,7,8,10)
Anne Marte Eggen, bass (2,4,9)
Yazz Ahmed, trumpet (1,3)
Luca Calabrese, trumpet (2,6)
Noel Langley, additional trumpet (1,3)

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Samuel Hällkvist "Variety of Live"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: BoogiePost Recordings
Format: digital
Release date: August 28, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Greyer Melange
2. Chord: Horror Vacui
3. Mirror Garden
4. Klopotec
5. Heru Ra-ha / Road
6. Music For The Maraca Triplet
7. In Transfer
8. Spooky Country
9. Cluck Old Hen
10. In girum imus nocte ecce et consumimur igni

Line-up: 
Samuel Hällkvist - guitars, devices, MIDI programming
Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson) - traps & buttons
Qarin Wikström - voice & keys
Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Icehouse) - bass
Stefan Pasborg - drums
    With:
Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree, David Sylvian, Japan, No-Man) - keyboards, synthesizers, programming.
Mocca 木歌 - voice
Yazz Ahmed - trumpet
Denys Baptiste - sax
Yukiko Taniguchi - voice

Description/Reviews: 

In 2014, following his 2012 studio release Variety of Loud, Swedish guitarist Samuel Hällkvist made the decision to tour Denmark and Sweden ...
It was, however, almost a year later that Hällkvist decided on his preferred artistic route for the recordings of the gigs. Rather than put out a straightforward live album, he would use these performance accounts as a basis for a fusion with studio creativity, inviting a number of guest contributions. The result is a powerful, immersive experience of rock, prog, jazz, funk and electronica, suggesting the busy, instrumental sound worlds of  - amongst others - King Crimson, Peter Gabriel and Nik Bärtsch.

 Read the full review by Adrian Pallant at londonjazznews.com

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Samuel Hällkvist "Return to Center"

Country: Denmark
Sub Genre: acoustic Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: BoogiePost Recordings
Release date: June 4, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Grey Mélange 3:58
2. Chord 3:40
3. Variety Of; 6-7 4:37
4. Four And Return 2:17
5. Dg Family 5:26
6. Rk Excerpt 3:24
7. Persona 4:48
8. Variety Of; 5-6 2:06
9. Handshake, Hug 4:54
10. 5-6 Graceland 4:22
11. Krasta-P 4:09
12. Mélange 2:47
13. Helle Hollis 3:53
14. Shopping, Centre 2:16
15. The Staff Will Be Wearing Bandanas 3:56

Line-up: 
Samuel Hällkvist - guitar
Johannes Burström - bass
Knut Finsrud, Pat Mastelotto, Morgan Ågren - drums
Nils Berg - bass clarinet
Yazz Ahmed - trumpet
Elena Setien - violin

Description/Reviews: 

Swedish guitarist Samuel Hällkvist plays music with hints of jazz, country, metal, noise and blooming cherry trees. On Return to Center, he and his fellow musicians use the electronics as a foundation for their acoustic work. The idea is that the acoustic instruments should transform the electronics in an organic way. Samuel Hällkvist’s endeavour is to unite the acoustic and the electronic, man and machine. He does not want the instruments to just levitate above the electronics.

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming
5 tracks online

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