Kebnekajse "Aventure"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Prog Folk
Label: Subliminal Sounds
Release date: October 26, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Snickar-Anders (Carpenter-Anders) (4:54)
2. Vallåt efter Britta Jansson (3:11)
3. Spelmannen (5:23)
4. Aventure (8:15)
5.Svarbergstrollen (4:03)
6. Vallåt efter Måns Olsson (4:02)
7. Midsommarnattsdröm (4:06)
8. Tikli Ja Tiira (4:09)
9. Battery (6:20)

Line-up: 
- Kenny Håkansson / guitars, vocals
- Mats Glenngåd / violins, electric violin, guitars, vocals
- Göran Lagerberg / bass
- Thomas Netzler / bass
- Pelle Ekman / drums
- Hassan Bah / timbales, djembe, percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Cult band Kebnekaise - known for their electrified folk music - refuse to play on nostalgia. Nine new songs that build on the passion and joy of folk music, from the airy happiness and steady rhythm to the melodic melancholy, conjured by psychedelic folk rock. Aventure is Kebnekajses ninth album since their debut in 1971 and the third since returning in 2001. The album contains five new discoveries from the Swedish folk music treasure and four new self-written. Kebnekajses distinctive and pioneering folk rock sound is as secure as the mountain itself. As in the initial Snickar-Anders (Carpenter-Anders)  where heavy drums, percussion and double basses proud and challenging urge on distorted guitars and violin to purposefully play tag with an elusive Swedish folk melody. But the music is also allowed to take new and unexpected twists. A mandolin gives oriental pensive tone to Vallåt efter Britta Jansson (Grazing-ground Song after Britta Jansson). A Wild West guitar is accompanied by the now hilarious mandolin in Svartbergstrollen (Black Mountain Trolls), who effortlessly bounces between major and minor. The dreamy Vallåt efter  Måns Olsson (Grazing-ground Song After Måns Olsson) where the guitar folk loops hovers over a distinct African thumb piano. ‘Aventure’ offers more African elements - and three songs with vocals. On the title track Aventure Hassan Bah tells the tale of how he as a 15 years old left his home country of Guinea and eventually more or less accidentally arrived in Sweden ("... now I'm sitting on top of the mountain and looking out over Sweden"). And in concluding Battery where Hassan comments on his recent trip to Africa, in the Zuzu-language and over a high powered psychedelic afrobeat. With ‘Aventure’ Kebnekajse  add new pieces to their musical mosaic - Swedish folk rock with psychedelic overtones - now with more African undertones.

Media/Samples 
Svartbergstrollen

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