DBR55V1:1975-2015

Vad är det här?

Ett urval outgivna lo-fi-inspelningar från 1975-1988. Bearbetade av Dan Backman och Göran Petersson och kompletterade med pålägg 2012-2015. Titeln ska utläsas som Dan Backman Retrospective 55 Volume 1: 1975-2015.

Hur låter det?

Som en hallucination. Med inslag av kraut, psykedelia, friform, jazz, progrock, progg, noise, musique concrète, folkmusik, raga, fusion och elektronisk konstmusik.

Vilka spelar?

Dan Backman. Varierande konstellationer av medlemmar i Raj Hymans Biodynamiska Orkester. Jonas Kullhammar och Roland Keijser gästar på saxofon och flöjt. Anders Hellquist spelar gitarr och Erik Rydvall nyckelharpa. Torkel Rasmusson blåser munspel bakom en borrmaskin och konstnären Leif Elggren skapar ofrivillig feedback. Göran Petersson har polerat och blästrat ljudet och fogat ihop disparata delar till en helhet.

Vilka ser man på omslagsbilden?

Medlemmar i Raj Hymans. Från vänster till höger: Tore Persson, Dan Backman, Jan Steineck, Johan Fowelin. Fotografiet är taget av Maria Wahlström (antagligen 1985) under en paus från iordningställandet av replokalen som användes mellan åren 1985-1990.

Vem är Dan Backman?

Född 1955, bosatt i Stockholm. Konstnär, musiker, skribent. Verksam som musik- och konstkritiker på Svenska Dagbladet sedan 1994. Det här är hans skivdebut. (Bilden här intill är från 1976 och tagen av Johan Fowelin).

Har vi glömt något?

Ja, att all musik är improviserad, att den är instrumental till 95%, att albumet kompletteras med film, foto och bildkonst och att det medverkar fem getter och en katt.

DBR55V1:1975-2015 (BRUSD038) ges ut av Brus & Knaster 29 april 2015 och distribueras av Playground Music Scandinavia. Albumet är en digital release och kommer finnas tillgängligt på alla digitala plattformar.

1. SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCE OF FEEDBACK 06:40

(Backman/Elggren/Fowelin/Persson/Svensson)

Recorded in 1987, 2012, 2014 and 2015 at various locations in Stockholm, Rome, Nacka and New York and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (voice, percussion, electric bass, field recording, church organ, electric guitar, cymbals, electric piano, synt bass), Johan Fowelin (voice, drums), Per Svensson (voice), Leif Elggren (voice, electric guitar), Laurie Rosenwald (voice), Tore Persson (electric bass), Jonas Kullhammar (tenor saxophone).

2. FIVE GOATS AND ONE CAT 06:50

(Backman/Persson/Fowelin)

Recorded in 1976, 1988, 2012 and 2013 at various locations in Stockholm and Södertälje and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (vibraphone, tape treatments, timpani, syntheziser, clavinet, gong, electric guitar, percussion, electric bass, autoharp, bells, field recording, voice, acoustic piano, electric organ), Roland Keijser (flute, tenor saxophone), Tore Persson (square piano, xylophone, alto saxophone, voice, electric organ), Johan Fowelin (electric bass).

3. SAMUEL BARBER IN A POSTMODERN CONTEXT 02:58

(Backman/Persson/Steineck/Fowelin/Wahlström)

Recorded in 1983, 1984 and 2012 at various locations in Södertälje and Stockholm and featuring (in order of appearance) Tore Persson (voice, violin), Dan Backman (percussion, acoustic piano, voice, string section, electric bass, bells, pre-recorded sounds), Jan Steineck (organ), Maria Wahlström (percussion, music box), Johan Fowelin (electric bass).

4. ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS IN A CLASSROOM 01:17

(Backman/Persson/Persson)

Recorded in 1976, 2012 and 2015 at various locations in Södertälje and Stockholm and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (timpani, voice, flute, harp, gong, xylofon, clarinet, acoustic piano), Håkan Persson (voice, drums), Tore Persson (clarinet, wood blocks).

5. TWO RAGAS 09:32

(Backman)

Recorded in 1975, 1982, 2012 and 2013 at various locations in Norrköping, Södertälje, Källsjö, Paris and Stockholm and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (field recording, sound effects, tamboura, bells, vibraphone, flute, autoharp, shaver, tape treatments, sitar, acoustic bass, acoustic piano), Tore Persson (flute), Erik Rydvall (keyharp), Roland Keijser (flute).

6. SEA OF BUBBLES 09:41

(Backman/Persson/Fowelin/Steineck)

Recorded in 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 2013 and 2015 at various locations in Stockholm, Södertälje and Paris and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (flute, timpani, sound effects, harp, percussion, syntheziser, voice, tape treatments, field recording, organ, toys, string section, drum machine, acoustic piano, breathing, electric guitar, radio, drums, synth bass, electric bass, electric piano), Tore Persson (voice, electric bass), Johan Fowelin (electric bass, drums), Jan Steineck (organ), Torkel Rasmusson (harmonica), Roland Keijser (tenor saxophone, flute), Anders Hellqvist (electric guitar).

7. LAILA 06:02

(Backman/Persson/Wahlström/Elggren/Fowelin/Persson/Andersson)

Recorded in 1977, 1979, 1987, 2012 and 2013 at various locations in Södertälje, Stockholm and Turinge and featuring (in order of appearance) Dan Backman (electric guitar, voice, harp, acoustic bass, acoustic piano, syntheziser, acoustic guitar, percussion, violin, flute, field recording, bells, electric piano), Tore Persson (voice, flute, violin), Erik Rydvall (keyharp), Maria Wahlström (percussion), Leif Elggren (voice), Johan Fowelin (voice), Håkan Persson (voice, organ), Håkan Andersson (electric guitar).

8. SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE COLOGNE 02:28

(Backman/Persson/Andersson)

Recorded in 1977, 2012 and 2013 at various locations in Turinge and Stockholm and featuring (in order of appearance) Erik Rydvall (keyharp), Dan Backman (sound effects, percussion, electric bass, drums), Tore Persson (electric bass, violin), Håkan Andersson (violin).

9. RANDOM KEYS ON THE PIANO 05:37

(Backman/Andersson/Persson)

Recorded in 1977, 1980, 1984, 2013, 2014 and 2015 at various locations in Stockholm, Turinge, Gothenburg and New York and featuring (in order of appearance) Clemens Poellinger (voice), Dan Backman (electric guitar, syntheziser, sound effects, voice, drums, electric bass, electric piano, toys, vibraphone, percussion), Jan Steineck (organ, voice), Maria Wahlström (voice), Roland Keijser (tenor saxophone), Göran Petersson (tape delay), Håkan Andersson (voice), Tore Persson (voice), Laurie Rosenwald (voice).

Notes on the production:

The music presented here was recorded, mostly on lo-fi equipment, by Dan Backman between 1975 and 1988, with overdubs made between 2012 and 2015.

Most of the recordings from 1975-1988 was performed by various incarnations of a group initiated by Dan Backman and operating under the following names: The Tore Persson Living Spaced Out Orchestra, The Tore Persson Living Concrete Favourite Orchestra, The Tore Persson Paradoxical Trio, The Tore Persson Overwrought Orchestra, The Tore Persson Cosmic Trio, The Raj Hyman Trio, The Raj Hyman Biodynamic Incantation Orchestra, The Raj Hyman Incantation Orchestra, The Raj Hyman Jazz Orchestra, The Raj Hymans.

Overdubs by Dan Backman, Tore Persson, Roland Keijser, Torkel Rasmusson, Clemens Poellinger and Laurie Rosenwald were recorded by Dan Backman at various locations between 2012 and 2015.

Overdubs by Anders Hellquist were recorded at Jungfruskär Studio by himself 2013.

Overdubs by Erik Rydvall were recorded by Göran Petersson at Brus & Knaster 2013.

Overdubs by Jonas Kullhammar were recorded at Moserobie Studio by Göran Petersson with the Brus & Knaster mobile 2014.

First selection, editing and mixing were done by Dan Backman 2012-2013. Final selection, editing and mixing were done at Brus & Knaster by Göran Petersson and Dan Backman 2013-2015. Mastering by Göran Petersson at Brus & Knaster 2015.

Cover photo: Maria Wahlström. Cover design: Dan Backman.

Album released by Brus & Knaster April 29 2015 and distributed by Playground Music Scandinavia.

A big thank you to all involved in this project. Especially Tore Persson who has been with me since the first recordings 1975 with a Grundig 2 track at the Persson home at Hövdingevägen in Södertälje.

Very special thanks to the accurate and inventive sound engineer and producer Göran Petersson who lifted the music to a higher dimension by altering, coloring and polishing the sound from the micro to the macro level.

Please note that the music (with the exception of some overdubbed parts) is improvised from beginning to end.

Dan Backman, Stockholm 150413

Performed by:

Dan Backman: voice, percussion, electric bass, field recording, church organ, electric guitar, cymbals, electric piano, synth bass, acoustic piano, flute, acoustic bass, autoharp, bells, synthesizer, tape treatments, electric organ, string section, prerecorded sounds, timpani, gong, xylophone, clarinet, tamboura, vibraphone, shaver, sitar, toys, drum machine, breathing, radio, drums, clavinet

Tore Persson: electric bass, acoustic piano, xylophone, alto saxophone, voice, electric organ, violin, clarinet, wood blocks, flute

Johan Fowelin: voice, electric bass, electric organ, drums

Jan Steineck: electric organ, voice

Håkan Andersson: electric guitar, violin, voice

Håkan Persson: voice, electric organ

Maria Wahlström: percussion, voice

Leif Elggren: electric guitar, voice

Roland Keijser: flute, tenor saxophone

Jonas Kullhammar: tenor saxophone

Erik Rydvall: keyharp

Anders Hellquist: electric guitar

Torkel Rasmusson: harmonica

Göran Petersson: tape delay

Clemens Poellinger: voice

Laurie Rosenwald: voice

Frågor på det?

dan@danbackman.se

info@brusoknaster.se