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| From | Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Dungen |
| Date | Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:51:10 -0700 |
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> Thanks to fellow listmember and friend Bryan Thomas who played a couple cuts
> from this one evening, I now have heard and own the most mindblowing cd of
> the year IMO. I'm using it as a narcotic at the moment...
>
> The artist is a Swedish Wunderkind--Gustav Ejstes under the name "Dungen"
> who plays most of the instruments and writes all the material on this
> stunning cd. The highly creative production and stunning musicianship make
> this a psych/pop/rock fan's dream. Contemporary and classic at the same
> time. Artful use of sound, distortion, feedback, delay. Monstrous
> drumming, head spinning guitar work, lovely keyboards, flutes and Mellotron.
> Melodic and atonal all at the same time. There's something in the water is
> Sweden I tell you.
>
> Here's a couple reviews that describe the music pretty well:
>
> http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2004/12/dungen_is_a_nam.html
>
> http://www.musicunderwater.com/dungen_ta_det_lugnt.htm
>
> I got my copy from Amazon, although I also had impatiently ordered another
> from Forced Exposure when Amazon told me it was backordered and then sent it
> a couple days later. If you like latter period Move, Zeppelin, Cream,
> Traffic...I urge you to check this out! This is heavy duty rock/psych and
> my guess is that many on this list, especially musicians will dig this....
>
> One caveat: The album is sung in Swedish....but I don't think it matters
> with these great melodies.
I could not agree more!! this one blew my sweet little butt away,
beginning to end. This one WILL be in my Top 10 list of the year......
Very hard to find right now as there is a strong buzz on it......we're sold
out of it at the moment...but more info here:
http://www.notlame.com/index.htm?action=product&itemid=173301&parentid=
Peace,
Bruce
@ Not Lame
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