Showing posts with label sweden. Show all posts
    Showing posts with label sweden. Show all posts

    01 August, 2026

    DRITA E HENES, NOSTALGJIA DHE HESHTJA: MUZIKA E DANIEL NORGREN QE TE HYN NEN LEKURE

    Ndonjehere muzika me e mire nuk te gjen sepse po e kerkon, por sepse shfaqet si hije ne sfondin e diçkaje tjeter. E me mua ndodh shpesh kjo!
    Rreth kater vite me pare, ne 2022, po shihja nje nga ato serite amerikane me atmosfyre te zymte e me pamje te gjata natyre (nuk me kujtohet me saktesi, por me duket se ishte Ozark, memorja me tradheton shpesh keto kohe). Por ne nje skene ku heshtja peshonte me shume se fjalet, nisi te rrjedhe nje kitare me ritem te ngadalte, e zhveshur, e pjekur nga pluhuri dhe lageshtira e nje kasetofoni 4-track.













    Per dike qe rremon çdo dite ne underground, emri i Norgren-it eshte si nje sekret i mbajtur mire midis pyjeve te Suedise dhe deshperimit te blues-it amerikan. Muzika e tij nuk perpiqet te te impresionoje me produksion te paster apo me refrene komerciale. Ajo tingellon si nje regjistrim i vjeter i gjetur ne nje shtepi te braktisur.





    Kenga "Moonshine Got Me" (sidomos versioni 8-minutesh te albumi Buck i 2013 ose versionet live) eshte thjesht nje mallengjim. Norgren perserit frazat si me magji, nen nje melodi blues me pika bas-i te renda qe te futen nen lekure. Eshte nga ato kenge qe pershtaten me erresiren e dhomes, me nje cigare te ndezur ne ballkon dhe me idene se nata nuk ka ndermend te perfundoje shpejt.

    Nese nuk e keni degjuar ende, lereni ate te rrjedhe me volum te larte ne kufje. Moonshine na mori edhe.
    Po vejme bast edh mbi te dyten gjurme! 
    "Why May I Not Go Out and Climb the Trees?" nga albumi Alabursy (2015) eshte ndoshta nje nga krijimet me intime dhe prekese te Daniel Norgren-it.

    Qe nga sekondi i pare, me ate piane te thjeshte e te zhveshur qe tingellon sikur po luhet ne nje dhome te zbrazet druri, kenga te kthen prapa ne kohe. Aty nuk ka instrumentalizim te komplikuar; eshte vetem zeri i Norgren-it, i mbushur me nje trishtim te pafajshem dhe nje mall infantil per lirine e humbur. Titulli vete, nje pyetje pothuajse femijenore: "Pse nuk mund te dal jashte e te ngjitem ne peme?" fsheh ne fakt peshen e rritjes, te izolimit dhe te pyetjeve qe mbeten pa pergjigje.




    Melodia ecen me nje ritem hipnotizues, lo-fi, ku degjohet çdo frymemarrje dhe çdo rezonance e drurit te pianos. Eshte nga ato krijime qe te bejne te ndalosh per nje moment, te shohesh nga dritarja dhe te ndjesh nje lloj melankolie pa emer. 
    Epo ja edhe nje round tjeter, nga po i njejti album; te "Everything You Know Melts", Norgren e çon melankoline ne nje nivel tjeter, thuajse meditativ. Kenga ecen si nje mjegull e ftohte qe mbulon gjithçka, ku çdo note kitare e piano tingellon si shkrirja e ngadalte e memories dhe e sigurive qe kemi krijuar. Eshte nje eksperience dorezimi te plote ndaj kohes, nje udhetim akustik ku vetmia nuk te frikeson me, por te mbeshtjell si nje pallto e vjeter ne mesin e nje dimri te gjate.
    E thjeshte te biesh ne dashuri me kete artist!





    28 April, 2021

    'LOVE IS ALL' (2017) PERBEN MANIFESTON STILISTIK TE KRISTIAN MATSSON, NE ART - THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH










    "Well I walk upon the river like it's easier than land
    Evil's in my pocket and your will is in my hand
    Oh, your will is in my hand
    And I'll throw it in the current that I stand upon so still
    Love is all, from what I've heard, but my heart's learned to kill
    Oh, mine has learned to kill
    ..."


    30 October, 2019

    SÄLLSKAPET - FROM SWEDEN / GERMANY WITH HIGH QUALITY

    Ne fund te fundit nuk ka rendesi nese e kupton ate cfare shkruan Goethe sepse muzika e Sällskapet sebashku me interpretimin e Shroeder autoshprehen duke shperndare nje mesazh mjaft te qarte: perzierjet e sugjerimeve (letersi apo muzike) jane dekadente dhe plot melankoli.
    Padyshim, albumi Disparition (2018) perfaqeson kohen dhe hapesiren ideale per te shoqeruar nje ftese nostalgjike per muzike post-industriale, pse jo gjetke neper rruget historike te Berlinit ose neper ish-burgjet e Stokholmit...



    04 February, 2015

    STRANGE THINGS WILL HAPPEN [THE RADIO DEPT.]

    Today was a pretty day, no disappointments
    No expectations on your whereabouts
    And oh, did I let you go? Did it finally show
    That strange things will happen if you let them?

    Today I didn't even try to hide
    I'll stay here and never push things to the side
    You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today

    Today was a pretty day, autumn comes with
    These slight surprises where your life might twist and turn
    Hope to unlearn, strange things will happen
    If you let them come around and stick around

    Today I didn't even try to hide
    I'll stay here and never push things to the side
    You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today

    Today I didn't even try to hide
    I'll stay here and never push things to the side
    Today I didn't even look to find
    Something to put me in that peace of mind
    You can't touch me 'cause I'm way beyond you today

    03 October, 2014

    GOAT [WORLD MUSIC, 2012] // SWEDISH TRAVELLING SHAMANS IN THEIR AFRO-PSYCH-KRAUT-VOODOO SPACE

    Be catapulted with the mysterious Swedish voodoo-psych outfit onto the world stage with its mixture of wah-fuzz riffing, energetically chanted vocals and mystical polyrhythms, with colourful and hyper-kinetic live rituals to match;
    syncopated rhythms of afrobeat ('Golden Dawn'), evoking a freedom of spirit that snakes its hips in defiance against the anguished shrieks of their ancestors...
    A very original primal sense at play!


    28 June, 2014

    JAN ROHDE AND THE ADVENTURERS - "DOIN' THE JENKA" (1963)

    U donte kembengulja e nenes sime te me mesonte me cdo kusht nje kercim mjaft 'te lezetshem' ('penguin dance'), qe une te zbuloja nje grup legjendar skandinav (The Adventurers) me nje kenge kaq rock'n roll (sixties) aq edhe te gezueshme ('jenkka' perfaqeson nje lloj kercimi folkloristik finlandez, me ritem te shpejte e luajtje kembesh ne pozicione te mirepercaktuara)...
    E kote te pershkruaj fytyren time ndersa shihja 'kete' grua 56-vjecare te kerceje me hov nje muzike te tille (e do ishte akoma e lejueshme, nen ndikimin sovietik, ne regjimin e atehershem ne Shqiperi)!



     

    27 April, 2013

    PATRIK LINDELL [FOTOGRAFI]

    His work is so focused and consistent and I see many similar qualities with designers’ work that I admire. 
    The compositions are straight-forward, and he has a keen eye for subtle details, pattern, color and structure.
    The mood of all Lindell’s work is fantastic, as well. I love that throughout his portfolio, the sky is always the same shade of gray.