Älgarnas
Trädgård are a seminal, 6-piece Swedish combo who made one album in
1972, a cult classic and masterpiece of psychedelia that could have come
straight out of the 'Kraut' school of Space Rock. After the release of
their album, they kept on playing live for a while, even recording a
full album's worth of new material in 1973-74. But it wasn't until 2001
that this material was mixed and released, on a cd entitled
"Delayed".Their 1972 classic, "Framtiden ar ett Svavande Skepp,
Forankrat I Forntiden", is a veritable testimony to the halcyon days of
hippiedom - a time when grown men, like children playing with forbidden
colours, were popping hallucinogenic bonbons and experimenting with
psychedelic sounds in their quest for mind-expanding adventures and
altered states of consciousness. However, ÄLGARNAS TRÄDGÅRD's music
never lapses into drugged-out silliness or aimless noodling. It ranges
from earnest, to Medieval, to completely creepy - a sort of 'RIO meets
folk'. They concoct some earthly (and unearthly) sounds using a
combination of traditional, modern rock instruments and ethnic/archaic
ones, the result being a spectacular blend of slow-smoking psychedelia
with a strong vernacular Swedish folk bent. Their guitar-based,
trance-like music is reminiscent of ASH RA TEMPEL; it also shares GONG's
organic mayhem and the hypnotic qualities of early TANGERINE DREAM. Line-up / Musicians Andreas Brandt/violin,vocals,percussion,flute Mikael Johanson/bass,handdrum,zither,tablas,percussion Dennis Lindh/drums,tablas,percussion Dan Soderqvist/guitars,percussion Jan Ternald/mellotron,piano,moog modualr,organ Sebastion Oberg/cello,flute,sitar,tablas Discography(Album) Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden 1972
1.Två Timmar
Över Två Blå Berg Med En Gök På Vardera Sidan, Om Timmarna, Alltså (Two
Hours over two blue mountains with a cockoo on each side of the
hours..that is) 2.Det Finns En
Tid För Allt, Det Finns En Tid Då Även Tiden Möts (There is a time for
everything, there is a time when even time will meet) 3.Möjligheternas Barn (Children of Possibilities) 4.Tristans Klagan (La Rotta) 5.Viriditas 6.Saturnus Ringar (Rings of Saturn) 7.Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden (The future is a hovering ship, anchored in the past)
