See Vijaya play on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon: http://vijaya.se/nyhetsmorgon/
Note the backing band consisting of Roger and Anders from IAT.MP3 act The Grand Opening along with Mattias Olsson and Tobias Ljungqvist from Two Times The Trauma. The two songs performed are "Reflections" and "Great big city".
Artist: Mattias Olsson
Viewing posts 16-21 out of 21IAT.MP3 recording artist The Grand Opening (download EP here) reports that they are currently recording their debut album at Roth Händle studio in Stockholm with producer/engineer Mattias Olsson (Pineforest Crunch, Vijaya, Two Times The Trauma). In other news, the band's old CDR releases will be reissued by TGO mainman Roger Olsson's new CDR label Suitcase Music alongside new releases from Yamon Yamon and Will Gambola Sing. And lastly, TGO plans to tour Germany the second half of February 2006. If you are interested in booking them, contact norrlands-booking@gmx.de.
Celestine
Between bedtime and sunrise
Exergy Music
Celestine produce a sound that I'd kinda call "joyous melancholy," if that isn't too contradictory. The music is strong and life-affirming, played with energy, but the dark undercurrent is quite palpable. This band hovers between epic balladry, moody slowcore and something a bit more eccentric, as on the texturally interesting "Masterpiece" and the ear-baiting title cut, on which vocalist Mattias Erikssen sings "Let me sleep through the night/Free from ghosts and creeps" softly, before the band kicks up quite a ruckus, enough to scare said creeps away. "Sunflower" would be a hit single if I ruled the world: it's a great chiming, rhythmic tune with breezy acoustic guitars, a harmonium (I think) and an affecting vocal. The vocals take a little getting used to (they're low and rather dour), but Mattias Olsson produced this disc with warmth and clarity, and the sound is consistent. No something you'd probably wanna hear daily, but God love bands like this for doing textural melancholy just right, for when you need it.
- Kevin Renick
Mattias Olsson reports that all six original members of Swedish progrockers Änglagård got together for the first time in six years for dinner, glögg and to check out some live tapes and video footage. The band currently has no future plans together, but everyone is quite busy with their own projects. Mattias own upcoming albums include his Nanook of the north Eskimo concept album, a release from electronic solo projet Molesome and his newest project AK-momo,a collaboration with video and performance artist AK von Malmborg. That last one will consist of 11 songs from 6 afternoon writing sessions with music based solely on the Optigan with vocals, Mellotron and Orchestron as the only overdubs. Exergy Music will be the label handling all Swedish domestic releases and Parasol/Hidden Agenda will be releasing Nanook in the States. Go here for more details: http://www.anglagard.net/