OSKAR SCHÖNNING AMCD 908 Release date: October 20th, 2004 The band Oskar Schönning came into being at a club called Nardis sometime during June of 2002, in the town of Östersund, Sweden. Nardis had been founded by Oskar and some of his friends, allowing for spontaneous projects and groups to get together and perform their music. This, one must mention, would not have been possible without Ingrid Persson at Ett Rum och Kök. The club housed everything from bands like Kampus and Nyfors with their punk-like delivery, to the sounds of jazz veterans Krister Andersson and Lasse Hörnfeldt. The "embryo" of this group came about through a project Oskar and Emil Stranberg set in motion named Heroes and Villains, combining their respective instruments of bass and trumpet with an array of electronics. They were joined on one piece by dobro player Anders Kronlund and in the course of that number understood that this was meant to become a trio. About a year later the group reassembled, having allowed for that passage / occurrence of time which brings about the seeds and birth of new songs. This time they were to record (live at Nardis), leading to the very rare release of Oskar Schönning's first EP entitled Heroes and Villains. In the summer of 2003, drummer Sebastian Voegler and pianist Jonas Östholm were to hear the trio, and soon joined as members of the progressively growing orchestra. By now almost all of its members were residing in Stockholm. This was the group to record Oskar Schönning's second EP entitled Love Songs. Several concerts were done with this lineup, and in late fall of that year saxophonist Nils Berg joined the band to play clarinets and harmonica. Promptly another recording was made, which led to the group's signing with Amigo Musik of Sweden, and the recording of their debut full length CD simply entitled "Oskar Schönning" (AMCD 908). This also marked the deliverance of the band to the greater public and you, the listener. TRACKLISTING 1 Film 2 Psalm 3 Längre hem 4 Kanske aldrig 5 Marsch 6 Louise 7 Tralfamadore 8 Sigge van Hempel 9 Hets 10 Godnatt |
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