Anders Dahl
Rows
Rows marks a unique entry in the Skogen ensemble’s catalog: instead of ensemble founder Magnus Granberg, the composer’s role is assumed by Anders Dahl. The album’s nine movements - each titled as a numbered row - are written out on paper using a systematic twelve-tone approach, but with a radical twist: the focus is on simplicity and the avoidance of expressive gesture. Instead, each musician is asked to plan their individual material before recording, striving to stay within their own predesign…
Doorbells
1. Doorbell, feedback, tapes, electronics. 2. Dorrbell, tuning fork, crotale, clarinet, recorder, pitch pipe, bouzouki, guitar, electronics. 3. Doorbell, electronics, toy piano, sitar, tapes. Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Anders Dahl in 2004-2008. Mastered by Peter Wstberg and Anders Dahl. Seek and you shall find! Ring the bell and Anders will open the gate to beguiling, bewildering pastures where sheep are fed and music is made. Don't be afraid of this wonderful place where life an…
Hundloka, flockblomstriga 1
This is Sweden-based Anders Dahl's first release on the Häpna label. From documentary audio recordings of his travels to India, electronic manipulations of toxic ooze, to "wildlife" recordings of digital birds, Dahl goes places where the natural and the digital world meet and obfuscate one another. Using steel bowls, bouzoukis, bottles, pans, drums, guitars, electronics, and anything else on hand or in his surroundings, Anders Dahl, much like his esteemed botanist compatriot of the same name, se…