Sven-Åke Johansson
Cymbals In The Night
Heavy solo release from deep as Marianas Trench Swedish drummer Sven-Ake Johansson. Johansson is primarily known in the US as the drummer on the two hugely influential Brotzmann recordings: For Adolphe Sax and Machine Gun. However, the Berlin-based percussionist/composer/filmmaker/performance artist/painter -- all of which he is remarkably adept at -- also has numerous FMP releases and a well documented relationship with Alexander Schlippenbach. Notable contributions to the canon of exper…
La Vase-Slikke
Sven-Ake Johansson (percussion, and crackle box on one track) and Christine Shenaoui (saxophone) recorded in Berlin 2009.
Grand Electronic Suite
Recorded at the Roundhouse 1972, during the ICES Festival."For this show we rehearsed a week in a small village in the south of Holland. The repertoire of the first part was a kind of "frozen improvisation". We made some written plans about the form and structures and then rehearsed it for the whole week. So during these rehearsals things moved from improvisation into fixed form, just by remembering what we have played, and polishing it. This is a working concept that …
Ol’ man rebop ensemble
Henrik Walsdorff (saxophone). Matthias Bauer (bass). Axel Dörner (trumpet). Uli Gumpert (piano). Sven-Ake johansson (drums). Recorded on June 1998 in Berlin.
Abovensen...
Sven-Ake Johansson (voice, percussion) with KNM Berlin. 'Polis, Wachs und Pomade' (2000), 'Abovensen... (2002), 'Einen staubigen Klang finden' (1998).