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Bjorn Fogelberg - Karooshi Porn
 Selected 7th best album of 1999 by Musical Starstreams www.starstreams.com
Star's End "Significant release of 1999" www.starsend.org
Selected 6th best Nu Ambient release of 1999
by Backroad
Music
"There's a bit of a retro feel to Fogelberg's
work. His analog sensibilities recall mid-eighties synth-pop, but
the scale of his work is more reminiscent of the massive, sweeping
grandeur of Vangelis. While the lush, relaxing textures employed on
Karooshi Porn could easily be lumped in with the ambient crowd, these
are quite clearly compositions with goals more specific and lofty
than gently easing the listener out of an E-induced euphoria. While
danceable cuts like "Life in a Tube" argue KarooshiPorn's
place among nineties techno, you might find it most enjoyable if you
enjoyed the not-quite-electronic/not-quite-New-Age material Private
Music released in the late eighties -- Patrick O'Hearn's albums, for
instance."
1999. Copyright G.Zahora / Splendid E-Zine
"The
general style of this work can be placed between Synth-Pop and
Techno-Trance. Certain traits of World Music and Ambient can be
detected in some moments. Although there are slow parts, a good
deal of the music is rhythmic. In some occasions the melodies tend
to be of a melodic romanticism, while in other instances they have
a mysterious air. This is a record with interesting electronic
textures and rhythms. It always is pleasant to listen to well
elaborated, varied sounds. This album by Fogelberg, in this sense,
shows us a new, original path that will probably be followed by
many other artists in the future."
Edgar Kogler/Amazing
Sounds
This fine Berlin label is known for its ambient surprises and
again here is a new discovery. With this release, the Swedish 30 year
old Björn Fogelberg gets - astonishingly - the first significant
space for his sonar-dimensional visions. Sometimes the sound and track
structure is a little similar to Klaus Schulze, though some things
are also reminiscent of Propaganda and other synth - pioneers of the
Wave-era. In the end, however, you discover a completely unique usician.
At no point during the entire 70 minutes does boredom arise. The expectations
of the listener are constantly turned upside down and kicked into
new directions. It´s really a true treasure chest.
Kai / Mushroom Mushroom #56 06/99 |
