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01. Lena Andersson - Middle of Everywhere (feat. Seiki and Mike Watt)
02. Lena Andersson - BAZU
03. Lena Andersson - 37 Years Later
04. Lena Andersson - Das Tier
05. Lena Andersson - Con un Cuchillo
06. Lena Andersson - After 88 Years
07. Lena Andersson - Mieko Loop
08. Lena Andersson - Anarchy / Joy
09. Lena Andersson - Profit Over People
10. Lena Andersson - Mystic
11. Lena Andersson - I Want Her (You) to Call Me Baby
12. Lena Andersson - Le...
ARTIST
TITLE
Soder Malarstrand
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
R-M 187CD R-M 187CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/26/2019

Lena Andersson is a fictional character created by Berlin-based Japanese artist Kyoka and Irish producer Eomac. Both met in 2016 during a residency at the Stockholm EMS studios. The initial spark of their collaboration was a joint session on the studio's Buchla system, quickly expanding to multiple other sound sources and instruments. During the improvisations, a call-and-response working principle emerged immediately which joins the special talents of both musicians. Kyoka's free and experimental approach forms part of the source material that is contrasted with Eomac's skillful editing; unconventional reflections face a driving force. From Kyoka's extensive field recording collection, an arabesque of disturbing vocal fragments arises that is set against Eomac's hard rhythmic framework, as in "Das Tier", for instance. "37 Years Later" or "Mystic" live on a vivid texture that has been condensed directly at the mixing console into a kind of dramaturgical capturing of the moment. The immediacy of the collaboration forms the basis for a synergy of the individual production techniques. A strategy that lacks neither absolute creative freedom nor an awareness of musical function. Söder Mälarstrand thus captures an intuitive cooperation between the two producers, which also refers back to the place of origin through its dialogical, moment-related production principle. The album title is a tribute to the Stockholm studios where the project began. "Middle of Everywhere" features Seiki and Mike Watt.