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  • Fire! 'She Sleeps, She Sleeps'

    Rune Grammofon

    Fire! 'She Sleeps, She Sleeps'

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    Rune Grammofon

    Fire! 'She Sleeps, She Sleeps'

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    Fire! is a Swedish trio comprising Mats Gustafsson (The Thing), Johan Berthling (Tape) and Andreas Werliin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums) that came together with the idea of a fresh approach to improvised music, with a number of influences from free jazz, psychedelic rock and noise.

    Fire! is also their vehicle for rekindling their instrumental skills and playing outside their comfort zones, or collaborating with prestigious guests such as Jim O'Rourke (Unreleased?, 2011) and Oren Ambarchi (In The Mouth A Hand, 2012).

    A parallel but no less powerful project is their gargantuan Fire! Orchestra, previously a 30 piece behemoth (now scaled down to a mere 18 piece) of a band that convened for the first time in January 2012 for a memorable concert. Their third album is expected later in 2016.


    She Sleeps, She Sleeps is the trio's fifth album and displays an intriguing cocktail of dark and brooding, hypnotic slowcore jazz.

    Tracklisting:
    1. She Owned His Voice
    2. She Sleeps, She Sleeps
    3. She Bid A Meaningless farewell
    4. She Penetrates The Distant Silence, Slowly
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  • Fire! 'The Hands' CD

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    Fire! 'The Hands' CD

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    Rune Grammofon

    Fire! 'The Hands' CD

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    For 20 years Rune Grammofon have made a habit of releasing music that is beyond easy classification, in later years typified by Swedish trio Fire!, consisting of Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin.

    All three are highly accomplished musicians, but Fire! music is not "difficult" in the sense that jazz and especially free jazz is often perceived. Very much a tight knit unit with three equal players, Fire! has been likened to powerful guitar led trios such as Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but with Berthling's heavy, doom laden basslines being such a typical identifier, we can't help but thinking of Black Sabbath's debut album when it comes to hypnotic impact.


    The Hands
     is the trio's sixth album and once again displays a totally uncompromising and intriguing mix of (mostly) heavy, dark and intensely burning music whether one decide on calling it jazz or rock.

    The album closes on a quiet and reflective note with the appropriately titled "I Guard Her To Rest. Declaring Silence".


    And we say it's easily their best so far.

    Tracklisting:
    1. The Hands
    2. When Her Lips Collapsed
    3. Touches Me With The Tips Of Wonder
    4. Washing Your Heart In Filth
    5. Up. And Down
    6. To Shave The Leaves. In Red. In Black.
    7. I Guard Her To Rest. Declaring Silence.

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  • Fire! 'Without Noticing' - Cargo Records UK

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    Fire! 'Without Noticing'

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    Rune Grammofon

    Fire! 'Without Noticing'

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    After successful collaborations with prestigious guests like Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi and the widely acclaimed Fire! Orchestra release earlier this year our Swedish friends are back as a trio, lighting up a sonic blaze of rock based riffs and hypnotic jazz-psychedelia.

    As far from noodling instrumentals as it's possible to get, the tracks are spontaneously combusting rituals with a clear sense of purpose.

    Each of the three members is gifted with a formidable technique and arsenal of tricks and effects on their respective instruments, and the album also sees acclaimed saxophonist Mats Gustafsson boosting his already versatile skills, by swapping to Fender Rhodes and electronics on selected tracks.

    The oddly cut-up titles are lifted and inspired by Smog founder Bill Callahan's letters to Emma Bowlcut, recently published in a volume by Chicago label Drag City.

    The strategy gives an insight into the broadminded frame of reference of this eclectic trio. With all three members pulling in elements from free jazz, ambient improvisation and electronic music, their music has reached a new confidence and intensity.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Standing On A Rabbit (Without Noticing)
    2. Would I Whip (Without Noticing)
    3. Your Silhouette On Each (Without Noticing)
    4. At Least On Your Door (Without Noticing)
    5. Tonight. More. Much More. (Without Noticing)
    6. Molting Slowly (Without Noticing)
    7. I Mostly Stare (Without Noticing)

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  • Fire! 'You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago' - Cargo Records UK

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    Mats Gustafsson: Saxophones, electronics, fender Rhodes Johan Berthling: Double bass and el. bass, el. guitar, Hammond  organ Andreas Werliin: Drums and percussion We are delighted to present the debut album from this excellent Swedish trio, something of a supergroup with members from already wellknown quarters. And they don't sound anything like the groups they are normally associated with, which is exactly the way it should be. With their hypnotic, psychedelic jazz of sorts they don't sound like much else at all come to think of it. Sax player, improviser and composer Mats Gustafsson was born in Umeå in 1964.

    Possibly most know from powerjazztrio The Thing, he has also played more than 1500 concerts and participated on around 150 records with musicians like Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Joe McPhee and a host of others simply too many to mention here. Johan Berthling was born in Stockholm 1973.

    After studying at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Stockholm he has worked freelance with jazz, improvised music and more. He is a founder member of the great trio Tape and founded Häpna, one of our favourite labels. Among his current other groups are Animes with David Stackenäs and Raymond Strid and Sten Sandell Trio with pianist Sten Sandell and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love.

    Andreas Werliin, drummer extraordinaire in Wildbirds & Peacedrums, studied improvisation at the University of Gothenburg. He formed the W & P duo with another student of music, Mariam Wallentin, and they have subsequently released two acclaimed albums of modern bluesy folk music  with Heartcore and The Snake and toured extensively in Europe. The CD edition includes a 16 page colour booklet, as always masterly and beautifully designed and assembled by Kim Hiorthøy.

    Tracklisting:
    1. If I Took Your Hand...
    2. But Sometimes I Am
    3. Can I Hold You For A Minute?
    4. You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago

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