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Monday, July 10, 2023

ANEKDOTEN PHENOMENAL PROG ROCK GROUP FROM SWEDEN: ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT WITH BAND MEMBERS NICKLAS BARKER & JAN ERIK LILJESTROM ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS!

 



A N E K D O T E N 

 BRILLIANT PROG ROCK GROUP FROM SWEDEN

 ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT 

with 

BAND MEMBERS

 NICKLAS BARKER & JAN ERIK LILJESTROM

 ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

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TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY!



Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band. They are notable for the use of the mellotron, and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially that of King Crimson. Since 2015 former The Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper has been touring with the band. 


Anekdoten are considered one of the leading bands in contemporary progressive rock. Their intensive, dark, dynamic and for each subsequent release more original music have also made an appeal among metal-, goth- and post-rock fans all over the world.  Formed in 1991 by Anna Sofi Dahlberg, Nicklas Barker, Peter Nordins and Jan Erik Liljeström and the lineup has remained intact since the beginning. 

Anekdoten has released 5 studio albums on their own Virta-label and 3 live albums in Japan. The Anekdoten album sales have exceeded 85 000 copies. Their debut album ‘Vemod’ was released in 1993 and caused a considerable stir within the prog community. The success of the debut album opened up for both a first European- and American tour in 1994. The band’s most recent release is entitled Until All the Ghosts Are Gone. Rumor has it that they are currently working on a brand-new album. Guitarist/singer/songwriter Nicklas Barker released a solo album called EPEKTASIS in 2022. 

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Along with ANGLAGARD, ANEKDOTEN is the most famous example of the new Scandinavian School. This trend mixes dark and gloomy influences with an extreme energy a bit in the way of KING CRIMSON on "Red" or UNIVERS ZERO. The orchestration includes Mellotron and cello (All performed by the pretty Anna Sofi DAHLBERG!) and allows to turn in one second from a vaporous atmosphere to the paroxysm of frenzy. "Vemod" (1993) can be considered as a total masterpiece, and "Nucleus" follows right in the wake. Music with a rare intensity which let any listener breathless.

The sixth album, "Until All The Ghosts Are Gone" (2015), took eight years to come to life. The time needed for ANEKDOTEN to fully focus its energy and its inspiration. The result is, six tracks both sublime and without concession, worth of the Golden Age of the band. Unchanged for almost a quarter of a Century, the Swedish foursome invited three prestigious musicians at the feast: keyboardist Per WIBERG (OPETH), British saxophonist-flautist Theo TRAVIS (Robert FRIPP, Steven WILSON, GONG...) and guitarist Marty WILSON-PIPER (ALL ABOUT EVE). 

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"Spellbinding…Dreamscape … mesmerizing…

 enchanting…Ambient…

A Truly Sensational Progressive Rock

 Masterpiece!"

...by music journalist Ray Shasho



ALSO

THE LATEST SOLO ALBUM

BY

NICKLAS BARKER

entitled

EPEKTASIS

(För Mellotron, Arp Odyssey & Slagverk)

 available at

https://nicklasbarker.bandcamp.com/album/epektasis-2


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

ANEKDOTEN

VISIT

www.anekdoten.se

Official website

www.facebook.com/anekdoten

Facebook

https://anekdoten.bandcamp.com/

Bandcamp

https://twitter.com/AnekdotenHQ

Twitter

 

Discography

Studio albums

Vemod (1993)

Nucleus (1995)

From Within (1999)

Gravity (2003)

A Time of Day (2007)

Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015)

 

Compilations

Chapters (2009)

 

Live albums

Live EP (1997)

Official Bootleg: Live in Japan (1998)

Waking the Dead, Live in Japan 2005 (2005)







Nicklas Barker 

and Jan Erik Liljeström

of  ANEKDOTEN

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