Theidea was to make a record were the music was structured in a symmetrical way. The Intro and Outro are built around the same twelve tone row and they mirror each other in the order the notes are played - with rhythm, tempo and dynamics.
The tunes on this first album are going in pretty different directions and we were dabbling around with a lot of overdubbing. Some tunes are more progressive, others are more of straight rock-songs with bluesy roots, and yet others lean towards psychedelia. Inspiration is fed by a variety of genres like rock & roll, blues, 60-s garage, jazz of all sorts, pop, modernistic music, experimental music symphonic rock etc and out comes music which can be categorized as progressive rock, heavy rock, psychedelia or even experiment pop.
One Touch Edit studio hosted the recording sessions of this project, and musicians for the project were recruited from the Stockholm scene.
Tracks
Intro
Freud
Momentum
Crimson
Life
Troubles with Bubbles
Syphon
Beat
Hera
Meta
Melos
Outro
Listen
The single version of the track Momentum:
The Hornplyer from the Milky Way... The whole album:
Musicians
Peter Pedersen – Guitar, vocals, compositions and concept
Mattias Ljungberg – bass. Mattias is a musician with constant open ear to different musical styles. He do also play several instruments. Visit Mattias Ljungberg on Facebook
Rolf Arnsen – Vibraphone and organ. Rolf is completely unique, a musician with a very personal voice. He loves to improvise and to jam.
Paul Svanberg – Drums Paul is an excellent jazz drummer who is constantly touring all over the world with Lars Jansson Trio, Peter Almqvist Trio Ulf Wakenius group and many others. Visit Paul Svanberg on Facebook
Otto Nickasson Elmerås – Vocals, voice, guitar and production Otto is a producer and guitar player and runs One Touch Edit studio together with Daniel. Visit One Touch Edit Studio or Visit Otto on Facebook
Daniel Aldenmark – Vocals, voice, trumpet, trombone and production Daniel is a drummer, bass player and producer and runs One Touch Edit studio together with Otto. Visit Daniel on Facebook
Fredrik Olsson – Guitar solos Fredrik is a fine guitar player who mainly plays jazz. He plays in several groups and projects. He works steadily with Bernt Rosengren, Leo Lindberg and Jan Slotternäs and many more. Visit Fredrik Olsson on Facebook
Reviews
"En smältdegel eller en sammanfattning av influenser. Kan också kallas en av 2010 års mest spännande skivor. Pocketsizes “The Hornplayer From The Milky Way…” drar iväg åt alla håll och en uppräkning av det jag hör på denna ytterst varierade och välproducerade cd (gitarrdriven italiensk progg från 70-talet, Frank Zappa, King Crimsons 70-tal, pårökt Merit Hemmingson, 60-tals psykedelika från Londons förorter, Fläsket brinner uppdaterade för 2000-talet – och så vidare) ger en fingervisning både om spelskicklighet, innovationsrikedom och stora skivsamlingar.
Enda smolken är ett stockholmskt uttal av de (fåtaliga) engelska texterna, men det är en detalj. Jag blir besviken om de inte får vara huvudnummer vid årets Slottsskogen goes progressive i Göteborg i augusti (tillsammans med Introduction, Koi, Gösta Berlings saga, Dynamo Bliss – det kan bli en lång kväll…) eller om inte någon klok människa för samman de här modiga männen med Janne Schaffer för att visa hur ett modern form av Hörselmat skulle kunna låta – och sätter skivan på repeat."
