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Skogen

Skuggorna Och Ljuset: Would Fall from the Sky, Would Wither and Die

by John Eyles
May 15, 2015

If the Swedish group name Skuggorna Och Ljuset does not ring any bells, then the names of some of its members may help jog the memory--Magnus Granberg on clarinet, Anna Lindal on violin, Leo Svensson Sander on cello, Erik Carlsson on percussion. Yes? Well, all four of them have previously figured on Another Timbre releases as ...

Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long

By Skogen

Label: Another Timbre
Released: 2014
Track listing: Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long (56:45)

Skogen: Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long

by John Eyles
April 10, 2014

With their previous two Another Timbre releases, Ist Gefallen In Den Schnee (2012) and Rows (2013), Magnus Granberg's large international ensemble Skogen established themselves as purveyors of exquisitely-played spacious music, that transcends the composition-improvisation border and makes beguilingly beautiful listening. On the 2012 album, a nine-member version of the group played a one-hour-plus rendition of Granberg's ...

Three New Another Timbre Releases

by John Eyles
August 9, 2013

As it approaches its sixth birthday, the Another Timbre label is into an exciting period of consolidation and development, building on the foundations laid down in its first five years. The label's latest releases are evidence of this, as all three of them feature musicians who have already made significant contributions to the Another Timbre catalogue. ...

Ist gefallen in den Schnee

By Skogen

Label: Another Timbre
Released: 2012
Track listing: Ist gefallen in den Schnee.

Skogen: Ist gefallen in den Schnee

by John Eyles
April 3, 2012

Ist gefallen in den Schnee, lasting sixty-one minutes, consists entirely of a November 2010 recording of the title composition by Magnus Granberg. For the recording Granberg's group Skogen--in which he plays piano--is expanded to a nonet including two non-Swedish guest musicians, Angarad Davies on violin and Toshimaru Nakamura on his instrument of choice, the no-input mixing ...