Arkivet Arkivet

A new mix of acoustic and lysergic folk music.
Tracklist:
Thomas Mera Gartz - En Lycklig Sång
Poor Richard - The Gulls
Amory Kane - Four Ravens (single version)
Yellow Autumn - Energy
Spilld Mjölk - Glasverandan
Glenn Saiger - Dark Side of the Moon
Art Gee - Tea Gardens
All That the Name Implies - Black Tuesday
Chris Rawlings - Song of Creation
Rabindra Danks - Lords Sweet Name
Logos - Peace
Chas Rose - Ballad For World Heroes
Moonstone - Black Blind Light
Vandy - Wishing Well
Owen B - All We Are Asking
Turid - Före Kenora
Lachlan Chace McLearn - Lady Come Lightly
Sonstar - Save Wild Basin

A new episode to start off the new year, which we surely hope will be a better year. Here we listen to a mixed bag of new discoveries/finds from 2020, including some UK folk, privately pressed westcoast psych, dreamy pop-psych and funky Swedish blues. We also have the honor to play the new single from Kungens män, which will be included in the upcoming 5 LP-box, “Innanför boxen” that will be out in February.
 
Bruce Hamana – Hamana (Canyon Records, 1974)
– The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
Shelagh McDonald – First Album (B & C Records, 1970)
–Look Over the Hills
Cinderella (Imperial, 1971)
–From Town to Town
Mad Hatters (Fontana, 1966)
 –I’ll Come Running
Red, White and Blues (MNW, 1971)
–Far, Far Away
Sage – Into the Wind (A & B Records, 1978)
–Empty Man
Sten Bergman – Lyckohjulet (Gump, 1974)
– Vägen är Lång
Sally Christopherson – Autumn (Customs Records, 197?)
–Autumn
Kungens Män – Innanför boxen (Cardinal Fuzz, Adansonia Records och Kungens Ljud & Bild, 2021)
–Hamra med slutna ögon
 
You find more info on Kungens män on their bandcamp-page.  

A new mix of privately pressed US and Canadian folk and folk-rock. We also included a few Swedish progg numbers and a great westcoast-sounding band from Japan.
Tracklist: 
Summer Madness - In the Hills of Shiloh
Trees - Psalm 46
Handgjort - Worlds on Fire
Doug McArthur - One-Eyed Walden
David Sinclair - A Tale of Raven
Scott Jones - Chattanooga To Lynchburg Trail
Randy Palmer - Starlight, Daylight
Darragh Nagle - Horse Mesa
Chris Rawlings - The Wheel
Jim Thompson - Train for Thought
Larry Reese - Second Song
Sten Bergman - Människofiskare
Happy End - Dakishimetai
D’Arcy - The Forest
Sage - Empty Man
Bernt Lööf & Jan Eriksson - Kan ljuset vända åter?

Paul Tescher has been collecting records for a long time and started already in the 80s to deal in obscure music. As part of the first generation underground collector he has seen the evolution of the collectors scene, from the beginning to what it is today. In this interview we talk about how he started to collect and sell records and he also share some stories from the weird world of record collecting. He also put together a selection of 6 track to play for us. Paul is still digging records weekly and still manage to find amazing records, although everyone is saying it’s drying up. 
Bruce Cockburn – Ting/The Couldron (True North, 1971)
Spilld Mjölk – Tills döden skiljer oss åt (Svart Mjölk, 1975)
Peter Bursch – Witchwood (Pläne, 1981)
Anna koka 5 ägg jag är värd i huset – Kaffekokaren (Flärrp-skivor, 1975)
Stenblomma – Kungen (Silence,1973)
Jennifer Warnes – Sand and Foam (Reprise, 1972)
 

We’ve been in contact with Mark Sabol of Mark and Suzann Farmer for over a year and finally we found the time to record an interview with him. Mark and Suzann Farmer recorded one album, We’ve Been There, in 1978, which is still pretty obscure among collectors. It is mostly known for the moody late-night version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”, and although excellent, this album is far from a one-track-album and I’ve always considered that its true strength lies in Mark’s own compositions. About half of the songs are self-penned and Mark is a competent songwriter and creative arranger, using the sparsely equipped living room recording studio to full use while Suzann has a strong and mesmerizing voice that works well with the material. The overall feel evokes a late-night lounge set at a dimly lit countryside roadhouse and with a minimal instrumentation, including a simple drum machine and a lot of homemade production tricks, they create a mellow but still diverse experience, with enough nuances to keep you returning for repeated listening. The covers generally work well in the mix, and if anything, adds to the lounge vibe and reflex the sound of their live set. In this interview we talk about the making of the album and how it was in the lounge business in the late 70s. We also listen to Dreams, American Child, Waiting For the Dawn and We’ve Been There from the album.

Although we officially called it a quit with our 80th episode last summer, we’re back with a one-off episode for all of you who are in a lockdown/quarantine or to everyone who just wants to hear some new music. This episode presents records acquired since the last show and includes a mixed bag of communal folk (Huckle), lounge (Eddie Suzuki), Exotica (Dennise Norwood), Swedish progg (Rabatt and Kvartetten som sprängde) and more. We’re also happy to include the great track “Blanket Fog Descends” from Sven Wunder’s forthcoming album, “Wabi Sabi”. Don’t sleep on this one as it will go quickly. We hope you are all doing well during these crazy times and that the selection can bring some enjoyment while maintaining social distancing. Stay safe everyone!
More information on Sven Wunder and Wabi Sabi can be found on pianopianorecords.com.
Huckle - Upon a Once Time (Homespun, 1974)
-Get Down
Trúbrot (Parlophone, 1970)
-Ég sé það
Jim Thompson II and Preflyte – Message at 33 1/3 (Sky Light Records, 1979)
-Eternal Light Brigade
Eddie Suzuki – New Hawaii (ESP Hawaii, mid-70s?)
-Beauty Near Hanalei
Rabatt (Marilla, 1971)
-X:et
Kvartetten som Sprängde – Kattvals (Gump, 1973)
-Gånglåt från Vallahallvägen
Dennise Norwood – In the Skin with Me (Dennise Records, 1961)
-In the Skin with Me