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The ÄNDÅ releases its debut 45 r.p.m. superhit 7/9 2018
Releasing the autumn of 2018, to commemorate that it is now exactly 200 years since Mary Shelley published her futuristic novel Frankenstein, the single YES with its accompanying mini-video-pop-extravaganza is the first in a series of musical gems that the new Swedish mega-pop-group The ÄNDÅ will showcase from the upcoming album SALTY MUMMY. With roots in the music scenes of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, pop collective The ÄNDÅ mixes rich and diverse traditions, both raw and edgy, soft and cute, a vitamin-rich future-friendly ambient-global house-party.
The project was born during a sojourn in Goa, located on India’s west coast, where KARL GASLEBEN and ZAC O’YEAH sat and philosophised about the differences and similarities between everything in the world, such as (for example) sea water and amniotic fluid, and whether the sea really is the single-mother of humanity – which would mean that Mother Earth ought to be called Mother Ocean. This required further investigation. To perform a comparative analysis of salinity in various oceans, Mr. GASLEBEN stepped out of his studio in Bohuslän (Sweden) and carried a plastic bucket to the Skagerrak waterfront where he constructed a system of intricate membranes with which to distil salt grains, which by themselves started to create rhythms as the rough grains rolled across the tight membranes. Similar mind-blowing experiences could also be induced by Indian spices, Mr. O’YEAH noted when he in his current hometown Bangalore (India) encountered an unusually salty and spicy fish dish.
The two old buddies invited ANNA ÖBERG as co-producer and co-composer, who hurriedly started collecting salt in her own native area, that is to say along the coast of Skåne (Sweden) and from her own mother’s kitchen shelves. These primeval whispers of the world, also known as the farts of the cosmic egg, were interpreted by the band members as rhythms (Mr. GASLEBEN), lyrics (Mr. O’YEAH) and melodies (Ms. ÖBERG). The band is called The ÄNDÅ, which means ’yet, still, nevertheless’ in Swedish, and which from a philosophical point of view suggests that one always has a second chance. Strangely enough, if the dots over the As are removed, ‘anda’ also means ‘egg’ in many Indian languages.
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released September 7, 2018
Gasleben, Captain K. is a Swedish pioneer of synthesizers since the early 1970s when he headed bands like Anna Själv Tredje and Cosmic Overdose, before he founded Twice A Man in the 1980s together with singer and guitarist Dan Söderqvist. Twice A Man set the tone for early Scandinavian electronic pop and has to date cut 22 albums, including ground-breaking classics like Music for Girls, From a Northern Shore and Works on Yellow. In the late 1980s, they produced the monumental concept show Driftwood which was based on their own LP of the same title, a multimedia musical with theatre actors, dancers, computer effects and video projections, which at the time was one of the most lavish pop shows to tour all of Sweden. Later, Mr. Gasleben experimented with club music through bands like The Butterly Effect and Beehive Plains, apart from composing music for films (e.g. by Swedish director Kristian Petri), theatre (e.g. the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden) and radio (e.g. the national broadcasting corporation SR/P3 show ‘Frispel’). In addition, Mr. Gasleben works with video.
O’Yeah, Zac is a global writer living in India, born in Finland but raised in Sweden where he played the guitar in obscure 1980s’ punk bands and neo-progressive rock outfits, before he got hired by Twice A Man with whom he partook in several projects, such as the Driftwood Tour in 1988, and cut albums (e.g. Agricultural Beauty). However, his life took an unexpected turn after a successful book debut in 1995 subsequent to which his authorial career has included acclaimed travelogues, cult novels and a biography of the Indian political leader Mohandas K Gandhi; titled Mahatma! it was short-listed for the August Prize in 2008 as the best Swedish non-fiction book of the year. Most recently he has published the Majestic Trilogy, a series of detective novels set in his hometown Bangalore. Over the years, he has written for more than 75 different publications ranging from newspapers to magazines in Sweden, India, China, Russia, France, Germany and other countries. In the past year, he has released the travelogue A Walk Through Barygaza, the novel Tropical Detective, and the children’s book The Mystery of the Cyber Friend.
Öberg, Anna was a leading hit composer of the 1980s’ New Wave in Sweden and performed with the band Ladomir, of which she was a founder-member; it quickly became one of the hottest indie bands of its time, topping the Swedish Radio’s ‘blast list’ (‘spränglistan’) in the national radio channel P3’s music program Bommen (the main forum for Swedish alternative music). Ladomir toured extensively throughout Sweden, released several critically acclaimed and popular singles, before the band broke up towards the end of the decade, its members burnt out by years on the road and endless club-playing. Subsequently, Ms. Öberg worked on introducing creative expressions in child education by establishing music and art-focussed preschools at which she was extremely successful. Her old group, Ladomir, has also performed live sporadically in recent years. After a thirty-year hiatus, Ms. Öberg made a smashing musical comeback with newly written songs on her first ever solo album, Härsknar, which was short-listed as the Best Synth Pop Album of the Year at the Manifest Gala in 2018.
