ELGGREN, LEIF / PER JONSSON / KENT TANKRED — UGN / MAT
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"To celebrate the Swedish artist and composer Leif Elggren and his forthcoming retrospective exhibition at Färgfabriken, Stockholm, "Flown Over by an Old King", Ash International R.I.P. has released a compact Disc.
The intensity of the recording reflects that of the activity on stage. It also is a metaphor for the integrity with which Leif has pursued his career without damage to his originality, spirit and sense of humour - dark and offbeat, but never losing sight of the fun. His other releases, usually as part of the Firework stable, include the book Experiments with Dreams [every toilet should have one so you can laugh and crap at the same time] and one of the finest CDs ever recorded, Talking to a Dead Queen [1996]. For Ash he contributed to Antitrade [1999], and co-authored The National Anthem of Elgaland-Vargaland [Ash 3.3, 1996] with CM von Hausswolff.
UGN [Oven]
In the oven the porridge cooking
Two actors worked furiously
Intense and violent
Everything painted orange
Glass porcelain smashed
Tools used
Sledge hammer spit club
27 girls dressed in white
The porridge still cooking when the actors left
Bits and pieces
Stillness
UGN was recorded in December 1984 at EMS in Stockholm for the performance 'UGN' at Fylkingen Stockholm on January 12th 1985 UGN was first released as a 12" by Radium 226.5 in 1986 [RAFE 016-46]]
MAT [Food]
Repeated four times during one evening
On the border between sleep and waking
Ten actors with false beards in bed
Fed with potatoes during the acts
Eating sleeping pills
Drinking Whisky in the breaks
A fight against indolence
Movements rapidly changing
Between intensity and stillness
A dog dressed like a sheep
MAT was recorded during Spring 1989 at EMS for the performance 'MAT' at Moderna Dansteatern in Stockholm on May 19th 1989." [label info / creidts]
www.ashinternational.com
The intensity of the recording reflects that of the activity on stage. It also is a metaphor for the integrity with which Leif has pursued his career without damage to his originality, spirit and sense of humour - dark and offbeat, but never losing sight of the fun. His other releases, usually as part of the Firework stable, include the book Experiments with Dreams [every toilet should have one so you can laugh and crap at the same time] and one of the finest CDs ever recorded, Talking to a Dead Queen [1996]. For Ash he contributed to Antitrade [1999], and co-authored The National Anthem of Elgaland-Vargaland [Ash 3.3, 1996] with CM von Hausswolff.
UGN [Oven]
In the oven the porridge cooking
Two actors worked furiously
Intense and violent
Everything painted orange
Glass porcelain smashed
Tools used
Sledge hammer spit club
27 girls dressed in white
The porridge still cooking when the actors left
Bits and pieces
Stillness
UGN was recorded in December 1984 at EMS in Stockholm for the performance 'UGN' at Fylkingen Stockholm on January 12th 1985 UGN was first released as a 12" by Radium 226.5 in 1986 [RAFE 016-46]]
MAT [Food]
Repeated four times during one evening
On the border between sleep and waking
Ten actors with false beards in bed
Fed with potatoes during the acts
Eating sleeping pills
Drinking Whisky in the breaks
A fight against indolence
Movements rapidly changing
Between intensity and stillness
A dog dressed like a sheep
MAT was recorded during Spring 1989 at EMS for the performance 'MAT' at Moderna Dansteatern in Stockholm on May 19th 1989." [label info / creidts]
www.ashinternational.com