Always at the forefront of Swedish sound for the 'buzzin' sound' review aka #buzz, and this time with an album, dear @[ALFAMA], that can hardly be called simple. Starting from the very title of the album. Enjoy listening.

Algarnas Tradgard - Framtiden ar ett Svavande Skepp, Forankrat I Forntiden (1972)

Once again from Sweden, one of the most interesting and 'advanced' experimental realities of the early seventies. Algarnas Tradgard is a sextet formed in 1969, looking towards kraut-rock and space music, particularly influenced by the usual Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Temple. They released their first and only LP, a classic, entitled 'Framtiden ar ett Svavande Skepp, Forankrat I Forntiden' in 1972. This is a complex work where kraut-rock obsessiveness and space music blend with Scandinavian folk tradition and open the door to rituals of Northern Europe. 'Tva timmar over tva bla berg med en gog pa varder sidan, om timmarna alltsa', the track that opens the album, is certainly the most unique, showcasing the band's entire repertoire in thirteen minutes that serve as a journey into the Northern European counterculture of the time. The other tracks have a more homogeneous composition. 'Det finns en tid for allt, det finns en tid da aven tiden mots' introduces themes of Northern European psychedelic folk music that reappear in the folk ballad 'Mojiligheternas', which combines Nordic atmospheres with Eastern vibes typical of psychedelia, 'Tristans Klagan'. 'Viritidas' is an instrumental noise track, jazzy and submerged in a complex of vocal and instrumental distortions. 'Saturnus Ringer' is a more conventional psychedelic rock episode and solely instrumental. '5/4' is the most typically kraut-rock piece on the album. 'Framtiden ar ett svavande skepp, forankat i forntiden', the title track, and 'The Mirrors of Gabrie' constitute the more ambient moments in an album whose variety of content lies in its experimental nature, making this work a unique product.

Algarnas Tradgard - Saturnus Ringar