Music for the Dying Forest

by J. Lachen

Music for the Dying Forest cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Length: 52:18
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This highly obscure Swiss release presents a complex fusion of avant-garde progressive rock and dissonant chamber instrumentation. The compositions are characterized by their demanding rhythmic structures and eccentric theatricality, heavily aligning with the aesthetics of the Rock in Opposition movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, death, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, forest, acoustic, traditional, experimental, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Vattnets Dans I Tr盲dtopparna (3:04)
  2. Waltz For Nova Scotia (2:12)
  3. Skogen Flyr (3:01)
  4. D盲monv盲rk (2:52)
  5. Ordsn氓r Leder Vilse (1:26)
  6. Skuggan (3:15)
  7. Ett Liv Som Tiden Regnar Bort (2:29)
  8. Watasenia - Before And After (5:16)
  9. Eldbevekelse (5:19)
  10. R盲ven Haltar P氓 Sitt Femte Ben (3:08)
  11. Frusen Bark (4:04)
  12. Hybris (2:37)
  13. Humbaba och Cedrarna (3:42)
  14. Amazonas (5:00)
  15. Flaubears Dancing (4:47)

Credits

  • Peter Strindberg - lacquer cut by
  • Rodolphe Bresdin - lithography
  • Andreas Hedwall - trombone
  • Mats Paulsson - bass, effects [pedals], composed by
  • Johan Hedren - composed by, keyboards
  • Elin Hultkvist - voice
  • Bj枚rn Hellstr枚m - soprano saxophone [soprano sax], bass clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone [soprano sax]
  • Em枚ke Vang - piano

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