Å for Prog Folk
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Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Suggest New Bands and Artists
Forum Description: Suggest, create polls, and classify new bands you would like included on Prog Archives
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Printed Date: November 26 2024 at 02:36
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Topic: Å for Prog Folk
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Subject: Å for Prog Folk
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 02:14
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Hello friends of Progarchives. I would like to add a band/album to the database. This is the Swedish band Å. Based on their latest album "Åtråvärld", they have a sound with obvious folk influence (very much in the style of other Scandinavian bands) mixed with progressive rock and psychedelic rock. I consider the "Prog Folk" genre to be perfect for them. Artist Name: Å Subgenre: Prog Folk Album: Åtråvärld Biography (Directly sent to me by Joel Öhlund): The trio Å from Uppsala in Sweden takes the progressive rock a step further with metal, jazz, reggae, heavy beats and folk vibes from around the world mixed with swedish lyrics and a lot of improvisation. The band formed in 2009, consists of Joel Öhlund, Erik Wallin and Milovan Fredriksson. They have 3 studio albums to date. Å is the swedish letter after Z but also a trio from Uppsala. As a band Å focus on feeling, improvisation and playfulness when performing. Anything can happen!. The trio occasionally invite other musicians/soloists to play. These times the music can go even further into the unknown. The audience is invited to a great mix of psychedelic rock, folk music from around the world, metal, reggae and jazz. The Band:  Joel Öhlund (vocals, guitar) Milovan Fredriksson (bass) Erik Wallin (drums) "Åtråvärld" Album Cover (Latest Album:  LINKS: http://swedishstream.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://swedishstream.bandcamp.com http://www.youtube.com/swedishstream" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/swedishstream http://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/2bK9dBUw2KtCqw0lmd7jKf" rel="nofollow - http://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/2bK9dBUw2KtCqw0lmd7jKf I hope you can add this excellent band to the database. I think that, both for style and quality, it belongs in Progarchives. Greetings from Spain, Javier |
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Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 03:32
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How amusing; I once suggested the Italian band with the same name for Krautrock (also a trio!): https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=12469" rel="nofollow - https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=12469 I'll take them to the team (and will lightly edit your bio if they get accepted, if you don't mind). |
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 04:35
| Thanks Gordy! 😊 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 05:45
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I've just sampled extensively all three of their albums. This band certainly merits PRogArchives inclusion, but Prog Folk????  Psychedelic-Stoner sounds right for me.  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 06:05
| It's psychedelic yes, but including it in the psychedelic/space rock section I think can create confusion. On the last album the drift is much more folky and that is why I have proposed including it in "Prog Folk". They have a varied sound, but of all the Progarchives sections, that is the one I think it fits best. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 08:34
| I don't really understand the psych sub genre but to me this is eclectic, by very definition. I'll listen some more though |
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 10:38
| I also have problems with the "Psychedelic/Space Rock" label. Although if another Swedish band (Agusa) are in that section, I can understand this band being in that category as well. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 27 2024 at 16:43
 ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 28 2024 at 06:59
Very thoughtless and impolite post... and contradicting your signature. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Hrychu wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 28 2024 at 07:27
^ Like usual he'll just say that he had a bad day. 
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Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 01:47
| Will the band be added to the site eventually? What genre would be chosen? |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 02:06
------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 02:17
I agree with Sean Trane here, you just seem rude here with that image. This is a suggestion thread, your post just does not help in any way.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 02:23
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I did not mean to come off as rude. I posted that image solely as a throwaway joke. I'll replace it with something less polarizing. Also, Uppsala has a rich prog history, as Samla Mamas Manna, Kaipa and all of their offshoots are from Uppsala. I'm listening to Åtråvärld on Bandcamp right now. Amazing stuff. I'm rooting for them to be added. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 04:45
| ^ Let's face facts, you are just an a****le. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:14
------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:26
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^ I sometimes respond in kind. It's different from your unprovoked attacks. I also don't deliberately post offensive stuff and then later edit it out to pretend it never happened. But feel free to disagree.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:30
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It was far from deliberate. But aside from that, I agree. One of the things I hate on all kinds of online forums is people's urge to start arguments and dramas. Let's relax.  ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:33
Hey Javier, we'll transfer the suggestion to another team and see what they say.
 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:34
------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:35
Agreed - rather than starting dramas, it's best to just suspend troll accounts.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:40
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I still don't know how that stupid Finnish poster was interpreted as the worst of all slurs but whatever. I wholeheartedly apologize. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:43
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^ It's not the worst I've seen from you over the years.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:46
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Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that you can see that I'm gradually working on becoming a better person. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 06:53
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 07:06
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^ Agreed. Listening to their latest release now, good stuff! I also brought their artist page at AP up to speed, with all the releases properly linked. https://awesomeprog.com/artists/19998" rel="nofollow - https://awesomeprog.com/artists/19998
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 09:24
| back to business, do we want to try eclectic or psych? I think we were still waiting for Gordy's assessment. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 04 2024 at 11:14
I think the PSIKE team should look into this band. 
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Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: September 05 2024 at 00:30
| Perfect :D |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 05 2024 at 06:54
| Reminder we are still waiting for Gordy's assessment before we move to another sub genre for consideration |
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: September 05 2024 at 11:34
I'm thinking Eclectic |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 05 2024 at 16:32
ok that's 2 out of 3 on the team. We can try eclectic and if they don't agree they or we could send to psych I guess
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Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: September 06 2024 at 02:50
Coming soon in http://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow - http://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/music 
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 06 2024 at 18:20
| eclectic team has been notified |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 11 2024 at 22:18
| and it appears they have been approved. Not sure how big a backlog they have but they seem to be a well oiled machine |
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: October 14 2024 at 03:26
| Great!. The album will be released on CD on November 1st! |
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: October 22 2024 at 23:37
| Now https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=12827" rel="nofollow - added to Eclectic |
Posted By: JavierMiranda
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 02:55
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Updates: CD Astronomy Recording Music - ARMCD008 (December 1st 2024, Spain) Digital album Astronomy Recording Music - ARM043 (December 1st 2024, Spain) https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tr-v-rld |