BARNDOMENS STIGAR

Kultivator were a Swedish group whose sole release, Barndomens Stigar, enjoys cover art which puts me in mind of the sort of minimalist cover art enjoyed by American hardcore punk groups of the era, especially the SST stable, tended to use - but the music within couldn't sound more different. Blending the pulsating rhythms of zeuhl with the quirky, jazzy approach and light vocals of the more complex end of the Canterbury scene (think the likes of Hatfield and the North or National Health, rather than Caravan). Although not what I would call absolutely essential, it's certainly a bit of a forgotten gem which deserves to be better known than it is.