AEP: Comments On My First Solo Album
Free rock is the term I like to use to describe the music genre of my very first solo album. After ten years and two cd:s in Humboogie, I decided to release an album for which I did all the compositions, recording, playing, mixdown and cover design. Free rock mostly takes its influence on the area of rock that I have found most fruitful: the years 1968-1975. Of course, a musically experienced listener will find hints of, for example, the early 1980’s here and there, not to mention some guitar styles of classical music arranged for acoustic guitar (I have played classical guitar for over 20 years, too). To record with acoustic guitar and vocal solely was an obvious approach, since most of the material, if not all, was composed that way. Later on, I will add other instruments; I will let you know.
After the “Airsong” album by Humboogie in 2005, I have played bass and sung in the progressive rock group Red Lizard (King Crimson, Rush). In 2006, Peter and I started the Rocker which plays Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple (MK.III&IV), Led Zeppelin as well as songs from “Airsong” and my first solo album. By now you may guess what will hit you from the speakers when you press the “play”…
“The First Acoustic Free Rock Relationship” is a twelve-part journey into an imaginary relationship, not to be taken too seriously. English literature, poetry and film have given quite an influence on my lyrics, but my mother tongue has also added some weirdness to the expressions I use, on purpose. The songs are in chronological order; however, if you don’t agree with what happens
to the not-so-mentally-stable main character, you can always “do the Tarantino” with the order to end up with a totally different conclusion. Because of the constantly changing state of affairs with the story, I lyrically tend to be sometimes totally minimalist, sometimes fully extrovert.
So that you could walk the thin red storyline without having to hitchhike every now and then, I shall next present a few descriptions for each of the twelve chapters of “The First Acoustic Free Rock Relationship”:
1) “Furniture Man”: the main character has become a couch potato, so you can’t even recognise him among the furniture. Luckily, in the end the apartment gets bored with him and kicks him out to new adventures.
2) “Talkin’ ‘Bout U”: for this person, recently thrown into civilisation again, the obvious thing to do is to go and find company at the nearest bar. Thus, there he sees somebody interesting, knows what to say but doesn’t know how…
3) “The Final Hours” : after one too many visits outside, the main character doesn’t remember, so he must have had fun. He’s also found some company. Includes alternative descriptions of the mental representations on the morning after.
4) “B My Woman”: A few good efforts later, the question of “who’s the ideal woman” will disturb the unstable circuits inside the main character’s hemispheres. To be honest, things could be better…
5) “Addiction”: at last, when you have found someone, the attraction grabs you in its arms as surely as the craving for a fresh cup of coffee first in the morning.
6) “My Muse”: morning poetry, this wonderful newly found lovely person wakes you up early to tell you things you’ve never heard before.
7) “You Could B Mine, But…”: to be together brings about argument, about anything, everything, whatever, nothing, one just needs to argue…
8) “Reality Check”: Obscured by clouds of all that is shown on the media: How much will it affect you in the end? It seems that now there are two unstable main characters.
9) “Failure”: the traditional “it was all my fault” -part in the story, even though what went wrong is not clear, or with whom…
10) “Escapism”: the main character takes a look at himself from the outside, slightly dislikes the scenery and explores the unknown in his brains…
11) “H.O.T. August 19, 1996“: travelling makes him arrive at the crystallisation of it all. He’s an untrustworthy guy, though…
12) “Mostly Harmless”: a science fiction conclusion to the travels in a free rock relationship. He is cured, or goes insane, or both…
Have a nice listening experience,
AEP
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