Chicagojazzen - Beach 2012

From the new Chicagojazzen album "Elände", coming this June via Periferin.

Chicagojazzen - Jörn del 4

Something new from Chicagojazzen, from the soon-to-be released cassette "Övik/Jörn" due out October 28 via Ominous Recordings. Details: http://c-h-i-c-a-g-o-j-a-z-z-e-n.blogspot.com/2011/08/eyes-burst-at-dawn.html

New Chicagojazzen gets release date, sample posted

The new Chicagojazzen release "Brachiosaurus II" has been confirmed for an August 20 release via Native Parts Records. 17 tracks, including "Duane Weber 2" which can be sampled above.

Vote Dukakis - Canada

New music from Skellefteå-based artist Vote Dukakis plus a tweaked-out remix courtesy of fellow Norrlander Chicagojazzen: http://c-h-i-c-a-g-o-j-a-z-z-e-n.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-real-mothafucka-goin-out-for-loot.html
Worth checking out.

Top tens for 2010: Mother of the Forest

The Silent Ballet recommends Chicagojazzen

The Silent Ballet reviews the intriguing Swedish artist Chicagojazzen: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3425/Default.aspx

Sirius playlist week #24

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Randy - Who's side are you on?
02. TALK 1
03. Randy - Freedom song
04. Far From Tellus - Rosemary
05. Chicagojazzen - 18 år i en ruttnande kropp
06. TALK 2
07. Andreas Söderlund - Hawaii
08. Noisebud - Truck driver
09. Montys Loco - Heavy
10. TALK 3
11. Maim - Maimed
12. Turboweekend - Sweet Jezebel (Efterklang remix)
13. Pearl Fiction - The ruby fever
14. Meleeh - Hells mouth
15. TALK 4
16. Oranssi Pazuzu - Korppi
17. Brutus - Swedish lady
18. Entombed - Something out of nothing
19. Katzenjammer - To the sea
20. TALK 5
21. Robyn - Dancehall queen

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Sirius playlist week #21

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Elephant9 - Fugl fønix
02. TALK 1
03. Håkan Lidbo - X-Bot-DXC vs MC-Monstrux - EuroAsian Warzone Cronicle
04. Disco Ensemble - Protector
05. Kausal - Evac
06. TALK 2
07. Smoke Mohawk - Murder attempt
08. Masshysteri - Dom kan inte höre musiken
09. MF/MB/ - The big machine
10. Chicagojazzen - VI
11. TALK 3
12. Monty - Seglaren
13. Sweatmaster - Turnover
14. The Aches - Count slowly to ten
15. Dismember - Misanthropic
16. TALK 4
17. Camouflage - Syster sol
18. EL-SD - SÖSJÖ
19. Darkthrone - Those treasures will never befall you
20. TALK 5
21. Deathbed - Black sky

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

MP3: Chicagojazzen - 18 år i en ruttnande kropp

Chicagojazzen's new LP "Misantropi för nybörjare" ("Misanthropy for beginners", out now via Irrlicht on limited vinyl only) plays like an audio sketchbook for a hyperactive imagination. Ideas are cast out, explored and rendered in abstract lofi; a decision guided by what seems to be aesthetic choice as opposed to pure circumstance. Many artists go that route to conceal their lack of talent or to adhere to some sort of genre orthodoxy, but in this particular case I find that the roughness of the sound nicely compliments the roughness of the material. Which is not to say that it works every time -- some songs come across as quite under-composed or even half-assed -- but the overall feeling I get from the record is very positive. I keep listening because I'm intrigued, because I'm curious about the process. So it's hard to isolate a particular instance to give others a best impression; it's preferable that you sit down, put the record on and listen the whole way through, letting your mind wander as the sounds do the same, but I'll try with "18 år i en ruttnande kropp", a seemingly pastoral postrockish piece with a darker undercurrent as befits the title ("18 years in a decaying body"). It builds long and slow before stumbling to an awkward conclusion which, I suppose, is an apt metaphor, though that could just be stream of consciousness running its course and petering out. Regardless, it sounds interesting and the overall tibre never goes exactly where I'd expect. As to where Chicagojazzen goes next as an artist, I'm very curious to hear.

Chicagojazzen - 18 år i en ruttnande kropp

Musik med Chicagojazzen

Live music at PSL with Swedish experimental/lo-fi artist Chicagojazzen: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/05/18/musik-med-chicagojazzen/

Presenting: Irrlicht

Irrlicht is a new label founded by Håkan Jonson and Erik Enocksson with a focus on putting out limited edition vinyl records and books. Their first release will be "Misantropi för nybörjare" ("Misanthropy for beginners") by Chicagojazzen (aka Erik Karlsson of Skellefteå, Sweden), an record they describe as "37 minutes worth of instrumental pop, neatly tucked into a bed of tape-hiss and crooked arrangements owing as much to Norwegian second wave black metal and American Eastcoast hiphop as to late '80s Brittish shoegaze." The official release date is April 30 and said LP will be available limited to 250 copies on 140g white vinyl. Release #2 will be "Den vita staden", a poem by Jessica Andersson with an expected release later this coming spring. More here: http://www.irrlicht.se/