Spectral evidence

New unnamed sounds from the mind of CJ Larsgården (Pacta, A Perfect Friend, Ondo). A work in progress.

Top 10s for 2011: Thomas Jonsson (I'm Kingfisher)

Forest City - Heaven her

Forest City = Carl-Johan Larsgården (Pacta/A Perfect Friend/Ondo), Thomas Jonsson (A Perfect Friend/I'm Kingfisher) and Christophe Bailleau.

Top tens for 2010: Thomas Denver Jonsson/I'm Kingfisher

New LP from Yrsel in October

Yrsel, the doom collaboration between CJ Larsgården (Pacta/A Perfect Friend/Ondo) and Frenchman Julian Louvet (The Austrasian Goat), will be releasing the new LP "Sacrifice" in October via Aurora Borealis. Vinyl-only, 350 copies; more info and samples here: http://www.aurora-b.com/band_pages/YRSEL

Ondo - Svart

Swedish doom/drone act Ondo has a new track up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/avondo

New Yrsel album on Aurora Borealis

Yrsel, the collaboration between Swedish dark electronic artist Ondo and French counterpart The Austrasian Goat, have a new album called "Requiem for the 3 Kharites" out now on Aurora Borealis. More info and samples: http://www.aurora-b.com/band_pages/YRSEL.php

A Perfect Friend signs with Knoppar

A Perfect Friend (Thomas Denver Jonsson + Pacta/Ondo) has signed with Knoppar (Hajen, Tvärvägen) for the release of their sophomore album "Timber and modern ways". No date yet, but expect a release late this year.

Two new releases on Tuguska

Tuguska Label has two new releases out now, one is a new full-length from ambient doom act Ondo called "Regression", the second is a split featuring Larsgarden (aka C-J Larsgården of Pacta/Ondo) and Rowenta. Details: http://www.pactasuntservanda.se/tuguska.html

New Ondo in May

Look for a new limited edition CDr release from IAT.MP3 artist Pacta doom alias Ondo in May entitled "Regression".

Ondo/Machinist split available as free download

Swedish doom/drone artist Ondo released a super limited split with Dutch artist Machinist last year which sold out quickly, but fear not- they've just made it available as a free download: http://www.archive.org/details/MachinistVsOndo

Sirius playlist week #2

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

01. TALK 1
02. Promoe - New day
03. High Hats - The end
04. Björn Kleinhenz - Light of love
05. TALK 2
06. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Transpole
07. Ondo - Sunlight
08. Pugh Rogefeldt - Colinda
09. TALK 3
10. The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow grave
11. The Fine Arts Showcase - Modern love
12. Pan Sonic - Johto 5
13. TALK 4
14. The Bear Quartet - All your life
15. Hanna Hirsch - Ingen kommer sakna oss
16. Mattias Hellberg & The White Moose - Black cat fever
17. TALK 5
18. Isolation Years - Let's step aside
19. Tomas Halberstad - Much better off without it
20. Grande - Rhythms of sin
21. TALK 6
22. Wolfbrigade - In adrenaline

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.

Swedish blackened drone/doom artist Ondo is working on a collaboration with Julien Louvet (Austrasian Goat) under the name YRSEL and expect to have an album finished soon. Read more: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=124662689&blogID=432348613

A Perfect Friend, the duo of Thomas Denver Jonsson and C-J Larsgården, has a new track up at myspace called "The artificial lung": http://www.myspace.com/aperfectfiend
The group also reports that they've completed almost two albums worth of material and are currently seeking out labels to work with. Oh, and speaking of C-J Larsgården, he's got a bunch of new releases on the way from various sideprojects such as Ondo and Tuguska: http://www.pactasuntservanda.se/

The prolific C-J Larsgården (IAT.MP3 act Pacta Sunt Servanda aka Pacta, Ondo, A Perfect Friend, Misto, etc.) has a new rock band project called Morgan Kane. Check it: http://www.myspace.com/themorgankanes