Anekdoten
Gravity
Review by Steve Alspach
I really didn't know what to expect from Anekdoten when I picked up this CD - I've seen their name around enough, but I have to confess to ignorance. Gravity proved to be a winning bet. The songs have a sense of sadness about them, but never go into melancholia or gothic doom.
Another thing that struck me about this is that if albums like this can be made, there's hope for us fair-to-middlin' musicians. Anekdoten consists of four fine musicians in Nicklas Barker, Anna Sofi Dalhberg, Jan Erik Liljestrom and Peter Nordins, but there's never any fret-shredding or keyboard solos that cover three octaves and back in half a second. These songs all go at their own pace and develop slowly, and Anekdoten seems to go more for mood in the piece than virtuosity. It's a welcome approach that can challenge the listener who is used to lightning-fast virtuosity. There's a place in the world for this kind of music, and Anekdoten has adeptly set up squatter's rights.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2006 Volume 4 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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