Fastingen-92 by Daniel Ögren

Daniel Ögren is in our opinion one of the most unique artists in Sweden. He lives in the shadow of his music and while he's still mostly unknown by the great mass he has started to gather a strong alliance of followers and fans. Sing a song fighter are eager to share his new album "fastingen-92" which is his strongest work to date, out April 17th, 2020.
Like his last album "brev från leksand" ,which was released in 2018 on Anna Von Hausswolff's label Pomperipossa, the new album is once again produced, recorded and mixed by Ögren himself. And composed by and recorded layer by layer by Ögren on various instruments. But some amazing guest contributions include Anna Ahnlund's vocals on the track "Idag" (the only vocal track on the album) and Josefin Runsteen's drumming.

On "fastingen-92" (A place and year in Sweden which had the most importance to Ögren) Ögren mostly draws inspiration from the geographic environment that is his home, but he has also been inspired by other places and people that have made a great impact on him ("Annalena" is his mother's name). All titles have a meaning, but the music has to speak for itself, as we wrote before: Ögren likes to live in the shadow of his music.

This special and characteristic music has its roots in South American folk music, soul, nordic folk music, and film soundtracks, but when you listen to Ögren´s music it´s very hard to define it. It seems familiar, ancient and alien at the same time. With cinematic gestures he manages to create a completely new universe full of strange and fascinating life.

In Swedish: "Daniel Ögren är den fritänkande multikonstnären vars ödsliga och sublima musik spänner över många genrer. En orädd musikskapare som alltid visar upp fingertoppskänsla, fantasi och glädje” ((formuleringen lånad från Skap’s motivering till Årets instrumentalpris)

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