HANNA & JERRY 'Relaxed' (Outerdisk/Sound Effect Records, 2026)
Another new Swedish Indian-inspired release that has received multiple spins in my household this spring. I've been a keen follower of the career of string bender Jerry Johansson ever since his first releases on Kning Disk back in the early 00's.
On the aptly titled 'Relaxed' he has teamed up with drummer and multi‐instrumentalist Hanna Östergren, aka Laughing Eye from Djinn, Hills and Träden (the present incarnation of classic psych-heads Träd Gräs & Stenar).
The result is a dreamy and atmospheric raga-rock trip. Lightly droning and captivating. On the flip side Johansson switch his sitar for a banjo, adding a folkier Appalachian touch reminscent of classic Sandy Bull.
The concluding 12 minute meditation 'Dawn' brings to mind some esoteric Popul Vuh soundtrack to an imaginery Werner Herzog movie, complete with field recordings of bird song and some sampled Indian dialogue.
I feel blessed to catch a copy of this limited edition vinyl release from my local culture vendor @antikvariathokarangens (who btw had some problem with their former account and has a new updated insta alias).
Friends of progressive rock music with Eastern leanings may also take notice of another recent Johansson release with a different constellation of collaborators named GROVJOBB.
After a 20 year long hiatus this group released 'Nallebjörn är död' (Outerdisk/Sound Effect) last year. Here Johansson mainly handles his other primary instrument, the guitar, but his swirling sitar is also present on the second side's three part long title track, which would fit in nicely on 'Relaxed' as well.
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OUT NOW! GROVJOBB - NALLEBJÖRN ÄR DÖD
VINYL & DIGITAL November 28 2025
SOUND EFFECT RECORDS SER150
Red and black vinyl
Jerry Johansson: Guitar, Sitar, Dulcimer, Udu, Shruti Box
Jesper Jarold: Bass
Thomas Nyström: Fender Rhodes, Piano, Keyboards
Ola Wolfhechel Jensen: Drums, Percussion
All compositions by Jerry Johansson, arranged by Grovjobb, except
‘Nallebjörn är röd‘, composition by Thomas Nyström, arranged by Grovjobb
Cover art, watercolour paintings by Per Svensson
Back cover art, photo and language by Dan Fröberg
Recorded by Linus Andersson at Element Studio, Göteborg, 2025
Recorded by Jerry Johansson at OUTERDISK Studio, Göteborg, 2025
Mixed and mastered by Linus Andersson at Element Studio
P + C : : Grovjobb, OUTERDISK, Göteborg, 2025
Sound Effect Records, Greece SER150
Grovjobb släpper eminent nytt Gatefold Album.
Grovjobb Releases eminent Gatefold Album.
Official LP Release date 28 November
Sound Effect Records /Outerdisk SER150
Black and Red 12''' '' Vinyl Ltd Edition
Front Cover Artwork and Watercolour Paintings' Gatefold and labels
by Per Svensson (p)&(c):2025
Text and back cover by Dan Fröberg
Distribution : Sound Effect Records, Bengans
Pre-Order now! ⚓ 🌿
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May 30 2025. Physical and Digital Release date for Cosmic Garden Project new Gatefold Album. Comes in Purple and Black Vinyl. Stuffed with Psychedelic Sounds and colourful Artwork. Out on Sound Effect Records SER144. Worldwide Distribution! Get your copy Today! Support your local Record Store. Support the band! Order via Bandcamp!
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Listen to a track from our new album
I grunda vikar är bottnarna mjuka.
Rosanna Gunnarson: composition, graphic score, field recordings Värmdö
Karin Johansson: prepared grand piano
Thank you #bbcfreeness #coreymwamba and Silvia Malnati @reduced.listening ! 🔥
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🌊 February 2 - Album release!
Rosanna Gunnarson / Karin Johansson -
I grunda vikar är bottnarna mjuka
Rosanna Gunnarson: composition, graphic score, field recordings Värmdö
Karin Johansson: prepared grand piano
Available on cd and digital album.
Recording grand piano and mixing: Linus Andersson, Elementstudion, Gothenburg
Mastering: Hans Olsson,
Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gothenburg
Art, cover and design: Dan Fröberg
OUTERDISK
Thanks to everybody! 💗
🌊 February 3 - Release concert!
15:00 in a secret location in Göteborg.
Limited number of seats, ticket 100 Skr.
Please send me a PM to find out the location and swish number.
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The musical content is based partly on secret underwater recordings during a summer, autumn and winter, as well as audio recordings of a piano being lowered into the water, to the great surprise of curious fish. The recorded material has then been mixed into an audio file and then, based on a partly graphic score, Karin Johansson has developed improvisations for prepared piano.
The result is a deep dive into an archipelago bay. A collage of the sound environment in an increasingly threatened sea, in dialogue with resounding memories of a lost childhood by the Baltic Sea. It is about setting anchor, learning to swim, and finding yourself at the intersection of three different worlds - the one above the surface, the one below the surface, and your own, inside.
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FFFoxy Podcast #225 is now available. This one includes a bunch of new sounds from the likes of Graham Lambkin, Coffin Prick, Big Blood, James & The Giants, Greymouth, and much more. Hope you enjoy
Den Temperaturen angemessen erkundet das Motherboard im Juli das Schwere im Leichten psychedelischer Traditionen und schwebt dabei von Indie Rock bis zu Klangästhetiken des New Age – Hauptsache Leftfield.
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Foto: Frank P. Eckert
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Psykstämman är ytterligt stolta och smått hänryckta över att den smått legendariska gruppen Grovjobb, åter beträder scenen efter 20 år av tystnad. Detta uppehåll har ju från då till nu dock fyllts med ett antal andra musikaliska aktiviteter och skivsläpp.
Grovjobb, en av de allra mest magiskt skimrande instrumentala grupperna från det svenska 90-talets underjordiska progressiva mylla, skapade sig snabbt ett rykte som ett vibrerande liveband, men släppte även tre kritikerrosade skivor (på Garageland Records) som nu alla är eftersökta samlarobjekt. Dessutom uppskattande recensioner i dåtidens ledande, psykedeliska publikationer såsom Ptolemaic Terrascope och Crohinga Well.
Hjärta och hjärna bakom Grovjobb är den förtrollande gitarristen Jerry Johansson, tillika sitar-mästare och kompositör. Således filtreras mycket av hans musik genom indiskt färgade glasögon, med lätta moln av svensk folkmusik svävandes fritt i mitten. Enhörningarna dansar, skuggorna tätnar och skogens träd åkallar. Illuminerade sånger, intrikata arrangemang och pulserande, ständigt skiftande klangfärger medför att denna legendariska återkomst inte på något sätt får missas! Jerry Johansson: gitarr och sitar. Jesper Jarold: bas. Simon Krarup Jensen: flöjt. Ola Wofhechel Jensen: trummor.
