#hans edler

[casalatte]

Hans Edler på en soffa med gitarr i famnen 1966.

Fotograf: Lennart Edling.

[sunkitklubb]

It is the year after the epic Hans Edler album ”Elektron Kukéso” and famous Swedish actor Stig Järrel reads ghost stories on Hans Edler’s label, Marilla. Hans Edler performs *elektronmusik* and the album is co-produced by Börje Forsberg, who had his own Tyfon label - later to become the black metal label Black Mark. It’s the year 1972.

[sunkitklubb]

Hans Edler ran the record label Marilla during the years 1968-80. Here’s the office at Parmmätargatan 9, Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The company issued a stream of innovative and fantasy ridden records that no-one but Hans Edler could have thought of. Thanks a million for the Marilla era!

[sunkitklubb]

Torkel Selin (born 1950) made his album debut with Hans Edler as co-producer. Fairly nice Christian music with famous names such as Wlodek Gulgowski and Hasse Rosén in the studio. On the Mariana label, 1984.

[sunkitklubb]

The genius that is Hans Edler launched a brand new format in records in 1980 - the paperback LP. Mainly a 10” in thin pressing. This - ”the hottest thing in recording industry” - was supposed to come every month, containing the latest hits sung by - Hans Edler. To our knowledge, this was the only issue of ”LP-pocket”. But Hans Edler dared to try! ❤️

[johnkatsmc5]

Hans Edler "Elektron Kukéso" 1971 Sweden Psych Rock,Electronic Experimental

full vk

https://vk.com/wall312142499_9065

full spotify + bonus

https://open.spotify.com/album/53e8arDmqThHXfVekvIgPL

After having served in the rich Swedish beat 1960's scene as a member of The Ghostriders and We 4, a.o., at the end of the decade Hans Edler became one of the pioneers of psychedelic electronic sounds experimentation in Europe. His "Elektron Kukéso" LP is a landmark in the genre. Released in 1971, it featured his explorations in electronic avant-garde music from the period 1969-1971. It was recorded at the Electronic Music Studio foundation, one of the world's most advanced studios in the era, and one of the few prepared for the creation of electronic music. Influenced by the works of Karl-Heinz Stockhausen and using techniques similar to those of Pierre Henry or Raymond Scott, Edler brought a psychedelic edge into electronic music just like Silver Apples had done in the USA. The album has also a strong rock attitude plus a certain pop sensitivity in some passages, not far from that of David Axelrod's, which confers it a distance from what used to be the more serious appeal of what most electronic pioneers had been doing, giving the album an accessivity that is closer to the electronic hits of artists such as Gershon Kingsley, Jean-Jacques Perrey or Dick Hyman. However, be it because of the songs being sung in Swedish or the outsider reputation Edler seems to have in the Swedish musical scene, this great LP remained an obscurity - hardly spoken of outside a small circle of connoisseurs and collectors. "It really doesn't get much better than this. In these days of harsh turmoil to uncover a rock & roll sweetheart like Hans Edler it really proves the gods to be smiling. Bonafide electronic experimentation with a heart full of pop is a love potion most desirable. Listen to the religious Brian Wilson-meets-Jandek orayer hymns of young Edler and travel to a time when long haired girls and dope-laced boys were truly getting it "on". The hybrid fascination of electronic space composition and soul sweet pop-love in such a fresh state has me floating to my tombstone cloud." Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth). "Hans Edler's Elektron Kukéso reflects a man who, musically speaking, is in a world of his own. Edler's music seem to be totally uninfluenced by the music of his day. On the contrary, Edler seemed to be making up his own musical rules, and if the rest of the world didn't follow, that was probably fine with him. As for his tunes...(they)... resemble folk music, but in a strange, contorted way. I have never heard an album that is so devoid of musical influence of others, and to me, that's what makes it remarkable." Dana Countryman (Cool and Strange Music Magazine)....~

Hans Edler is a multi-talented Swedish singer, guitarist, and composer who is best known in his homeland as a pop singer, while internationally he's primarily known for his pioneering computer music album Elektron Kukéso (1971). Born on March 23, 1945, in the Björkhagen district of Stockholm, Sweden, he began his musical career in the late '60s as the singer of the Ghostriders, a pop band influenced by the Shadows. In 1969, however, his career took an odd twist when he began a three-year musical project at EMS (i.e., Elektroakustisk Musik i Sverige), a state-of-the-art studio in Stockholm with a room-size computer. Between 1969 and 1971, Edler painstakingly composed computerized pop music and released an album's worth of it, Elektron Kukéso (1971), on his own label, Marilla. Though far ahead of its time, the album proved unsuccessful from a commercial standpoint. Its rarity, not to mention its oddity, later made Elektron Kukéso a collector's item. The album was eventually reissued in 2004 on Boy Wonder Records with bonus material and deluxe packaging. After the release of Elektron Kukéso in 1971, Edler continued to release music on Marilla, beginning with another collectable album, Spökhistorier (1972), on which actor Stig Järrel reads a few horror stories (e.g., "Det Skvallrande Hjärtat," a Swedish adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart) over creepy electronic music composed by Edler. Other notable releases by Edler on Marilla during the 1970s include Space Vision (1979), a space disco album; Disco-Time (1979), a collection of disco covers; and Jukebox Graffiti, a multi-volume series of hit parade cover albums. In later years, Edler carved out a niche for himself as a 1960s revivalist. One of his most successful latter-day album releases was the Top Ten hit Remember the Sixties (2009), featuring him with a string orchestra. ~ Jason Birchmeier....~ Pioneering Swedish psychedelic electronica from 1971 finally re-released on CD. One thing is certain - in spring 1971 Swedish pop-veteran Hans Edler released Sweden's first electronic pop album. It might even be the world's first computer-programmed pop-LP with a commercial release. At least, that was the way the album Elektron Kukéso was presented back in spring 1971. It was released in a small edition on Edler's own independent label Marilla. The music was recorded during many long late night sessions at the Electronic Music Studio (EMS) in the Swedish capital Stockholm. At the time, EMS was one of the world's most advanced studios for serious electronic composition. The facilities were even praised by no less a person than Pierre Schaeffer - the father of the concrete music. The fact that the studio also produced an experimental pop-album is still a secret to most. "I must say I had forgot about it myself. When I first was asked about a re-release, I thought it was some kind of a joke", says Edler, who has now turned 57. In 1970, EMS could present a freshly installed computer which had cost 7 million Swedish crowns. Unlike the moogs, the computer had no keyboard, but had to be operated by a control console which occupied a room by itself and was arranged as a rectangle with a total length of 10 yards (circa 9 meters). It should be noted that computers at this time were unusual and very expensive, making them accessibleonly to a small number of people. It was only after having taken lessons in mathematics and programming that Edler was allowed to work on the gigantic machine, which in spite of its steep price wasn't very reliable. "This was a long time before the user-friendly interface, so everything had to be done from scratch - in millisecond steps - from frequency to duration of a tone. It was a very time-consuming process, especially since I discovered that the computer sometimes couldn't handle the amounts of data that were put into it. More than once, information was wiped out", says Hans Edler. One-of-a-kind Against all odds, Edler managed to finish the recordings. The result was a one-of-a-kind-album too original to be copied. Elektron Kukéso is hi-tech and low-fi at the same time. Try to imagine Stockhausen on acid going berserk on Carnaby Street. Old school electronic breakbeats team up with the sound of vintage tone and noise generators - all filtered through a psychedelic kaleidoscope by a frustrated mind on high speed. Edler also added Swedish lyrics on top of his 100 percent electronic compositions. Even though Swedish media showed a lot of interest in the record at the time, the Swedish record-buyers proved unprepared for Edler's experimental computer-pop. Not even the ultra-kitschy sleeve - showing Edler leaning against what seems to be a left-over control console from some old episode of Star Trek - helped. Also, the distribution didn't work too well, according to Edler. The record didn't sell and simply disappeared. A promotion tour to England was cancelled and the planned translation of the lyrics into English never went further than to an initial phase. Over the years, the few surviving copies have become treasured collector items in the psychedelic/electronic collector circles. Unreleased tracks 33 years after its original release, this pioneering album now makes its comeback to the record bins. The recently started Swedish record label Boywonder Records in Gothenburg has searched through old archives and dusty tapes, interviewed people involved and come up with a deluxe-edition of Elektron Kukéso with lots of bonus-material. The whole story of the recording is presented (in English) in a 24-page colour-booklet that comes with the CD, along with lots of rare and private pictures. Also enclosed is a reprint of the original promotion-poster from 1971. "I am very proud that we have been able to track down some previously unknown and unreleased tracks from the sessions, which we have included on the CD. This record certainly has a historical value, but also a unique sound. It definitely deserves a greater audience", says Tommy Apelqvist of Sweden's Boywonder Records. We promise - you have never heard anything like this! .....~

The Swedish Hans Edler is one of the pioneers of experimentation with psychedelic electronic music in Europe. His LP "Elektron Kukéso" is a milestone in the genre. Published in 1971, it offers its explorations in avant-garde electronic music in the period 1969-1971, and was recorded at the Electronic Music Studio Foundation, one of the most advanced in the world in its time and the best prepared for this type of music. . Influenced by the works of Karl-Heinz Stockhausen and using techniques similar to those of Pierre Henry and Raymond Scott, Edler brought psychedelic influences to electronic music, as Silver Apples had done in the USA. The album also has an attitude of rock, in addition to a certain pop sensibility in some passages, not far from that of David Axelrod, that confers a certain distance from the seriousness of most electronic pioneers. . However, perhaps because of the songs that are sung in Swedish, or Edler's marginal reputation in the Swedish music scene, this great LP remained in the dark outside of a small circle of connoisseurs and collectors. In this luxurious reissue are added no less than 7 extra tracks that did not appear in the original (1969-1970). Remastered, includes insert with photos and texts. In this luxurious reissue are added no less than 7 extra tracks that did not appear in the original (1969-1970). Remastered, includes insert with photos and texts. In this luxurious reissue are added no less than 7 extra tracks that did not appear in the original (1969-1970). Remastered, includes insert with photos and texts. ...~ Tracklist A1 Jag Söker Efter Kärlek 2:31 A2 Långt Bort 5:10 A3 Vi Hör Ett Skrik 2:50 A4 Leka Med Ord 3:03 B1 Romantiken 2:32 B2 Fattig Man Söker Efter Mat 1:48 B3 Säg Vad Är Det? 2:39 B4 Oändlig 3:04

[chevreuilrecords]

[hontokana]

Visit Original Link

Hans Edler - Långt Bort (1971, Sweden)