Oldish Psych and Prog

genre: fusion

country: sweden

quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, booklet scans)

time: 1:12'52"  size: 497 mb

 

Scented Garden of Mind:

This large ensemble might be seen as a Swedish equivalent of the German group Embryo, as both were pioneers in the fusion of jazz-rock and ethnic music from all over the world. The music of Archimedes Badkar was lively and playful, often inspired by African music from both North and South of the Sahara desert. All four albums are in a similar vein, but most people regard their double second album as their best effort. Half of it was pre-planned, the rest based on improvisations done in the studio at night! Most tracks are very long and indicative of hippies on an Eastern trip. Bado Kidogo (1979) was a collaboration with the group Afro 70 from Tanzania. Bengt Berger and Kjell Westling had previously played with Arbete Och Fritid.

 

01. Badidoom 8:36
02. Wildlife 2:07
03. Akombah 3:05
04. Bhajan 3:29
05. Slum 3:56
06. Thumb Piano Music 4:13
07. Suite: Pharoah/El Legend/Marrakech 6:54
08. Desert Band 3:14
09. Tzivaeri 2:53
10. Nomads 4:21
11. Yugoslavian Dance (Bonus Track) 2:15
12. Jorden ('The Earth') (Bonus Track) 6:08
13. Charmante Yerevan (Bonus Track) 3:28
14. After The Rain/Waterfalls (Bonus Track) 10:25
15. Darkpen (Bonus Track) 7:47

. Tommy Adolfsson - trumpet, drums
. Jörgen Adolfsson - violin, sax, recorder, mandolin, acoustic guitar
. Christer Bjernelind - bass, percussion, mandolin, guitar, piano
. Per Tjernberg - keyboards, clarinet, percussion
. Pysen Eriksson - vibraphone, percussion
. Peter Ragnarsson - tablas
. Christer Bothén - sax