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Hilda Sandgren, grundare av MTA Production, har i samarbete med Sonika Studio och Bring It Home under 2020 startat en ny livestreaming-tjänst som skall hjälpa band och artister att nå ut i kölvattnen av Corona pandemins negativa spår. Vi passade på att fråga Hilda mer om initiativet och vad för planer som finns i nuläget samt i framtiden. Många band, artister och bokningsbolag måste i detta nu boka om sina turnéer på grund av Corona pandemin och de riktlinjer om max 500 besökare (Senare reviderat till max 50) i publiken i nuläget. Hur kom ni på idéen om att börja livestreama? Hilda: I kriser vill jag försöka se möjligheter. När Conny Blooms skivsigneringskonsert ställdes in så tänkte jag att vi kunde gör något i studion där han spelat in sin skiva istället. Jag gick igång på att kunna erbjuda något annat istället. Jag hörde talas om Daniel Josefsson som streamat ”strandsatta” amerikanska artister hemifrån och tänkte att det skulle kunna gå att göra snäppet bättre än det, om ...

From the city of Västerås in the middle parts of Sweden hails the band “Feed Me To The Waves” which plays intriguing instrumental rock. In late 2019 they released their latest album “Intill” and we sent over some questions to see what the band is up to in 2020. First of all, how are you doing during these current Corona times? Considering the circumstances, we're doing fine. It's obviously a tough and weird time for everyone, but as long as we're able to stay healthy we can't complain.   Could you tell us why you started the band and which goals you had when you first started out? In 2014 Tom and Robert, who played in another band at the time, was left musically stranded as their drummer moved out of town. To fill the void they set out to form a new band and after a couple of twists and turns "Feed Me To The Waves" was formed. Our goals back then pretty much consisted of getting together and play music we enjoyed. A lot of time was put i...

På ”RIA Hela Människan” i Motala så jobbar Daniel Persson som samordnare efter många år som pastor även i Östra Tyskland. Vi tänkte se vad som varit mest välsignat hittills under årens lopp samt vad Jesus har lagt för projekt i framtiden för broder Daniel Persson. Först av allt, mycket välsignat att du hunnit med så många projekt i Jesu namn under årens lopp. Hur började din resa med Jesus och vad minns du från de tidiga åren i vår frälsares tjänst?  Jag var mellan 10-11 år när jag tog emot Jesus som min frälsare. Jag är uppvuxen i ett kristet hem, men där, på ett sommarläger blev det så viktigt för mig att ta ett eget beslut att följa Jesus. Det kom från hjärtat. Senare på högstadiet och gymnasiet var jag ivrig att prata om min tro med andra. Ibland blev det rejäla diskussioner, andra gånger djupare samtal. Så även när jag senare jobbade i ett par varuhus, och jag vet åtminstone en kollega som senare kom till tro. Vad i de tidiga åren med Jesus har du haft mest ny...

Since the late 1970´s the musician and taper Scott Heller has been into the flow and service of music. If not playing music in various bands himself, then recording many various bands and concerts trough all these years from the audience. With experience from many decades and recording countless bands we sent over some questions to the taper-pro.                                                          R-09 - Digital Recorder. First of all we got to know a bit late that you also have been taping for so many decades, and if we´ve known earlier you would of course have been included in the new taping book “Tapers Of The World”. Let us know your humble beginnings as a musician and a taper and why you started to tape concerts? In the late 70s, when I moved to New Mexico, I became obsessed with music. IT was all I lived for. We had a great...

Review - “Amon Düül And The Birth Of Krautrock 1968-1972" Author: Tobias Petterson Released: 2013 Buy:   motljud.com Writing a book about a band that has meant a lot to the krautrock-movement and inspired countless instrumental rock and post-rock bands and even the likes of U2, is not an easy operation. This book deals with both the birth of this mythological german band and the political and social context in which they grew up within and how all of these parameters affected the band which is known as “Amon Düül”. The Swedish writer and musician Tobias Petterson points out in the foreword that quote: “ This is an unofficial biography. It has not been authorized by any of the members of Amon Düül II, although during the writing of this book some of them have been interviewed at length, providing invaluable information. There are a lot of rumours surrounding Amon Düül II, and many things have been written and said about them. Many of these rumours are almost i...

Hidria from Finland has been around since 1999 and as of 2019 will celebrate 20 years as a band. They have also allowed tapers to tape their concerts and have as well released two live records up to this day, “Live  Eleven a.m.” and “Live at Heart”. Somewhere in between spacerock and folkrock this band can provide great jams as long as 15 minutes.                                                 Courtesy: Hidria. You are a band from the northern parts of our world. Many people associate Finland with various kind of metal and heavy rock, how come  you dug into the groove of space and folkrock? There are many different styles of bands coming from Finland, metal just happens to be most known. For example we have a vibrant electronic music scene and lots of artists that just do their own thing and don’t care about genres. Hidria is one of these band...

It´s hard to come across a band with such diverse and professional musicianship as the Swedish Gypsy-Folk-Rock band “Crash Nomada”. Fast, upbeat, slow, moody and with the roots of punk the band has reached their first album which is purely being sung in their native Swedish language. We sent over some questions to the band to see what influenced the band this time around. Singer and guitarist Ragnar Bey answered the questions for us.                                                        Courtesy: Crash Nomada First of all we were a bit late this time around compiling an interview for your latest release. The album has been out now for a while. Which reactions have you got this time around so far? Ragnar: The album has received good reviews and people have been very positive which is great. Although we had hoped at least some peop...