Anekdoten is a

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band, composed of

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vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

Nicklas Barker, cellist/

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical ins ...

Anna Sofi Dahlberg,

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

Jan Erik Liljeström and

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz, or R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeeping and embellishing the musical timbre. The drummer' ...

Peter Nordins. They are notable for the use of the

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and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s

music, especially that of

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. Since 2015 former

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guitarist

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has been touring with the band.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Vemod'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' From Within'' (1999) * ''Gravity'' (2003) * '' A Time of Day'' (2007) * '' Until All the Ghosts Are Gone'' (2015)

Compilations

* '' Chapters'' (2009)

Live albums

* '' Live EP'' (1997) * '' Official Bootleg: Live in Japan'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2005)

Morte Macabre

In 1998, Nicklas Barker and Peter Nordins of Anekdoten, along with Stefan Dimle (

Landberk Landberk was a Swedish prog/art rock band, characterized by the dark, sombre tone of their music. They were notable for their utilisation of the mellotron, which was as important as the guitar in their melodies. They also recorded a cover versio ...

Paatos Paatos is a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1999 by Reine Fiske and Stefan Dimle (both previous members of Landberk), Petronella Nettermalm, Ricard Nettermalm and Johan Wallen. Paatos is usually classified as progressive rock, albeit in ...

) and Reine Fiske (

, Morte Macabre,

, The Guild) released the album ''

Symphonic Holocaust ''Symphonic Holocaust'' is the only studio album by Swedish four-piece progressive rock band Morte Macabre. It was released in October 1998 via Mellotronen. Recording sessions took place at Studio Largen in Sweden. Production was handled by the q ...

''. The album mostly consists of covered themes from horror movies, such as ''

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'' and '' Rosemary's Baby''. The music is instrumental and characterised by improvisation and heavy use of

and synthesizers.

My Brother the Wind

Nicklas Barker has since 2010 been involved in a side project called

My Brother The Wind My Brother The Wind is an improvisation collective consisting of Anekdoten Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band, composed of guitarist/vocalist Nicklas Barker, cellist/keyboardist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist/vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström ...

. A debut CD of improvised

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entitled ''Twilight In The Crystal Cabinet'' was released in May 2010.

References

External links

* Allmusic.com: Biographybr>Official homepageMyspace2010 interview with Nicklas Barker on Prog Sphere
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anekdoten Swedish progressive rock groups Swedish psychedelic rock music groups Musical groups established in 1991 1991 establishments in Sweden