Fleshquartet () is a

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band. Despite the band's name, Fläskkvartetten is in reality a quintet consisting of an electrical

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

plus a percussionist. The band often collaborates with vocalists who comprise a veritable Who's Who of Swedish alternative music. The musical style ranges from classical string music to experimental rock. Three of the members, Örjan Högberg, Jonas Lindgren and Mattias Helldén, met at Royal College of Music in Stockholm in the 1970s. They were joined by Sebastian Öberg and Johan Söderberg before the band released their first album. Fläskkvartetten won a

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award for the best instrumental album for Goodbye Sweden in 1990 and another Grammis for best album with their 1993 album "Flow". They received the Spelmannen award from

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in 2002. The name is inspired by classical ensemble Freskkvartetten, but was modified to "Fläskkvartetten" after

Joakim Thåström Sven Joakim Eriksson Thåström (born 20 March 1957), better known as Thåström, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet. He has moved between a number of genres, from punk to rock, industrial and a ...

shouted "Fläska på" (Get moving/Hurry up) to the members whilst recording a new song. Fläskkvartetten has provided incidental music for the Swedish television series ''

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''.

Members

* Mattias Helldén,

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

Örjan Högberg Örjan (OErjan) is an old Swedish male name originating from the Low German name ''Jurian'' or ''Jurien'' which is a variant of George. The Name Day in Sweden is July 9. The Norwegian version of the name is Ørjan. The name has been present in ...

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

* Sebastian Öberg,

* Jonas Lindgren,

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

Christian Olsson Christian Olsson (born 25 January 1980) is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, one gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championship ...

, drums, programming and samples

Former members

Freddie Wadling Berndt Arvid Freddie Wadling (2 August 1951 – 2 June 2016) was a Swedish singer born in Gothenburg, whose over-thirty-year musical career extended from punk to classical ballads. Band member Wadling played bass in a number of bands during ...

Vocals. Member or "frequent guest"? *

Jean-Louis Huhta Jean-Louis Patrik Huhta (born 30 April 1965) is a Swedish musician. He has played in various bands going back through the mid 1980s, ranging from Punk rock, punk and art music to grindcore and funk. Career Huhta began his musical career in the ...

Morgan Ågren Morgan Ågren (born 1967) is a Swedish drummer who plays with the progressive rock band Kaipa (band), Kaipa. Biography A native of Umeå, Västerbotten County, Västerbotten, Ågren began playing drums at a young age, eventually joining forces ...

Discography

*Meat Beat (1987) *What's Your Pleasure? (1988) *Goodbye Sweden (1990) *Fläskkvartetten (1992) *Flow (1993) *Pärlor från svin (1995) *Fire Fire (1996) *Jag gör vad som helst för lite solsken (1998) *Love Go (2000) *Pärlor från svin 2 (2002) *Vita Droppar (2003) *Voices of Eden (2007)

References

External links

Official web site
Musical groups from Stockholm {{Sweden-band-stub