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| Pastemagazine |
| This Swedish quartet’s fourth album contains 10 concise but full-bodied pieces, half of them instrumental, the rest sung in Swedish by pianist/producer/bandleader Gustav Ejstes. What’s most surprising about this set is its stylistic range, encompassing the lunar soundscapes of Sigur Rós (“Sätt Att Se”), the groove-based jazz of Weather Report (“Maleras Finest”), mutated bossa nova (“Det Tar Tid”) and Eno-esque ambience (“Bandhagen”), all intercut with shredding rave-ups featuring guitarist Reine Fiske (“Fredag”), who ensures that 4 won’t be consigned to background-music status....full text |
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| Allmusic |
| While Tio Bitar saw Gustav Ejstes relinquishing some of Dungen's instrumental duties to other musicians, specifically guitarist Reine Fiske, 4 is the closest he's come to employing a full-time band. The Swedish frontman confines himself to the piano and microphone this time around, only taking occasional stabs at flute and violin, while bassist Mattias Gustavsson and drummer Johan Holmegard join Fiske in creating Dungen's sonic stew. As before, the band brews up a nice mix of psychedelic rock, free jazz, and other vintage genres associated with mind expansion and counterculture ideals. The folk influence that peppered earlier releases isn't as prominent here, however, having been replaced by a newfound emphasis on piano....full text |
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| Pitchforkmedia |
| When I first heard Swedish psych outfit Dungen via the 2004 international breakthrough album Ta Det Lugnt, Gustav Ejstes' lyrics could've been as dopey as Neil Diamond's "Porcupine Pie" for all I knew. Turns out they weren't, really, but for someone who doesn't comprehend Swedish that's simply a safety net. The important thing was Ejstes' voice-- a rich, multitracked sharp/sweet melodic hum which could be non-contradictorily described as a "beautiful whine." Nobody else in rock sounds like him, and since he's clearly aware of the multilingual nature of his audience-- especially as a musician with an international rolodex of influences and interests himself-- he puts a strong focus on the purely musical aspect of his voice. Understand Swedish, and you get the full meaning; if you don't, you still get caught up in the striking way he draws out all those unfamiliar syllables....full text |
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