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The new album Uncut & Lo-Fi is a live album consisting of seven tracks from different live performances. The album title sums up the album.
Magnus Ramel: Keyboards
Johan Klaeson: Guitar
Jesper Bergman: Bass
Alvaro Fernández Gaviria: Harmonica 2,4,5,7
Peter Åkerberg: Guitar
Åke Eriksson: Drums 1,2,6, percussion 4,5
Anders Bergman: Drums 3,4,5, percussion 1,2,6,7
Janne Kullhammar: Drums 7
Jonas Redmo: Harmonica 1,3,6
Reform was formed in 1998 as a Jam Band playing tunes from Miles Davis' 1969-1975 period and original music. Reform has throughout the years served as a musicians collective and has gone through many shapes.
Reform appreciates Soft Machine, Nucleus, Grateful Dead (in fact, all the other Bay Area bands from that period), Phish, Wasa Express, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Kullrusk, Mahavishnu Orchestra and, especially, Miles Davis’ music from 1969 - 1975. In concert they play some Miles numbers, for example Great Expectations, It’s About That Time, Billy Preston, What If/Sivad, Moja1…
Reform has released four more albums:
2001: Easy
2003: Concierto en Altxerri
2004: Reduced & Maximized
2009: Reformed
During a week in November 2008 Reform was reformed by Jesper Bergman, joined by two of the original members, Johan Glasson and Anders Bergman. New songs were written by Jesper Bergman and Álvaro Fernandez Gavíria during that same week. Everything was recorded live in the studio without re-takes. The album took two days to complete, mixing included.
| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 15 Nov 2009 06:53 PM | ||
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"uncut & lo-fi" is the 5th and latest release from the Swedish group of 9 musicians known as Reform. They have been described as "Swedish psychedelic jazz-rock for the open minded." But what this album really sounds like is excited instrumental psychedelic garage-rock that takes cues from jazz in its improvisation and sense of order. The opener, "Lion Bar," is a wild track with boisterous and echo-laced drums, plus a plethora of instruments and sounds that makes for an energetic clamor skillfully placed somewhere between music and noise. In "Uncle Urri 2" they slow things down with a more reserved blues beat overlaid with soulful, yet highly spacey, harmonica and guitar playing. For "Spooky" they give us a song that sounds like a blend of jazz and jam-band styled rock, recorded loudly in their unique "lo-fi" manner. If you are a fan of experimental instrumental music, or intrigued by garage-rock that dares to employ the methods of jazz jams, then Reform’s CD, "uncut & lo-fi," is an album you would certainly be interested in hearing.
-Sean B. and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team |
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| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 10 Nov 2009 04:53 PM | ||
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 RadioIndy is pleased to present Reform with a GrIndie Award for the CD "Reformed "
Equal parts jazz and instrumental psychedelic / progressive rock, Reform’s debut CD, “Reformed,” charts a middle ground that ably fuses classic styles and influences - with an unusual twist. With a stellar 6-piece ensemble behind him, harmonica player Àlvaro Fernandez Gavíria’s full, lower-octave playing serves as a primary lead instrument for much of the album. With studied restraint, Gaviria’s tone – which recalls that of accomplished blues harp-stylist, Corky Siegel, approaches his instrument like a fusion-oriented Miles Davis, drawing out found harmonics within the framework of the band’s rich and melodic songscapes. Guitarists Johan Glasson and Peter Åkerberg create the underpinning for Reform’s – at times, Steely Dan-like jazz-rock sound, while drummers Anders Bergman and Åke Eriksson provide the forward thrust, effectively filling passages with deft and meticulous hits and textures. Not to go unmentioned, bassist Jesper Bergman and keyboard player, Magnus Ramel’s contributions are no less vital - and noteworthy, to Reform’s decidedly adventurous leanings. Regardless of whether it’s fusion jazz or spacey art rock, Reform’s CD is a terrific set of original music by unique players with unbounded skills. -Rice B. and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team |
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| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 15 Sep 2009 06:00 PM | ||
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 13 Sep 2009 02:41 PM | ||
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 07 Jul 2009 02:04 PM | ||
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RadioIndy created a CD Announcement Press Release for Reform As part of our ongoing promotion with RadioIndy, we have published a press release of our truncated CD review.
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| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 24 Jun 2009 06:27 PM | ||
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Equal parts jazz and instrumental psychedelic / progressive rock, Reform’s debut CD, “Reformed,” charts a middle ground that ably fuses classic styles and influences - with an unusual twist. With a stellar 6-piece ensemble behind him, harmonica player Àlvaro Fernandez Gavíria’s full, lower-octave playing serves as a primary lead instrument for much of the album. With studied restraint, Gaviria’s tone – which recalls that of accomplished blues harp-stylist, Corky Siegel, approaches his instrument like a fusion-oriented Miles Davis, drawing out found harmonics within the framework of the band’s rich and melodic songscapes. Guitarists Johan Glasson and Peter Åkerberg create the underpinning for Reform’s – at times, Steely Dan-like jazz-rock sound, while drummers Anders Bergman and Åke Eriksson provide the forward thrust, effectively filling passages with deft and meticulous hits and textures. Not to go unmentioned, bassist Jesper Bergman and keyboard player, Magnus Ramel’s contributions are no less vital - and noteworthy, to Reform’s decidedly adventurous leanings. Regardless of whether it’s fusion jazz or spacey art rock, Reform’s CD is a terrific set of original music by unique players with unbounded skills.
-Rice B. and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team |
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 06 Jun 2009 02:43 PM | ||
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REFORM: Reformed Progressive, electric jazz blended with some psychedelic touches with a Swedish “roots” feel. Recommended if you like Phish, Miles Davis, Soft Machine. CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99 |
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