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Björn Johansson - Discus Ursi (1998)
This is multi-musician Björn Johansson´s first solo-cd that sounds much like his previous record "Bilbo" with Pär Lindh, but with more guitarwork. The CD is partly recorded in Crimsonic Studio and Pär Lindh plays keyboards and drums on almost every songs.
Björn Johansson:All guitars, bass, flutes and a myriad of other instruments.
Monika Fors: Vocals
Johan Forsman: Vocals
Pär Lindh: Churchorgan, Grand Piano, Harpsichord, Hammond organ C3 & L-100, Mellotron Mark V
analog & digital synths as well as drums & percussion.
Reviews:
| This album was written and produced by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Björn Johansson and the list of instruments that he plays is very impressive. This is gloriously over the top symphonic rock and when you add the talents of mercurial Pär Lindh on piano, church organ, Hammond and Mellotron then you have the makings of something special. Comparisons with other works are impossible to make, as this is a truly unique piece of work. Both modern and yet classical. Wonderous Stories |
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| A Progrock masterpiece!! Very much in the vein of Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn era of Mike Oldfield but with added bassoon. Excellent !! Hyperlink |
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| Four of the albums six tracks are instrumental. The music has influences from progressive rock from the 60's to the 90's, baroque and classical music, and it's a mix between Bach, Mussorgsky, Mike Oldfield, Sinkadus, Änglagård and of course Pär Lindh Project. Both Björn Johansson and Pär Lindh are excellent musicians, and to my joy, as always when Pär Lindh is involved there's a great amount of Church Organ, Hammond Organ and Mellotron. Mellotron The best tracks are ¨King of Gold¨, ¨The Last Minstrel of Marble¨ and ¨Discus Ursi´s Rapsody¨. This is a true masterpiece in Progressive rock and I can only recommend it to you. One of the top releases in 1998. Stormbringer 1998 |
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| Long awaited debut solo album from Gothenburg based multi instrumentalist Björn Johansson who earlier has released the Bilbo album together with Pär Lindh. Pär also contributes here with organs, grand piano and drums. The album consists of six tracks, four of them are instrumentals and on the other two the vocal performance are split between Johan Forsman (male) and Monika Fors (female). The instruments that Björn plays are too many to mention, but he plays the bass, keyboards, bassoon and of course a lot of string instruments. His influences are many and one can sense traces from 70´s, 80´s and 90´s progressive rock and loads of Mike Oldfield and off course the Scandinavian folk/prog heritage can be heard. Extremely well played, together with well written and well arranged songs that really grabs your attention and makes you listen intensively for over one hour. The absolute highlights are King of Gold and The Last Minstrel of Marble, the last mentioned is based around a theme Björn wrote when he was in progressive rock act Minstrels of Marble. I'm impressed. Rivendell 1998 |
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| It is an excellent masterpiece of sympho-rock that you should check out! Great composotions and musicianship !!! José Poggio |
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| This is the debut solo album from the multi-instrumentalist Björn Johansson who is known for his work with Pär Lindh. If you have heard Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson's CD "Bilbo" from 1996, you've got a picture of how this CD sounds like. Pär Lindh is participating on this CD too, as he's playing the main part of the keyboards and the drums. Four of the albums six tracks are instrumental. The music has influences from progressive rock from the 60's to the 90's, baroque and classical music, and it's a mix between Bach, Mussorgsky, Mike Oldfield, Sinkadus, Änglagård and of course Pär Lindh Project. Both Björn Johansson and Pär Lindh are excellent musicians, and to my joy, as always when Pär Lindh is involved there's a great amount of Church Organ, Hammond Organ and Mellotron. Greger Rönnqvist |
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