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Cat-No:BARN071
Release-Date:19.03.2021
Configuration:LP Excl
Barcode:4251804112307
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A1. A Glow - A2. Beneath The Remains - A3. Passing The Torch - A4. Will They Ever Know - A5. No - A6. Reef
Song - B1. Golden Otter - B2. O G arret - B3. Thing Within - B4. Desert Rose - B5. Proto Flash - B6. Paradise City

Having shone his light over the damp canals of Gothenburg for at least a decade, Paradise
City Jams is the first album proper from Johannes Brander and his Skogar project, as
well as his first release on Stockholm’s Studio Barnhus label. This highly anticipated
record is the crown jewel of all those strangely glimmering shards scattered via the barely
existent Native Parts imprint over the last 10 years, as well as numerous live
performances around town. Though rooted in the mid-00's neo cassette underground, this
debut album bares little resemblance to the hypnagogic era, the mostly guitar-driven
tracks evoking a longing for something that has never actually existed, in contrast to yer
standard nostalgic exercises. A Malmsteeninan approach to the riff is soaked in a peculiar
strain of melancholia, accompanied by mesmerizing synths and bad-ass percussion. As a
visual artist, Brander works with returning images of feverish jungle scenes, often
incorporating Vodou mysticism and tribal settings. These images are always present in the
mysterious musical world of Skogar, painting pictures of a parallel universe far away from
those Gothenburg canals. Well worth the wait! Recorded in Gothenburg, Brännö and Hawaii
between 2017 and 2020, mastered for vinyl by Viktor Ottosson. More