DESCRIPTION:
Rare 1984 - Electronic, Jazz, Rock Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Art Rock, New Wave
Remastered reissue of the debut album 'Mind Games' by Swedish jazz drummer Sjunne Ferger, which in 1984 settled its own hinterland of Scandinavia's electronic-progressive music scene by combining jazz fusion roots and unintentionally Balearic borrowings in a new wave context into a unique-sounding work flow, which meanders in a varied and creative way between meditation and ecstasy. Ferger's personal vision of 'Polymood Music'.
Painstakingly transferred and fully remastered from the original tapes, with new liner notes and photography. Mindgames follows Strangelove’s previous issue of Sjunne’s early singles and soundtrack work on Childrens Mind.
Occupying its own hinterland within Scandinavia's early 80s electronic/progressive movements, Mindgames navigates a lifetime of musical and personal exploration by Sjunne Fer-ger. Child jazz drummer prodigy, arts venue operator, music teacher and Aikido practitioner, a bewildering array of personal and creative influences are distilled into the Örebro native’s only long player.
Written around a new wave context, his own jazz fusion roots and at times with an unintentionally balearic outcome, Sjunne goes some way to conjuring up a singular sounding album of the time.
Narratives of love and loss, calls to self-empowerment and mindfulness, the new age zeal throughout follows Sjunne’s own awakening. Its music caught in meditative reflection one moment before propelling into ecstatic revelation the next, with Sjunne’s collective ‘Exit’ providing electric backing throughout. Propelled by the Drummer’s beat, its hard not to be caught up with Sjunne’s personal vision of a ‘Polymood Music’