Occupying its own hinterland within Scandinavia's early 80s electronic/ progressive movements, ‘Mindgames’ navigates a lifetime of musical and personal exploration by Sjunne Ferger.
Child jazz drummer prodigy, arts venue operator, music teacher and Aikido practitioner, a bewildering array of personal & 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 mo-ment 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’
Painstakingly transferred and fully remastered from the original tapes, with new liner notes and photography in the vinyl edition. Mindgames follows Strangelove’s previous issue of Sjunne’s early singles and soundtrack work on “Childrens Mind” (SL106)
Tracklist:
A1. Reality [03:52]
A2. Controller [03:28]
A3. This World [03:18]
A4. Empty Words [04:02]
A5. Candlelight [03:05]
B1. Chinese Dolls [04:12]
B2. Light Of Love [03:08]
B3. Fading Away [02:48]
B4. Reaching Out [04:12]
B5. Open It Up [03:28]
B6. Destiny [02:20]
Format: 12-inch Vinyl LP
Label: Strangelove Music
Catalog: SL112
Released: March 2022
Genre: Fusion / Jazz-Rock / Art Rock / New Wave
