Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök
Ragnarök – Ragnarök

Ragnarök – Ragnarök

Regular price £125.00 Sale

Label: Silence (3) – SRS 4633
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Sweden
Released: Feb 1976
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Prog Rock, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock

Self-titled debut LP from Swedish outfit Ragnarök - a serene and deeply atmospheric journey through the Northern European countryside caught in an unusual nexus between new-age tinted folk, mellow jazz-funk and melancholic prog.  The evocative cover is crucial, the anonymous cyclist heading into the twilight across rolling hills with the local bus incoming, smoke stacks billowing next to a small village on the reverse.  It paints the picture of journey beginning, whilst the atmosphere is one of subtle ups and downs - smooth, mellow, pensive and often nostalgic without overcommiting to any specific mood.  Musically the instrumental album drifts between harmonic guitars, laid-back drums, light electronic piano keys and ripples of flute that carry the momentum forward.. always forward.  Each note lingers with a sense of familiarity, summoning memories of childhood road-trips that are now just out of reach.. (VG++/VG++ - original ’76 edition on Silence, with insert).

Tracklist
A1 Farvel Københawn 2:30
A2 Promenader 4:40
A3 Nybakat Bröd 3:01
A4 Dagarnas Skum 8:07
B1 Polska Från Kalmar 0:46
B2 Fabriksfunky 4:49
B3 Tatanga Mani 4:34
B4 Fjottot 1:23
B5 Stiltje-Uppbrott 4:21
B6 Vattenpussar 4:08