Anekdoten are:
Jan Erik Liljeström - Bass, Voice
Nicklas Berg - Guitar, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, Voice
Peter Nordins - Percussives, Vibraphone
Ann Sofi Dahlberg - Mellotron, Piano, Rhodes, Cello, Voice

Guest musician:
Simon Nordberg - Hammond Organ and Piano

Track listing:
1. From Within (7:25)
2. Kiss of Life (4:40)
3. Groundbound (5:24)
4. Hole (11:08)
5. Slow Fire (7:26)
6. Firefly (4:49)
7. The Sun Absolute (6:39)
8. For Someone (3:30)

One of my favourite bands, Anekdoten, is here with their third studio album.

Besides some tracks that sound typical Anekdoten, there are also some tracks that show a small change of direction in their music.

The change is towards a softer, more unique and own sound. Anekdoten's music is comparable to King Crimson and Höyry-Kone with lots of Mellotron and other interesting instruments such as Cello, Rhodes, Vibraphone and Wurlitzer.

Their music has a big contrast between melancholic, slow and quiet to bombastic and chaotic but yet complex.

My favourite tracks are "Kiss of Life" with powerful Mellotron and the 11-minute "Hole". Although I haven't got used to Anekdoten's slightly new approach, this album isn't bad at all, but it doesn't reach the same heights as their previous albums "Vemod" (1993) and "Nucleus" (1995).

Anekdoten is still high above the average bands today, and this album is highly recommended.

-Reviewed by Greger Rönnqvist

Anekdoten Discography:
Vemod (1993) Rating: * * * * *
Nucleus (1995) Rating: * * * * ½
Live-EP (1997) Rating: * * * ½
Official Bootleg - Live in Japan (1998) Rating: * * * * ½
From Within (1999) Rating: * * * *

Anekdoten contact information: Anekdoten P.O. Box 808 S-101 36 Stockholm SWEDEN Anekdoten Website: http://home.swipnet.se/anekdoten/anekdoten/
Anekdoten E-mail: anekdoten@anekdoten.se

The CD is (or will soon be) available from (among others):
SWEDEN: House of Kicks, Mellotronen, Record Heaven, Megarock, Boxman
NORWAY: High Vibration, Panorama
FRANCE, PORTUGAL: Musea
ENGLAND: GFT Ltd, CD Services
JAPAN: Disk Union
KOREA: Si-Wan Records
USA: Wayside Music, Laser's Edge, The Wild Places, Syn-phonic
CANADA: Ipso Facto
BRAZIL: Rock Symphony More distributors to be added!

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