Prins Thomas, Norwegian producer and DJ, has been on these pages twice since last Friday, remixing A Man Called Adam and Doves. In 2017 he released an album titled Häxan which comprised a series of recordings he'd made while completely reconstructing an album made by Swedish psych-rock band Dungen. They had recorded the songs originally to accompany a 1926 film called The Adventures Of Prince Achmed. Thomas took the analogue tapes an d rebuilt them from the bottom up, sometimes keeping little of the original track, largely removing the heavier guitar parts, adding his own instruments and loops, building something new out of something else (in his own words the album was 'Recorded, Remixed, Rearranged, Chopped, Screwed, Glued And Partially Reproduced With Love By Prins Thomas'). Over the ten songs on Häxan (Swedish for witch apparently) Prins Thomas conjures up extended proggy cosmic instrumentals, space rock heading outwards. Try this one.
Achmed Flyger (Version 1)
I've got Dungen's original 'Häxan', but somehow knew nothing about the remix album. Talk about right up my street - this tune is fantastic. In fact while it's been playing, I nipped over to eMusic to make a purchase. Good work SA.
ReplyDeleteThe German for witch is Hexe too. I'd have thought that both were derived from the Greek goddess Hecate, but apparently not. No doubt all share some deep indo-European root.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, dreamy, hypnotic...
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