Marcus Fjellström
Gebrauchsmusik
Lampse 2006

01. Reanimation Music
02. War Music, 1st Perspective
03. Fairytale Music, 1st Perspective
04. Dance Music, 1st Perspective
05. Death Music, 1st Perspective
06. Dance Music, 2nd Perspective
07. War Music, 2nd Perspective
08. Festivity Music
09. Art Music
10. Fairytale Music, 2nd Perspective
11. Consolation Music
12. War Music, 3rd Perspective
13. Death Music, 2nd Perspective

Gebrauchsmusik is German for 'utility music', and Swedish composer and producer Marcus Fjellström's second excursion into post-classical experimentation is exactly that: thirteen tracks with each one written to suit a certain theme. War, art, festivity, sadness, death and resurrection are all interpreted by Fjellström in his unique style, taking a classical framework and distorting, confusing and manipulating it to suit his needs.

Surely that sounds like lots of fun and games: playing with music styles, facing the old with new technology, to give it a certain 'practical' meaning. Makes you think though about music in general: how much of it do we "play", or actually play with a reason in mind (aside from help with vacuuming and doing the dishes). The issue might not be in music itself, but mainly in the audience; depending, I guess, on how much potential each sees. You could just listen to a record and be like "Yeah, that's very odd and stuff", or you can try to find it a reason, a story. Gebrauchsmusik will go many places, but most definitely not all.

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