Arbete Och Fritid - 2 Studio Albums (1972-1973) [Reissue 2003-2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 812 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 280 MB | Covers - 45 MB
Genre: Progressive Folk Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Music Network Records
A Swedish rock kaleidoscope Arbete Och Fritid, founded in 1969 by the key player/cellist/composer Ove Karlsson, had established themselves by means of versatile rock inquiry, based upon purified Swedish folk music. The members, frequently changed except Ove depending upon music styles, had had the point in common that they had been remarkably influenced by experimental jazz/underground rock, and also avantgarde/minimalism like John Cage, Terry Riley, or La Monte Young.
Mainly in 1970s around Sweden or Northern Europe, they had given thousands of gigs, that liberated lots of people from "typical rock" with eclectic music essence merged with folk, jazz, rock, avantgarde, dadaism, meditation…