Krister Linder

Krister Linder: "In 2009 I sold my Stockholm apartment to be able to cross the Atlantic and subject myself to a whole new existence - in a land and city where I had no past merits or advantage whatsoever. Inspired, clueless and armed only with the foolish trust of a poet I rented an apartment overlooking Lower East Side Manhattan / New York. I was consumed and driven by an absurd dream: To let go of everything, begin from nothing, fully give in to the mystery and sometime return home with an album. And today I'm excited and grateful to be able to share "Across The Never with all of You". Now, my music may not be for everyone, but this is something I have come to fully accept and embrace over the years. And so my wish is not to convince or convert anyone into a fan or buyer…

This new release marks 30 years since the formation of one of the most enigmatic & aurally captivating bands to grace the dark rock/prog genre, Mnemosynean contains an extensive collection of all of Katatonia’s rarities and B-sides, including tracks from the band’s numerous EPs, limited special edition bonuses, cover songs, as well as a series of collaborative remixes.

Stockholm based ambient downtempo producer Thomas Huttenlocher aka I Awake follows up his digital EP release Birth with a full length album The Core. Built as a journey of audio neural beauty through organic microcosms, electronic vortexes, deep, tribal beats and vast soundscapes, the album takes us on a pilgrimage of sounds, with scents of parallel lives, glimpses of the future and overlapping, coexisting dimensions. A superfine blend of psychedelic spurs, groovy bass lines and catchy melodies composed with the collaboration of Krister Linder, Fredrik Lundberg, Tara Devi and Planet Boelex.

The new deluxe hardback edition of the album, to be released on 20th January 2017 , will include 3 bonus discs featuring b-sides and bonus songs, a new 5.1 remix of the album by Bruce Soord (Wisdom of Crowds) and a live album of Katatonia playing ‘The Great Cold Distance’ in its entirety with the renowned Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria, performed in September 2016. The design of this essential 10th anniversary edition has once again been taken care of by long time collaborator Travis Smith (Seempieces | Illustration & Design by Travis Smith).