Name: Dungen Live
Brand: Dungen

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MXSU312821.1

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-03-13

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Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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184923128215

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Dungen

Genre US

New Psyche & Psyche Rock

Label US

Mexican Summer

Dungen is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as prog or psychedelic rock, the band is fronted by singer/composer Gustav Ejstes, who writes all music and plays some of the instruments on the band's records. Despite this, Dungen plays live as a four-piece. Ejstes, who in his teens started his songwriting with hip hop, is backed live by Swedish progressive rock veteran Reine Fiske on guitar, bassist Mattias Gustavsson, and drummer Johan Holmegard (the previous drummer was Fredrik Björling).

With their unique blend of genres and captivating performances, Dungen has gained recognition both in Sweden and internationally. Their music showcases Ejstes' diverse influences and musical talent while incorporating elements of prog and psychedelic rock.

If you enjoy artists such as Sagor & Swing, Bo Hansson, or Goat, then you will definitely appreciate Dungen's distinctive sound. Other similar artists include Orions Belte, Björn Olsson, Wooden Shjips, Morgan Delt, Psychic Ills, Woods,and Moon Duo among others.

Those who’ve been fortunate enough to catch Dungen in a live setting, are aware of the transformative experience in store, how they stitch together a fine and fiery tapestry of song. Dungen’s new album Live is the golden, glimmering thread holding it all together. Live is Dungen in their own land, saving up stunning solos and fiery interplay for their home team, elements of their farthest-out and most inspired moments assembled into one piece of continuous music by producer Matthias Glava. Dungen worked with Glava on their second album Stadsvandringar, aka 2, when the band was just gaining traction in Sweden and a bit beyond. Glava returned to help Dungen capture the beautiful, crisp stillness of their 2015 return Allas Sak, and stayed on through the creation of Haxän, their interpretive soundtrack to the silent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed. It’s right around Glava’s return that the source material for Live was recorded, in late November 2015, at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg and Victoriateatern in Malmö. Joined by Swedish sax deity Jonas Kullhammar (who brought his skills to Allas Sak), these were undoubtedly some massive experiences. Live drops us into moments where Dungen’s right at the edge of the cliff, right at the point where they’re getting out of the time machine to bust into John Anthony’s studio right when Affinity is cutting their album for Vertigo, right at the point where you discover the break on a record that snaps into place over some hip hop track you’ve been listening to for years, and you play it over and over

Dungen Live

Music US

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