Label: Usagi

今や名門となったスウェーデンを代表する実験レーベルiDEAL RecordingsのオーナーJoachim Nordwall。氏がまだ若かりし頃の1989~1993年に掛けて制作したA.B.O.名義での最初期録音がDan Johanssonの新興レーベルUsagiより初リリース！！Throbbing GristleやSPKからの影響を落とし込んだ、まさにガツガツとした初期衝動の塊と言えるサイケデリックな電子音楽 /ノイズ集。この荒々しい無骨な仕上げ方は非常に魅力的。



An exellent glimpse into one of the more poorly lit corners
of Swedish experimental sound. This CD collects some of the
earliest solo recordings of Joachim Nordwall, under the moniker
A.B.O. Our ears catch whiffs of Francois Douris and the likes,
but any definite reference eludes us.

”Growing up in the remote south East of Sweden was great for
anyone into having a bad start in life. In my early teens I was
exposed through my friend Zwarre to suitable music like Throbbing
Gristle, Brainbombs and SPK. Perfect for my melted mind. We started
a label and recorded psychedelic electronic music as Alvars Orkester.
Alvars was strange enough but I needed something more extreme. I had
been recording stuff in my room since 1987 but most of it was intensely
bad (of course). Then in 1989, something happened and I started to
hit the right (wrong) note. I was deeply consuming experimental
music on cassette and my favs were artists like Paul Kelday, Nails
ov Christ, Teen Lesbians and Animals and labels like Sound of Pig,
Schimpfluch, RRR and Cold Meat Industry ruled my world. A.B.O. was
ment to be private music, stuff I actually did not intend anyone to
hear. The few cassettes I did for Börft Records were all ultra
limited and the few labels who asked for material,
I never even replied.”