Label: Discreet Music

凄いコンセプトと仕上がりのサウンドコラージュ作!!スウェーデンの重要地下プロジェクトForlag For Fri Musikに参加、活動初期はクールなノイズプロジェクトとして動いていたMatthias AnderssonのプロジェクトArv & Miljo。オリジナルは2021年にDiscreet Musicのサブレーベル的存在の(?)Forfallから限定70部のCD-Rで出版、現在は入手困難及びArv & Miljoのハイライトの1つとして高評価を受けていた[Jorden Forst]がLP再発。90年代初頭にスウェーデンで起こった環境保護運動をコンセプトとした音源で、当時のモノローグやインタビュー 、抗議の歌、生々しい現場録音を過激にコラージュ、自身がここ数年探求している淡い持続音と融合させた独特過ぎるイメージのミックス・アンビエント。マスタリングはLasse Marhaugが担当。



An emotionally charged and bizarrely evocative look at radical environmental advocacy groups, mainly Earth First! and Earth Liberation Front, channeled through the memories of the Swedish Plogbill-movement and their actions throughout the early 90's. Monologue, snippets of interview segments, protest songs and site recordings are mixed up with the rather raw kosmische synth music Arv & Miljö has explored during the last couple of years. The result is a mesmerizing and multi-faceted audio collage; charmingly disorienting and chaotic but also harmonic and oddly soothing. Ultimately, Jorden Först is not so much about a certain cause or organization as it is about dedication, passion and the spirit of change. Originally released as a very limited CDr on Förfall in 2021, Jorden Först was quickly hailed as one of the absolute highlights in the vast Arv & Miljö discography among the ones that heard it. The recording was extended and slightly reworked and remixed for vinyl in July 2022.

Edition of 500 copies, printed on brown kraftboard covers with double-sided insert. Mastered by Lasse Marhaug