The first release on the Swedish label Association For Free Improvised Music (FRIM) is the trio of Gustaf Hielm (Mats/Morgan Band) on bass, Elin Forkelid (Anna Högberg Attack!) on saxophones and Erik Carlsson (Swedish Azz, Skogen) on drums, a free-blowing session of heavy collective playing in the European Free Jazz tradition for two extended "Question" & "Answer" sessions.
Label: FRIM Records Catalog ID: FRIM1LP Squidco Product Code: 31753
Format: LP Condition: New Released: 2021 Country: Sweden Packaging: LP Recorded at Fylkingen, in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 12th, 2021, by John Chantler.
"The first release on a new imprint from the venerable Swedish organisation FRIM (Association For Free Improvised Music, extant since 1976) is a gnarly performance taped at Fylkingen right before the pandemic in March of 2020. It's a free-blowing session marked by visceral friction and tension, a la Mats Gustafsson working with Zu.
Saxophonist Elin Forkelid has emerged as a genuine force in Swedish free music, especially through her work in Anna Högberg Attack!, and here she's met head-on by electric bassist Gustaf Hielm, a veteran figure in prog-rock and metal (Mats/Morgan Band, Meshuggah) who toggles between guitar-like leads and detuned rumbles. The secret weapon ends up being drummer Erik Carlsson - known for his new music work with Magnus Granberg as well as post-bop playing in Festen - who deftly bridges those extremes, stoking fury here, cooling things down there."-Peter Margasak, The Quetus