ANEKDOTEN - From Within (1999) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

After a long silence, Anekdoten reemerges into the darkness with a record that is both more mature than their debut, Vemod, and yet somewhat less polished than 1995's Nucleus. From Within feels like it was produced on a tighter budget, and the production can have a rehearsal-room feel -- although to be sitting in Anekdoten's rehearsal room is no small privilege. The opening title track is a band tour de force of crunching bass, swooping Mellotron, and clattering snare drums; one of the real high points of the album comes with the slowly building instrumental "The Sun Absolute," built around a single pulsing bass guitar note, ghostly Mellotron flutes, and sonar ping keyboards. But this fine album still falls a little short of its predecessor, for although Anna Sofi Dahlberg is still listed in the credits, her cello work is strangely absent from the mix. Its departure only serves to emphasize its importance in the band's sound in previous albums. Paul Collins

Tracklist :
1    From Within    7:25
2    Kiss Of Life    4:39
3    Groundbound    5:24
4    Hole    11:08
5    Slow Fire    7:26
6    Firefly    4:49
7    The Sun Absolute    6:38
8    For Someone    3:30
Credits :
Bass, Voice – Jan Erik Liljeström
Guest, Electric Organ [Hammond Organ], Piano – Simon Nordberg
Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Voice – Nicklas Berg
Mellotron, Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Cello, Voice – Anna Sofi Dahlberg
Music By – Anekdoten
Percussion [Percussives], Vibraphone – Peter Nordins
Producer [Produced By] – Anekdoten, Simon Nordberg
Words By – Jan Erik Liljeström