Fleshquartet (Swedish: Fläskkvartetten) is a Swedish band. Despite the band's name, Fläskkvartetten is in reality a quintet consisting of an electrical string quartet plus a percussionist. The band often collaborates with vocalists who comprise a veritable Who's Who of Swedish alternative music. The musical style ranges from classical string music to experimental rock.
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Three of the members, Örjan Högberg, Jonas Lindgren and Mattias Helldén, met at Royal College of Music in Stockholm in the 1970s.[1] They were joined by Sebastian Öberg and Johan Söderberg before the band released their first album.[1]
Fläskkvartetten won a Grammis award for the best instrumental album for Goodbye Sweden in 1990 and another Grammis for best album with their 1993 album "Flow".[2] They received the Spelmannen award from Expressen in 2002.[3]
The name is inspired by classical ensemble Freskkvartetten, but was modified to "Fläskkvartetten" after Joakim Thåström shouted "Fläska på" (Get moving/Hurry up) to the members whilst recording a new song.
Fläskkvartetten has provided incidental music for the Swedish television series Wallander.
Members
Former members
- Freddie Wadling Vocals. Member or "frequent guest"?
- Jean-Louis Huhta
- Morgan Ågren
Discography
- Meat Beat (1987)
- What's Your Pleasure? (1988)
- Goodbye Sweden (1990)
- Fläskkvartetten (1992)
- Flow (1993)
- Pärlor från svin (1995)
- Fire Fire (1996)
- Jag gör vad som helst för lite solsken (1998)
- Love Go (2000)
- Pärlor från svin 2 (2002)
- Vita Droppar (2003)
- Voices of Eden (2007)
References
External links
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