('Tjärn' means 'Pond,'
much like Walden Pond or Crystal Lake)
much like Walden Pond or Crystal Lake)
CATALOGUE:
SVERIGES KOMMUNER & LANDSTING - OROSVISOR LP $33
Home-sewn micro edition of last years release, on the Kommun 2 label, of the second album of Sweden's most
mysterious folk rock collective Sveriges Kommuner & Landsting. An album where drawn out psych rock instrumentals
rub up against traditional folk tunes, this is a mesmerizing and hypnotic heavy folk rock album in the vein of
Furekåben and Handgjort. Numbered vinyl edition of 50, with home-sewn outer sleeves made of old seventies fabrics,
silk screen recycled cardboard sleeves, an insert, and hand stamped labels.
VINTER - VINTER II LP $22
Follow-up to their debut record. From the liner notes: "...these new songs weren't found in one place,
they didn't just flow from some horn of plenty, they were slowly plucked like flowers along the road-side, dried in the
sun and put next to each other in an album that grew in the months that followed that first session, while winter turned
into spring, and spring into summer. ... some turned out to be small gems of a song that belie their impromptu origins,
others wear their spontaneous creation proudly like a crown of fallen petals. Some are kalimba and banjo back of the woods
folk music, others two chord pop songs with pump organ or plucked cello. ... and Martina's sad, gentle, shimmering vocals
fill the room from end to end, every little nook and cranny, with a language of vaguely familiar words, whose sense is
obscured like something seen through an old broken and dusty window-pane. This new record is another spell-book of the
fanciful and brittle magic that Vinter cast upon the listener..." Edition of 266 copies, with silk screened covers
and two inserts.
MAAILMA - NOITALAULUJA LP SOLD OUT
Debut record for this free folk trio collaboration between Laura from Lau Nau and Kristian & Matti from
Vinter, featuring out-of-tune meandering, slow paced walking-tunes, and folk songs of a tradition invented on
the spot, with delicate female vocals over plucked, bent, bowed and hammered strings: from the fragile
lyricism of "Saa puu" or "Pimeyden viimeinen säde," over the insect battle grounds
and lonely wanderlust of "Pitkä matka," to the eerie, desolate wastelands of "Ishavets
sång," where lonely, ghost-like voices drift over the frozen bass strings of the dampened piano,
sounding "...as if already drifting under the ice," as someone said of the poet Heym. Vinyl edition of
133 copies, with paste-on art on recycled paper, hand-stamped labels and an insert.
KRÅKVIND - S/T CD-R $8
Shaky, homespun electric psychedelia, recorded on a cassette four-tracker using tools that were within reach;
guitar, bass, tambourine, cardboard box, harmonica, and organ. Distorted, garage-variety instrumentals that are
strangely epic and unassuming at the same time. Silk screened art on handmade paper with an insert.
CD-R edition of 60.
VINTER - S/T CD-R SOLD OUT
Evanescent psychedelia and haunting post-folk stylings on this beautiful debut record by acid folk band Vinter.
Sounds like small steps of a troll-like creature on the thin frozen crust on the snow, with heavy boots and a faulty
compass. "dream-like fairy-tale worlds, airy meadows, beautiful gardens and a winter-shrouded sadness ... low-key,
folk-like structures blend with strange sounds to form a patchwork of meditative images tainted by an elusive sense of
desolation. The fragmentary compositions are held together by an outstanding vocal performance that brings Carin Wagner,
as well as Christina Carter (Charalambides, Scorces, etc.), to mind ... In spite of the relatively dark atmosphere their
music is characterized by their impressive sense of space and detail." (Mats Gustafsson) Recorded on a dark winter
afternoon and packaged in a ribbed paper cover with hand-lettered design. CD-R edition of 200.
COMING:
ÅKRAR, FABRIKER & VERKSTÄDER - I MORGONDAGENS SAMHÄLLE
FALLOW FIELDS - S/T
MAAILMA - UNTITLED SECOND RECORD
FALLOW FIELDS - S/T
MAAILMA - UNTITLED SECOND RECORD
Tjärnen is a DIY micropress record label based in Dalarna, Sweden, releasing
small run editions on CD-R and vinyl, with hand-made covers and designs
small run editions on CD-R and vinyl, with hand-made covers and designs
If anything takes your fancy just send an e-mail to info@tjarnen.com
Tjärnen
Bäsinge 113
775 96 Krylbo
Sweden
Bäsinge 113
775 96 Krylbo
Sweden