#Ray Ragnhild Adams

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Ray Ragnhild Adams - Allande - Frederiksberg Records reissue of 1997 tape-only release from Sweden, an adventurous one-woman bedroom pop album that would have been at home on Crammed Discs

Ray Ragnhild Adams wrote and recorded Allande, her only solo album, in 1997. It was conceived while she was living and working in Torna Hällestad, a small town in southern Sweden. It was later recorded in a small studio in Malmö and privately released in a tiny run of cassette tapes. On the eleven tracks that make up Allande, Ray combines strong vocals, polyrhythmics, sensitive chord progressions and non-Western scales and rhythms to deliver a personal and relevant musical experience. Among the instruments featured are a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, a homemade polymer transverse flute and a full- size Paraguayan harp. As she recalls, her earliest musical influences include African rhythm and song and early R&B, music that her mother enjoyed, and Ray absorbed it all. She was drawn to music and found solace in it. It became a platform for her own expression, as she would improvise on piano and rhythm instruments at an early age. Text & musik Ray Ragnhild Adams med röst / synt / harpa / flöjt och rytm

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My WVUD playlist and stream, 9/30/2024

Louis Sclavis & Benjamin Moussay - L’heure de loup Kolida Babo - Hymn Nino Gvilia - Anders Naima Bock - Gentle Lady Blackbird - When the Game Is Played On You Susanna - Where Has the Love Gone Ray Ragnhild Adams - Allande Godtet - Moon Black Decelerant - nine Chrystabell & David Lynch - The Sky Falls Irene Bianco - Tuesdays are our Saturdays Phi-Psonics - We Walk in the Gardens of Our Ancestors Tomin - Desert Fairy Princess (for Sharps, Sebastian and P.A.P.A.) David Grubb - Ejection Protection Bremer/McCoy - Dream Secret Circuit - Every Day There's Something New To Say Peel Dream Magazine - Dawn Misha Panfilov Septet - Together Søren Skov Orbit - Orbiting Von Spar ⁄ Eiko Ishibashi ⁄ Joe Talia ⁄ Tatsuhisa Yamamoto - VI Allez Kiki Fermentation - Saint-Émilion Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - The High Priestess André Popp - Sweet Mary Norchestra & Gnu Quartet - VII - Seagull Victory and Celebration

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