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Dungen

Dungen

  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: 2000s
  • Major Members: Gustav Ejstes

Biography

Scandinavian "folkrockpsych" collective Dungen is the brainchild of Gustav Ejstes. Raised in the small village of Lanna in Vastergotland, Sweden, Ejstes was weaned on regional folk music and '60s rock at a young age by his violinist/music teacher father. He discovered the world of hip-hop while in his teens. An obsession with the science of sampling followed, and through his own experiments with the genre he was exposed to a wealth of '60s and '70s Swedish underground music. The organic nature of the recordings stirred something in Ejstes. He wanted to prove that he was capable of playing all of the instruments he had been sampling himself, so he packed up and moved to his mother's farm in the woods of nearby Smaland to hone his craft in a studio in his grandmother's basement. The ambitious Dungen was released on friend Stefan Kéry's Subliminal Sounds label in 2001. The record received enough attention from the underground community to attract the Dolores/Virgin label, and soon Dungen were back in the studio for a series of three singles, one of which appeared on the soundtrack for The Jungle Book 2. Dungen's breakthrough international album, Ta Det Lugnt, was released by Subliminal Sounds in 2004 and re-released (with a bonus disc) by American label Kemado in July 2005. The follow-up, Tio Bitar, arrived in 2007. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Representative Albums:

Ta Det Lugnt, Tio Bitar, Stadsvandringar

Similar Artists:

Low Frequency in Stereo, Animal Collective, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Apples in Stereo

Influences:

Pink Floyd, The Creation, Caravan, The Who, The Move, Love
 
 
Wikipedia: Dungen
Dungen
Dungen playing at the Malmöfestivalen, Sweden, August 2006.
Dungen playing at the Malmöfestivalen, Sweden, August 2006.
Background information
Origin Sweden
Genre(s) Neo-psychedelia
Indie rock
Years active 1999 - present
Label(s) Subliminal Sounds (SE)
Kemado Records (US)
Astralwerks (US)
Memphis Industries (UK)
Dew Process (AUS)
Website http://www.dungen-music.com/
Members
Gustav Ejstes
Reine Fiske
Fredrik Björling
Mattias Gustavsson

Dungen (pronounced "doo-ngen") (Swedish: "the grove", /ˈdɵŋən/ in IPA) is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish (and other) folk music, classic rock, progressive rock and indie rock.

The band is fronted by singer/composer Gustav Ejstes, who writes all music and plays the majority of instruments on the band's records. Despite this, Dungen plays live as a four-piece. Gustav, who in his teens started his songwriting with hip hop, is backed live by Swedish progressive rock veteran Reine Fiske (Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, The Guild) on guitar, bassist Mattias Gustavsson (Life On Earth!), and drummer Fredrik Björling (The Guild)-- all of whom have played parts on Dungen's studio albums.

Following two vinyl album releases on Swedish record label Subliminal Sounds, Dungen briefly signed to Dolores Recordings (a subset of Virgin Records) in 2002, on which they released the CD Stadsvandringar and three singles, including one for Djungelboken 2 (the Swedish version of The Jungle Book 2). Gustav soon returned to his friend's independent record label Subliminal Sounds, stating that a major label did not feel right because Dungen is not a pop act.

Although Dungen's songs are sung entirely in Swedish, 2004's Ta Det Lugnt received great acclaim within indie rock circles and established the band's international reputation. This resulted in the band headlining two US tours and landing distribution deals in the US and UK. Dungen also got to perform their song "Panda" on the popular NBC television talk show Late Night With Conan O'Brien. In 2006, Dungen played at the famous Bonnaroo music festival and has also toured with Wolfmother and the Tucker B's around Australia.

Dungen released their fourth studio album, Tio Bitar on April 25, 2007 but have not yet confirmed whether or not they will tour in support of it during the Spring.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • Tyst Minut (Silent Minute) (2005, Subliminal Sounds) (12" vinyl, also included with 2005 re-release of Ta Det Lugnt)

Singles

Compilations

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