Instrumental songs (part I and II), by Blood Music

Instrumental songs (part I and II)

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1.	Because I love you (instr) 03:27	buy track
2.	Bells (instr) 04:00	buy track
3.	Reluctant dreamers (instr) 05:08	buy track
4.	Little one (instr) 02:09	buy track
5.	The long goodbye (instr) 07:47	buy track
6.	Today and tomorrow -dancing, dancing, dancing (instr) 03:41	buy track
7.	Hold on (instr) 05:50	buy track
8.	The dead are dancing, when the living sleep (instr) 03:18	buy track
9.	The light of the future, dark of the past (instr) 04:48	buy track
10.	From little things, big things grow (instr) 04:07	buy track
11.	Don Quite 03:34	buy track
12.	Runs in the family (instr) 03:22	buy track
13.	The horoscope song (instr) 02:50	buy track
14.	The fire and the flame (instr) 03:49	buy track
15.	Sorry eye, sorry, I.. 02:37	buy track
16.	I am your taxi (instr) 03:20	buy track
17.	Play this at my funeral (instr) 03:08	buy track
18.	Django's dilemma 03:25	buy track
19.	I may be evil, but you are the devil (instr) 02:44	buy track
20.	The swimming (instr) 04:31	buy track

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"There are passages of music that if you close your eyes will take you on a trip and the cinematic trip of "Reluctant Dreamers" (instrumental version) by Blood Music certainly does this and does it 10 fold. The emotional sweep expresses in surprising tonal shifts has you sailing on a ship one second and dancing in a stranger's wedding the next, and running through hidden parts of a city in a foreign land next.This sweeping sensation and the ability to transcend through joy to brooding sadness is a testament to the power of instrumental music done well." AMERICAN PANCAKE
www.americanpancake.com/2023/09/blood-music-and-stunning-emotional.html
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Instrumental, unreleased versions of songs from all the Blood Music full-length albums.

Karl Jonas Winqvist - founder of the DIY record label Sing a song fighter,- and musician/producer (Blood Music, first floor power, the second hand orchestra, wau wau collectif, Emma & KJ etc) says:

"I have lived with these songs as instrumentals way longer than the released album versions with vocals on. Because this is how the songs were recorded at first. Then I listened to them in headphones while out endlessly walking, before recording the vocals.
And while I might have written some decent lyrics to some of them and some invited guests added stellar vocals on a few of them...If I have to go back and listen to these songs, sometimes I prefer the instrumental versions."

"It's not like I have drowned in letters and e-mails from people yearning for a 2-lp album like this, but I I remember getting an e-mail from someone in France, perhaps 6-7 years ago. The person asked if I could send him an instrumental version of "Play this at my funeral".as he wanted to sing it on a special party (not funeral).
I meant to send him a mix, but something came in the way and I lost the e-mail somehow. Now, if he would need it, 6-7 years too late, for a new party, it is finally here!"

"Plus during an exhaustion/depression phase (when all I wanted to do was to hide away and sleeo) the idea of removing myself (at least my vocals) from these songs felt totally right. If someone else wants to sing on them, now they can! I So, finally, the instrumental versions are being released on their own, free at last and not just staying on my laptop".
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The cover photo is probably the earliest photo of me playing music. I guess I was 11, 12 years old and living in the deep woods of Småland, Sweden in a very small village. There was this old home organ at the community centre and during long, long sittings there (distant relativies celebrating getting older) I often took my escape to the organ. I loved exploring the different sounds and while not being a young kid anymore, when it comes to music I'm not growing up...

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BLOOD MUSIC is Karl Jonas Winqvist's experimental solo pop project since 15 years back. Five critically praised albums with Winqvist's incredible knack for arranging and writing unique songs with heart and personality have been released so far..

Blood Music have also released split singles in the US with artist Jens Lekman, opened up for Belle and Sebastian and invited First Aid Kit to sing backing vocals on a full album.
Karl Jonas has also ,for almost 10 years, been running one of the most exciting and eclectic, busy labels in the neighbourhood (Sing a song fighter), he is also a loved producer (Wau Wau Collectif, James Yorkston, Nina Persson and the second hand orchestra, Vasas flora och fauna,Vumbi Dekula, Iiris Viljanen, Lamine Cissokho etc).

And with this new instrumental 2-lp album from Blood Music, the heartfelt arrangements and inventive playing once again reminds us of how exciting pop music can be...

credits

released October 27, 2023

Mastered by Lars Fredrik Swahn in 2023.
Produced by Karl Jonas Winqvist.
Cover artwork: Sofia Smulan Sjögren
Tracks were recorded and mixed by Lars Fredrik Swahn at his Solna studio, Alexander Pierre at his Örnsberg studio, Joachim Ekermann at Eastman Studio, Make Wave and Fashionpolice studio. Tom Hakava at Up and Running studio, Henry Moore Selder at HMS studio. Henrik Sunbring mixed "the long goodbye" at his Helter Skelter studio. For more info: Go check out the liner notes on the original Blood Music albums.

The sublime players heard on these tracks: Per Lager, Emma Nordenstam, Cecilia Klingspor, Marcus Palm, Henry Moore Selder, Lars Fredrik Swahn, Karl Jonas Winqvist, Josefin Runsteen, Joachim Ekermann, Mathias Danielsson, Fredrik Björling, Alexander Pierre, Viktor Brobacke, Sara Wilson, Ylva Ceder, Tomas Hallonsten, Niklas Korsell, Lisa Långbacka, Johan Arrias, Patric Thorman, Martin Linder, Jörgen Lindström..For more detailed info: check out the liner notes on the original Blood Music albums.

"Part I" (side a and b on this 2-lp vinyl release) is instrumental versions of songs from the albums "(sometimes we need) A new beginning" and "The light of the future (dark of the past)".
"Part II" (side c and d) is instrumental versions from the albums "Sing a song fighter", "Don Quite" and "The fire and the flame".

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