The Studio - Yearbook 1
(Information, 2007)
Never put stock in MySpace genre tags, but the page for Sweden's Studio says "Experimental/Afro-beat/Pop" and that's a decent start. It's vague enough for almost anything to happen, but with one specific reference point that pushes expectations in an interesting direction. The band consists of just two people, Dan Lissvik and Rasmus Hägg, though they do a nice job of sounding much bigger. Their music has been trickling out slowly since 2001-- a 7" here, an EP there-- but somehow none of it made its way to CD until last month. This record on the band's own label collects versions of work issued last year on two vinyl-only releases, the LP West Coast and the 12-inch "No Comply".
