Trilogi
Album | Fredrik
Moody electronic soundscapes meet strummy acoustic meditations.
After releasing the well-received Na Na Ni in 2006, the Swedish duo known as Fredrik spent the next year slowly dishing out a series of limited edition EPs that further expanded the mystical folktronica of their debut. Those three eps, Holm, Ava, and Ner, are now compiled under the moniker of Trilogi. These thirteen tracks are based on the themes of “frozen forest island,” “water through sound,” and “the inside underground,” and are every bit as esoteric and dreamy as those descriptions imply. All manner of instrumentation appears on the album, which switches gears easily from moody, electronic soundscapes to strummy acoustic meditations on nature. The whole affair might come off as background music for a new age gift shop were it not for the fact that the band hides sharp pop songs underneath all the futuristic folk trappings. Fredrik bear little resemblance to any of their fellow Swedish pop exporters (or anyone else, for that matter), but Trilogi is potent evidence that Sweden has all but cornered the market on forward-thinking, left-leaning pop music.
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