Artist description Proggressive Alchemical Electronica. Ethereal, moody, dark and psychedelic music from Scandinavia.

Music Style alchemical proggressive electronica

Similar Artists Portishead, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance,

Artist History After some years in the legendary historical ensemble Ars Ultima, with cutting edge music- dance- and percussion performances the band Au has finally emerged. Playing their own weirdly beautiful music.

Group Members Anna Sandberg, Tängman, Tomas Ekenman

Instruments song, sampler, electric hurdy gurdy, recorders, raushpfeife, bass, electronics, percussion

Albums Alchimia 2002

Press Reviews "Viking ravers with a fetish for Arabic music lay down trance-inducing hurdy-gurdy drones over a steady electronic pulse. The perfect come-down from a long night of pillaging." Doug Russel, Listen.com (US) "With their first album AU have produced the definite soundtrack for something like 'The Lord of the Rings on Acid'. Albums of this quality, ingenuity and originality are rare." Martijn v Gessel, Funprox "Shawm, recorder, hurdy gurdy and Persian hand drum are just a few of the magnificent instruments that help to construct Ars Ultima's unique world of music. It's engaging and exuberant, flourishing with musical thought and innovation. Having built such a sound from simple traditional instrumentation is an amazing and inspirational task." Riffage.com, may, -00 (US) "There should be no doubt that the members know what they are doing after the live gig in the radio.( Mix i P2) Now Ars Ultima is ready to conquer the world" Reidar Sjödén, Lira (SE) "The Swedish multi group ranges from the medieval marketplace with musical juggling- to the sounds and rhythms of the future. Timeless, global, fascinating and scary." KIK, Copenhagen (DK)

Location Stockholm, Johanneshov - Sweden

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