new / release / performance / press (soon) / email September 15, 2008 No real change in sight as far as keeping this page updated, I guess. The blog is still a good resource: Also, you might want to check out the myspace page. Get the V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble album from iDEAL recordings, it is really beautiful. Here's a few upcoming live dates: Oct 4 2008 8:00P An old grey stone Chicago, Illinois Oct 11 2008 V. Sjöberg New Jazz Quartet @ Geigerfestivalen Göteborg, Västra Götalands län Oct 16 2008 V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble @ Nefertiti Göteborg, Västra Götalands län Oct 26 2008 V. Sjöberg Modern Jazz Lovers @ LAVA Kulturhuset w/ Auton Stockholm My new album, "Breakfast in America" nearing completion and I am very excited about that. More information about this soon. Nov 28 Hello. I seem to be having some problems keeping this space updated. I will try to step my game up, but until then I suggest that you visit this page, where I am mostly writing about my work these days anyway: To get you started, here's a few recent & relevant posts: A few words - (text on alternative culture, dirt and expression) Sonores review, Friendly Noise night and more Structures Sonores + Kalligrammofon Recordings = Fritt Fram! Sonores UK tour photos Sonores play Stockholm Great Sonores (and Tsukimono!) review in the most recent issue of Sonic Magazine Oct 24 Shows: Nov 4 2006 - V. Sjöberg plays Testbild! [Friendly Noise Night w/ Most Valuable Players & Differnet] - Kulturhuset Underjorden - Göteborg Sonores: Nov 3, Göteborg... Nov 9 2006 - qubar - Margate, UK Nov 10 2006 - lido - Margate, UK Oct 12 Oh, yeah: I released a record in Kning Disk's Gallery Edition series. This is what it looks like: --- Artist: V. Sjöberg Titel (SKIVA): Sometimes in life the set writes the scene Titel (SPÅR): "When the set writes the scene" Övrig information: Alla ljud fångades in av Viktor Sjöberg. Komposition mars 2006. Framförande 19 juni 2006. Omslagsillustration av Åsa Samuelsson. www.jupe.se Asia Born och E. E. Cummings till en rundgångsloop. structures sonores 2006 / www.structuressonores.com --- The first edition is sold out, I guess. Email Kning Disk to order a copy of the second edition. More shows: Lördag 30/9 På Galleri Oro, Göteborg: 3/4 HadBeenEliminated (It, Häpna) Andrea Belfi (It, Häpna) Viktor Sjöberg (Gbg) Galleri Oro ligger på Karl Johansgatan 146 hpl Vagnhallen Majorna, spårvagn 3 & 9 http://koloni.ollehuge.com/ http://www.orosmoment.com/ Sonores: Okt 20, Göteborg... Nov 9 2006 - qubar - Margate, UK Nov 10 2006 - lido - Margate, UK --- A brief update on a few things: 1. I will perform with Alina ( http://www.structuressonores.com/alina/ ) this Saturday (September 2nd) in Malmö. The show takes place at Full Pull 06 ( http://www.fullpull06.org/ ). There is a lot of other nice stuff going on as well, such as Alejandra & Aeron displaying some of their work. It will be exciting. 2. I will be doing a live set and all night DJ:ing at Club iDEAL on the 23 of September ( http://www.idealrecordings.com/ ). Matmos and Zeena Parkins will also be perfoming. Quite special. 3. structures sonores #1: The Sonores "Elefanten" album is available for purchase. You will find more information on the album and how to order it at http://www.structuressonores.com/label/ . 4. The V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble album is 98% completed. It will be entitled "Do nothing 'til you hear from me" and will be released by iDEAL Recordings. The Ensemble features players from acts such as Auton, Tsukimono, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Helge Ljudfors, Alina, Sheriff, Nova Express and Sonores, just to name a few. 5. Elefantkvinnan Editions, the label that I run with my friend Gustav Rosengren ( http://www.kalligrammofon.com/ ) has a new release out by Conduo Orchestra. The web page has been updated and is found here: http://elefantkvinnan.kalligrammofon.com/. 6. Other upcoming events include an exciting Friendly Noise night in Gothenburg at the beginning of November ( http://www.friendlynoise.se/ ) and a two sided (Kalligrammofon/Structures Sonores) record release party in Gothenburg some time in October. This is me and my New Jazz Quartet, a division of my New Jazz Ensemble. We played at the Forma Nova Festival in Denmark this past weekend. Left to right: Douglas, Kristofer, Johan and me. I am so proud. So proud. Upcoming releases: Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Odhner / Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words split on Kalligrammofon OUT NOW, details here. V. Sjöberg Kning Disk release Viktor Sjöberg release @ Vågor & Strömmar http://www.kalligrammofon.com Released May 15 2006! Artist: Viktor Sjöberg Title: On a winter´s day Media: Cd album Catalogue number: Kalligrammofon ..1 more info:www.structuressonores.com Viktor Sjöberg has been working in various fields of music over the past years. He started to compose music around 1995 and, using his own words, these compositions "was built around a naïve idea of what hip hop could be. More often than not, it failed, with the end result not even remotely resembling hip hop. This was the starting point. As time went by, actual hip hop was produced and therefore producing "real hip hop" soon became boring and predictable. New ideas came into play and I began developing my sample based music, his firm belief being that "hip hop is the ultimate free form music". Today the musical expressions of Viktor Sjöberg are diverse but consistent. His soundscapes are unambiguously urban. His use of rough, often unprocessed field recordings as well as his sampling of phonograph records, creates a musical output which is as aware as it is attentive. On a winter´s day is with no doubt about motion. It is in many ways an album that captures the relations and dynamics between the sometimes dramatic development of everyday life and the constant changes in nature. I find that its fragile yet shimmering atmosphere describes an ambivalence, moving between feelings of reverence and an anxiety that is caused by a lack of control. Viktor himself describes the album like this: "On a winter's day" is based around a musical theme which was constructed by stealing the opening chords of a very famous pop song. These few chords provided a sketchy foundation which was approached and abandoned in several ways. "On a winter's day" revolves around the sound of the acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar is the number one instrument used when musicians try to create the illusion of intimacy and authenticity, and the decision to reflect a very personal experience through acoustic guitar is a playful way of criticizing as well as acknowledging that myth. "On a winter's day" tells a story of love. The setting is Gothenburg, Sweden. /Gustav Rosengren curator, Kalligrammofon recordings Order this album by e-mailing gustav@kalligrammofon.com (please write for wholesale prices etc) or just simply place an order using paypal. Billing address: gustav@kalligrammofon.com If you live in europe the album is available for 14€ and for foreign customers outside EU 15€. These prices include postage. download eleven old recordings. words on music. pop group sonores. very pretty elefantkvinnan. "YOUTHFUL FOLLIES" - compilation. A "NEW" SONG, sketch. PHOTOS: BELGIUM CAPTURED. NEW: VERY HOT ROCK OUTFIT ALINA. "On a winter's day" reviews here! It's good. MARCH 12, 2006: V. SJÖBERG NEW JAZZ ENSEMBLE LIVE IN GOTHENBURG @ iDEAL-FESTIVAL 2006: reflections here & here. Sonores, the pop trio, has just released an mp3-ep on itsatrap.com. The three songs + cover art is to be found here. I am featured on two new compilations out now/very soon. The track "No Beginning" (originally off the STREAM-album) is featured on the CD "Stilllysm" released by Belgian label STILLL. You can buy the CD here. The excellent Swedish label Friendly Noise are releasing the compilation "Are You Scared To Get Happy?" within a week or so. Featured on the CD is a remix that I did of "Stockholm doesn't belong to me" by Most Valuable Players and the STREAM song "Sometimes". Buy the CD from Friendly Noise or Dotshop. OLD NEWS: july 6, 2005: elefantkvinnan. a label for a movement (like they used to say.) finally out there. http://elefantkvinnan.kalligrammofon.com june 22, 2005: on the 28th of june, hagateatern gothenburg, koloni does it again: ACTIVE SUSPENSION LABEL NIGHT Live: O.LAMM (fra) DOMOTIC (fra) DAVIDE BALULA (fra) + support: LJUDBILDEN & PILOTEN (se, nosordo rec) dj's: CINDY LEE (örebro, ligne de désir) VIKTOR SJÖBERG (göteborg, structures sonores) tisdag 28:e juni @ hagateatern södra allég 2 (järntorget, gbg) kl 19-01 70 kr more information here. june 9, 2005: 1. i played a show at bangatan 10 in gothenburg yesterday. it was mostly improvised electric guitar feedback over a somewhat random sound collage that i made a few hours prior to the show. this is the flyer. rokugenkin from tokyo also did a nice guitar set. 2. me and gustav rosengren of lady godiva operations have started a small imprint where we will be releasing truly excellent music. it is called elefantkvinnan. find out more right here. april 21, 2005: viktor sjöberg will be performing live in gothenburg on the 4th of may. the venue is rio rio, the club is called stålverk. more information will surface here. it will feature two special guests and i'm excited. also, don't miss me on sunday in malmö. (check "performance" for more information.) april 8, 2005: a new cd will be released on the 14th of april. first available at the volupté show in stockholm, the cd will be a collection of short tracks, most of them composed using field recordings. the cd is called "everyday life" and is very limited. it comes in a thin dvd case and contains material that probably won't be released in any other form. more pictures: picture 1, picture 2. march 30, 2005: viktor sjöberg will play at distro in malmö on the 24th of april. distro is located at inkonst, near folkets park. there are some quite special treats being planned for this show. march 19, 2005: v. sjöberg's "kodak" five song ep is being released by HEYYOUFUCKINGMAN this sunday. the first place to get it will be at distro @ inkonst, malmö. it will be huge. email fknmn@yahoo.se to order... march 18, 2005: if you have ever been here before, you might notice a somewhat massive re/design. i hope you like it. maybe we sold out. if you would like to revisit the old structures sonores web, it can be found by clicking "old" above. 1995 - 2005: TEN YEARS OF PIXBO PRODUCED SOUND...........celebrations: celebration #1: unreleased song now downloadable: sjöberg/gustavsson - "you went too far". (source material recorded in hässleholm by johan gustavsson [tsukimono, mnoki, scraps of tape, broken concrete etc.] was sent to viktor sjöberg in gothenburg. the recordings were then manipulated using a computer and a borrowed tape echo. enjoy.) celebration #2: viktor sjöberg - "you know me better than that" [a young person's guide to structures sonores] this is eleven tracks from the later days of pixbo/structures (2000-2004). i originally did a similar compilation in june 2004 called "you think i'd leave your side baby?". if anyone wants this on cd i still have covers left and i could make a few more. a big thanks to lakr for hosting these mp3's. if you would like to tell me something. 01 viktor sjöberg - "self without me" (featuring kianoush makvandi. taken from the 2001 album "audio architecture". recorded in 2000 i think. it's without a doubt the oldest song on this compilation. the lyrics are sort of an adaptation of an old persian poem. me, kianoush and our friend kristian once had a hip hop group called the higuita. we collected sound from hissy tapes from iran, we stole drums and eventually some of us actually wrote lyrics. and we also had airbrushed teeshirts made. "i hide the tea behind the soap in the shower/ dope just like tea can be/ i like it hot/ yo porky, how many flavours do we got?") 02 viktor sjöberg - "we will not tolerate" (slightly edited version. taken from the 2004 3" ep "never been closer to heaven / never been further away". this song was initially released as a very exclusive bizcard cd-r. 10 copies. here's the story behind this song (the original linernotes): "december 2003. i was cratedigging at the local thrift store as the radio playing in the room caught my attention. it was soon obvious that not only my attention was drawn to the radio and the topic being discussed. a couple of minutes later i found it hard to focus on the records in front of me. the shopkeeper was discussing the radio show with one of the customers, both of them expressing their thoughts loud and clear. i put down the records that i was holding in my hand and walked out of the store for the last time. the original version of this song, "tolerate", was written by freestyle fellowship and can be found on their debut album "to whom it may concern...". the song was also released in an acapella version on their second album "innercity griots". (last but not least, as lyrics born put it; "i really broke all the sampling laws on this damn song/ so now i'm an outlaw". well...i broke one of them, but i guess sometimes that's the sacrifices you have to make in order to get your point across.)" ) 03 stream - "summersong" (featuring tim guthrie. skratch by jonas odhner. taken from the 2004 album "crawl: beyond april". although we have never met, i have known tim for about six years. he is american and he likes pancakes. this is his wonderful interpretation of summer. thank you tim. we still have at least one important song left to do together.) 04 viktor sjöberg - "vitt sommarljus" (for bert van dael. taken from the 2004 3" ep "never been closer to heaven / never been further away". these words, written by a dear friend, will explain everything: "Crackles, Hiss, Broken Windshields, Snow, August, Mills,Museums, My Name On a Record. A strange combination from a place between heaven and away. A place where you look up and see a still frame. A world not moving. A frozen memory that tells you everything. This EP is by far the most beautiful layered musical piece on this list. Its eye for detail and essence is so profound and astonishing it makes me want to go hide in Plato’s cave and just listen to it on repeat. This talent needs to get signed with a record company or we will not tolerate. A February and August album.") 05 dominique et natalië - "piscine" (featuring kristofer ström + jonas odhner. this song was released on a compilation called "monotoni #1". www.monotoni.se i first met dominique et natalië in a hotel on the french riviera. this was around 1995 i think. they were ever mysterious. the last thing i remember is them writing their name on a door in the back of the hotel. each time i went back i saw the graffiti and it was a very good thing. last year the hotel got renovated and the door was painted white. this song was recorded in kristianstad (sommarlust), malmö and johanneberg. additional work performed in pixbo.) 06 viktor sjöberg - "thoughts for kianoush" (taken from the 2003 ep "tracks of your tears". recorded in a room, gamlegården kristianstad. most of the records used to make this song were bought at fyndbörsen in kristianstad. filled with emptiness at a airport in copenhagen.) 07 stream - "sometimes" (taken from the 2003 ep "tracks of your tears". written and recorded in pixbo chambers, summer 2003. additional production in a room, winter 2003. this song is (obviously) my take on the spiritual "sometimes i feel like a motherless child". records were bought at various spots in gothenburg. it was also almost released somewhere else as well but i guess statens kulturråd would rather spend money on things like ane brun.) 08 sonores - "you wish!" (taken from the 2004 ep "invain". this is one of the first sonores songs. it was recorded in jonas & dan's old apartment on enekullegatan, hisingen. me and jonas was trying to come up with something but nothing seemed to be working. eventually and not suprisingly jonas fell asleep, but i kept going. i messed around with some recordings that we had made of various things hitting the floor. then i played with the fender rhodes until i came up with something potentially great. feeling good, i went to sleep. when i woke up, jonas was sitting by the computer with the guitar in his lap. he was listening to my nightly adventures and doing some recording on top of it. the sonores web is found at www.sonores.tk) 09 stream - "wintersong" (taken from the 2004 album "crawl: beyond april". this is track number eleven on the album, right near the end. i think i bought the record that i used for the beat in this song at dirty records in gothenburg. the guy who works there always seems very bothered by everything. i wonder why? they have lots of pretty cheap albums though.) 10 broken concrete - "leaves" (taken from the 2003 release "piece/peace" on fukk god let's create. this (along with the rest of the ep) was recorded during the very first broken concrete session. rain of hässleholm, steering wheel gone bad, and things forever buried. thank you thomas ekelund of fukk god for putting this out. we are thankful to be included in the brilliant back catalogue that is fukkgod.org. rest in peace FGLC.) 11 (a gothenburg diary (summer 2004)) 12.00" (taken from the 2004 release ”a gothenburg diary (summer 2004)”. isolation can make reality beautiful.) tack. minnie monnie shoutout 2004. ............................ Datum: 1996-06-28 Göteborgs-Posten Artikeltyp: Recension Avdelning: Aveny Sida: 10 5 VIKTOR SJÖBERG Viktor spelar helakustisk rock'n'roll bortom igenkännelse. Alltså, totalkonstig übertechno utan trumkomp. Antagligen det konstigaste jag har hört sedan S.P.K släppte Information Overload Unit någon gång i början på 80-talet.. Brus, blipper och rytmiskt elektroniska pulsar blandas med inserts från symfoniska stycken och körsång. Och när man väl upphör att förvånas och förundras över hur människan burit sig åt, lyssnar man intensivt och nyfiket på hur kufiska klanger efter ett tag övergår i vacker stämningsfull musik. Viktors ljudlandskap är exemplariskt nyskapande i all sin enkelhet och banne mig bland det bästa jag någonsin hört inom genren för underlig ambient analog digital atonal kretskortsmusik. Ge killen ett kontrakt. Eller i alla fall en egen radiostation att leka med.. MJ ............................ http://noctos.blogspot.com on the Viktor Sjöberg release "Never been closer to heaven / Never been further away": "Crackles, Hiss, Broken Windshields, Snow, August, Mills, Museums, My Name On a Record. A strange combination from a place between heaven and away. A place where you look up and see a still frame. A world not moving. A frozen memory that tells you everything. This EP is by far the most beautiful layered musical piece on this list. Its eye for detail and essence is so profound and astonishing it makes me want to go hide in Plato’s cave and just listen to it on repeat. This talent needs to get signed with a record company or we will not tolerate. A February and August album." ................ the elefanten/sonores blog is to be found at http://elefanten.blogspot.com --- photo august 2004, living room / recording. pixbo productions/structures sonores 2006.