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Welcome to HOOB. HOOB was established in Göteborg, Sweden in 2004. HOOB is all about good music. Browse through our catalogue of independent, groundbreaking, nice and original releases. |
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The World - There is an ocean between us
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This is what happens when three of the hottest musicians from Berlin, Copenhagen and Gothenburg get together in a studio full of instruments, machines and inspiration. Modern jazz is the core but Michael Jackson, Neil Young and Boards of Canada are also invited. The mixture is kept together by musicians with integrity and soul. Two of The Wolrd's and Hoob Records' most important trademarks. |
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Our Park - If not for you
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Three of Sweden's most interesting and wanted jazz-lions make up Our Park. Originals with hypnotic grooves and brilliant simple melodies are carefully mixed with some Bob Dylan and a dash of Weather Report. This is not your average pianotrio, this is something else. |
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MUSICMUSICMUSIC - In Technicolor HOOBCD017 Over a piece of rotten shark in down town Reykjavik – that’s where the final touches were made to the most recent and fifth MUSICMUSICMUSIC creation. Kind of symptomatic for a record that to a large extent materialized during sound checks and on tour buses. Since the breakthrough in 2004 the band has been touring extensively, visiting clubs and festivals in cities such as New York, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Bangkok, London and Paris. Stunned by the success and humbly victorious, Hoob Records hereby presents the band’s fifth full length album In Technicolor. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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Klabbes Bank - Je suis la mer HOOBCD016 The post-jazz-ensemble from the dark Swedish woods are releasing their third album and their first on Hoob Records. Klabbes Bank are merging lyrical nordic jazz-sounds with cosmopolitan grooves and attitudes in their very special way. Features some of the most interesting young Swedish jazz and pop-musicians on the scene including bandleader, composer and pianist Klas-Henrik Hörngren. Not to be missed. Their previous CDs has been successes among all kinds of people. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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New Tango Orquesta - Vesper HOOBCD015 New Tango Orquesta's fifth album is called Vesper. For more than a decade NTO has developed their own unique style with elements from modern chamber music, classic baroque music, nuevo tango, minimalism and improvisation. NTO have, through years of touring, laid claim to their very own spot on the international music scene. The audience have visited their performances at concert halls in China, rock clubs in Moscow, tango clubs in Buenos Aires, jazz clubs in Istanbul and numerous festivals in the Nordic countries and Europe. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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The Stoner - Hat Music HOOBCD014 Eagerly awaited forth album from Swedish jazz phenomenon The Stoner with saxophonist and composer Nils Berg. The new album was recorded in a small studio on the country side in Czech Republic. The drawings on the cover is made by the bass player of the group Nils Ölmedal and The Stoner also features famous Swedish drummer Jon Fält and pianist Jonas Östholm. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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New Tango Orquesta - The Kiev Concert HOOBCD013 First live album from this world-touring band, recorded in the Oktober-Palace in Kiev, Ukraine. Nuevo tango, jazz, minimalism, baroque, free improvisation and more. The sound of New Tango Orquesta has been described as absolutely unique and the music has met its listeners all over Europe, Russia, China and South America. The next studio album will be called "Vesper" and will be out next autumn. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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THUS:OWLS - Cardiac Malformations HOOBCD012 Debut album from THUS:OWLS, a new band brought together by singer and composer Erika Alexandersson, known in Sweden for her unique song-writing, innovative way of singing and for her participation in groups like "Josef och Erika" and "The Moth" for example. Also playing on Cardiac Malformations is a couple of free minded and experienced swedish musician, namely Martin Höper, bass, Cecilia Persson, piano, Ola Hultgren, drums and Simon Angell, guitar. The music on this debut could be described as experimental pop. It's grand, enchanting and harsh at the same time. Release in Sweden: 25th of March WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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David Andreas - Honesty
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Debut album from singer/songwriter David Andréas. David Andréas debuterar men är ingen nykomling. Som gitarrist, sångare och låtskrivare i olika Göteborgsband, som bandbokare och klubbarrangör i London och Göteborg, som musiklärare och som frilansande grafisk formgivare för skivbolag, artister och klädmärken har han under årens lopp rört sig mellan olika kreativa sfärer och städer. Hemkommen från fem års konst- och designstudier i London gör David nu entré bakom mikrofonen. Debutplattan är ett sammanfattande album med elva spår ur Davids gedigna repertoar. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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The Splendor/Sound of Splendor HOOBCD011 Lisen Rylander of Midaircondo, Fabian and Josef Kallerdahl of MUSICMUSICMUSIC and Lars "Lade" Källfelt of Andreas Gidlund Quartet are on this debut-album of the Splendor exploring the jazz-field borrowing influences from the Great Jazz Heroes as well as the Electronica and Contemporary Music-scenes. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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David Andreas - Yes/No
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"...LÅTAR KRYDDADE MED FABIAN KALLERDAHLS VÄNA RHODES
SLINGOR, KOMMER SÄTTA DAVID ANDRÉAS PÅ POPKARTAN.
HANDKLAPPANDE OCH MJUKT SPRITTANDE GLÄDJEPOP
FANTASTISKT PASSANDE FÖR LJUSA VÅRKVÄLLAR... ONLY YOU CAN TAKE ME HIGHER"
GROOVE, 2007 Album "Honesty" i April WWW SHOP |
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MUSICMUSICMUSIC/Everybody digs HOOBCD010 Everybody Digs is Swedish Super Trio MUSICMUSICMUSIC'S fourth album. MMM's sound is constantly developing and on this CD the esteemed jazz-awarded pianist Fabian Kallerdahl, Josef Kallerdahl on bass and Michael Edlund on drums have created something utterly special, original, groovy and urgent for the jazz scene. Enjoy! Release: 200080220. Check MMM's website for additional info. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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Linus Lindblom/The Lines HOOBCD008 The Lines is the debut album from Linus Lindblom quartet, one of the most interesting young jazz groups of Sweden of today. Linus Lindblom, composer and saxophone player, born in Kilafors 1977, has been living and working in Stockholm, Sweden since 1998. This quartet was formed in 2001 and consists of Nils Janson, trumpet, Nils Ölmedal (from the Stoner) on bass and Jon Persson on drums. Click on PRESS to download Swedish pressrelease. WWW PRESS SHOP |
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Kristoffer Ragnstam/Breakfast by the Mattress HOOBEP002 After its big succes in the U.S and Europe, Kristoffer Ragnstam's "Sweet Bills" will eventually be released in Sweden on Hoob Records! "Breakfast by the Mattress" is the first single. One hundred percent Kristoffer: As the world will soon discover, music doesn't get any hotter than that. WWW ITUNES |
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Lindha Kallerdahl/Gold HOOBCD007 The voice-improviser Lindha is a top of the line-musician in Swedish and international progressive improvisation. Since Lindha was rewarded with the prestigious "Jazz in Sweden"-prize 2001 she has made several collaborations and albums with musicians such as Barry Guy, Palle Danielsson, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Anna Lindahl, Sonic Youth and Ikue Mori. Now, on her first solo-album, alone in the studio with some help from the grand piano and the organ Lindha creates her own universe with inspiration from John Coltrane, Anita Baker, Oum Kalsoum, the Band and life in general. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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the Stoner/the new pink
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"With extraordinary vitality, a fresh concept, a
zest for creating new music, The Stoner are
turning a new page for jazz. They have
something new for the heart, the head and
the feet." - Roger Spence, Edinburgh Jazz
Festival.
Band-leader Nils Berg received the Jazz in Sweden-prize for 2007. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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MUSICMUSICMUSIC/Macbeth HOOBCD005 This is the third album from the Swedish jazz sensation who has become widely acclaimed through their joyful and open approach to jazz music. The original music of pianist Fabian Kallerdahl (Jazz in Sweden-winner of 2006) was also used in the Shakespeare-play when it was played in Bergen, Norway, fall 2006 but MMM also takes on for example Earth Wind and Fire’s September. WWW PRESS SHOP ITUNES |
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Stoner, Forss & Borg/the Lektor Tapes HOOBCD004 An experiment in the border-line between acoustic jazz and electronica. Jazz saxophonist Nils Berg meets lap-top-virtuosos Carl Åborg and Eric Wahlforss. This is Forss’s first album project since his international break-through with “Soulhack” 2003. WWW SHOP ITUNES |
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Love Supreme HOOBCD003 Love Supreme is a collaboration between Gothenburg's most interesting and original musicians. The music is a mixture of ideas and expressions from everywhere in the Musical Universe. Soulful and sincere, happy and wild. SHOP |
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MUSICMUSICMUSIC/What's a good boss anyway? HOOBCD002 The leading jazz critics of Sweden all agree on the vitality and freshness of this group. This album was acclaimed “best jazz album of the year” 2005 by Sweden’s second biggest newspaper. WWW SHOP ITUNES |
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MUSICMUSICMUSIC/One Two Free
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Critics about MUSICMUSICMUSIC’s debut
album: “A stunningly fresh and cutting edge mix with a standard twist”, “A truly tasteful and elegant touch”, “This music is alive!” - Ulf Johansson, G-P, “Near provocatively talented piano trio” - Patrick Lindgren, Lira WWW SHOP |
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Universum/1000 HOOBEP001 The vinyl EP "1000" consists of four tracks and was recorded and mixed in Corsica, The Republic of Georgia and in a small summer house on the Swedish west coast. The main goal of this record has been to be true to the music and not to the industry, an exciting minimalistic expression is blended with sublime talent. "1000" is in swedish but in the future we will release an album with english lyrics, enjoy! SHOP |
