Sanity Check (feat. Geoff Leigh & Håkan Almkvist) (Early Edited Version)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYvQ-fIVNLg&list=OLAK5uy_mQgpkjGShmwNCEkbAMdADyEYx1pcH6Qs4&index=26

Some beautiful music on a Saturday.

"Sanity Check" was originally an improvisation that Janne and I recorded in Kolpebo in the fall of 2007. Then we took the song home, structured it a bit, added something and sent it over to Geoff Leigh, who played the flute, and Håkan Almkvist, who added the bass, sitar, tambura and percussion. The so-called original version (which does not have the flute) ended up on "Numbers & Letters", this early edited version appeared 10 years later on "Abstract & Concrete - The Mystery Of Numbers & Letters Revealed".

If you want to hear a lot more music from this time, you can go here:

https://tincanmusic.bandcamp.com/

(And the label that wants to release a mega-box with 7-8 LPs from these recordings... well, just knock on the door!)

Today's Joxfield track, "Dragons Fly In The Night (Single Version)"

 

Today's Joxfield track, "Dragons Fly In The Night (Single Version)" from the 2010 "Numbers & Letters" 10th anniversary celebration edition "Abstract & Concrete - The Mystery Of Numbers & Letters Revealed" (2020), both on Tin Can Music.

When Geoff Leigh agreed to contribute to the original album he did it in a really creative way, like with this tune, a "naked" arrangement from us which he filled with words and a melody which he sung, as well as made a semi-big-band arrangment where he overdubed his sax in both ensemble play and a fantastic solo. Nikke Ström's heavy bass clarified the riff.

Track on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCIBJ2fylwU&list=OLAK5uy_mQgpkjGShmwNCEkbAMdADyEYx1pcH6Qs4&index=21

Listen to the whole album from Tin Can Music Bandcamp site :

https://tincanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/abstract-concrete-the-mystery-of-numbers-letters-revealed