Biography
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The Recordings with Kamchatka
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| 2005 Kamchatka
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TrackList:
01. Out Of My Way [3:10]
02. Seed [3:33]
03. NO [4:31]
04. Mnemosyne Waltz [4:32]
05. Mixed Emotions [5:35]
06. Wrong End [4:04]
07. Eggshell [3:42]
08. I Love Everybody [3:31]
09. Auto Mowdown [1:28]
10. Spacegirl Blues [3:18]
11. Sing Along Song [6:13]
12. Incognito [2:40]
13. Daddy Says [5:20]
14. Squirm [8:00]
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The album was recorded by Nicholas Elgstrand and Kamchatka, mixed by Nicholas Elgstrand and Kamchatka at Shrimpmonkey studios and mastered by Bullen and Kamchatka at Mega Studios.
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Your debut album, feelings about it?
This is the only one so far we've recorded in one go, over a couple of weeks, which was fun because then we really got a taste of and for each others isolation-induced insanity.
- Favourite Songs(and why)?
All of them, because only together they form the full creation.
- Any anecdotes /special memories from the
recording sessions?
We have a hidden track on the first album where in the middle of the night Thomas and I took a couple of acoustic guitars and went out to this truck garage behind our studio with amazing cathedral like sound and started jamming around a theme of mine. That had a really nice tranquile feel to it.
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| 2007 Volume II
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TrackList:
01. Who Am I [4:51]
02. Breathe [4:07]
03. Terminus [5:16]
04. Withstand [6:38]
05. From Here [5:41]
06. Enemy Maker [4:28]
07. Heritage [7:05]
08. Sweet Relief [3:36]
09. Pogonophonics [4:41]
10. Feel [4:52]
11. Jigsaw [14:55]
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The album was recorded by Tobias Strandvik and Kamchatka, mixed by Nicholas Elgstrand and Kamchatka and mastered by Tobias Strandvik and Kamchatka at Shrimpmonkey studios.
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In general what do you think about the album?
This one was recorded on an old eight-track which was fun because it challenges one's resourcefulness. We're happy about it.
- Favourite Songs(and why)?
All of them, because only together they form the full creation.
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| 2009 Volume III
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TrackList:
01. 681 [2:49]
02. Pathetic [5:41]
03. Astrobucks [4:25]
04. Look Over Your Shoulder [4:55]
05. See [4:51]
06. Wood [4:16]
07. Sorg [7:52]
08. Confessions [5:58]
09. Outnumbered [5:54]
10. Guess I'll Be Leaving [5:44]
11. Whipping Post [6:22]
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The album was produced by Kamchatka, recorded and mixed by Tobias Strandvik and Kamchatka at Shrimpmonkey Studios, and mastered by Johan Eckerblad at Mintelligence Studios.
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Your Latest album feelings about it?
This is the first one we produced all by ourselves. Kind of makes one proud.
- Favourite Songs(and why)?
All of them, because only together they form the full creation.
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Kamchatka related questions
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- How did you get together?
It all started out with a Jimi Henrix tribute concert 2001, where we played live together for the first time.
Things worked out so well we just though we had to make something of it.
- Describe the sort of music, influences!
Coming from different backgrounds, we all bring different things to the table.
Thomas is the bluesman, Tobias is a metalhead striving towards jazz and I guess I bring a little bit of everything.
- What is the meaning of the band's name, KamchatkaPoluostrov Kamchatka?
We were simply looking for a place that could represent what we sound like.
Almost instantly the Siberian peninsula Kamchatka came to mind, a wierd, fantasy-like piece of nature with vulcanoes, sulfur lakes, boilng mud pools, green hills with waterfalls and so on...
- First Concert,with Kamchatka, where/when?
Scruffy Murphy's, in our hometown, spring 2002.
- Which songs do you like performing live mostly and why?
New songs that hasn't been released yet, to get an honest first impression reaction from the audience.
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Kamchatka interview(Roger Öjersson) March 2010
by Claes Hassel
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General Questions:
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you get into the music business?
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Tobias started playing with bands, doing gigs, in his mid-teens.
For Thomas and I, who both grew up in musical families, that journey pretty much started at day one.
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| What was your first music instrument?
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Tobias went straight for the drums.
Thomas got his first guitar when he was about seven years old.
I started out with the mandolin for a couple of years until I was big enough to handle the classical guitar.
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| Who/What are your main influences?
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The reality that has been imposed upon us, and our endeavors within it.
The people we meet and their stories.
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albums of the bands/artists that you like the most and why!
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1. Jan Johansson - Jazz på svenska. Swedish folk music interpreted by an amazing jazz trio. Magical.
2: Jeff Buckley - Grace. Here's a man who make it clear that it is all about the moment.
3: Midnite - Ras Mek Peace Now, these guys have got a message!
4: Johnny Winter - Second Winter, Greatest blues guitar ever.
5: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe. Pure genious. What else is there to say?
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| What time was/is the most interesting for the rock music, in your opinion and why - 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s or 00s?
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I would have to say now, with all of that in our backpacks and the technichal resources of today.
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| Your dream band (living or dead ;), who would they be, vocal/bass/drums/keyboard/lead guitar/rhythm guitar/producer? |
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Vocals: Sarah Vaughn
Bass: Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Drums: Bosse Skoglund
Keys: George Duke
Lead guitar: David Gilmour
Rhythm guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Producer: Conny Plank
How is that for a line-up?
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| Of the songs that you have composed, which of them are your favourites?
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It tends to be the newest songs, since they are the ones most in sync with where and who we are right now, although some songs get a new meaning with time.
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| What kind of equipment/gear are you using on the road and in the studio?
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Tobias uses a Tama kit with Sabian and Zildjian cymbals, Evans heads, Pro-Mark sticks and some Meinl percussion stuff.
Thomas use Ibanez, Fender and Hagström guitars Ibanez, Electro-Harmonix and Boss stompboxes and Fender, Marshall and Roland amps.
I use an Ibanez BTB670, a Squier Jazz bass and an old Dean of some sort, a Hartke preamp, a LAB power amp
and a 2x15" speaker cabinet.
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| What are you doing for a living?
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A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Whatever puts food on the table.
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| What are you currently up to?
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Right now we are working on material for album number four.
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The Beginning
Your first band, name and when did it began??
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Tobias started out in a band called Shit Happens in -91.
The first band that Thomas played in was called Variable Band. This was in the late 80's.
I did my first live performace with a band originally called Iron Fist (we were huge Motorhead fans) but for some reason we
changed our name to Genista(?!!) just before the gig. This would be around -85 if I'm not mistaking.
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| The Music, the sort of music?..Influences?
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Thomas began in the right end with the blues, Toby and I, on the other hand, were still complete metalheads back then, with heroes like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio and such.
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| What was the intention with the band?
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We found ourselves in a place where we could just lean back and let the music take us places and bring others along for the ride.
So we thought that's what we'll do.
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| Kamchatka Links
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Many
Thanks to Roger Öjersson, Kamchatka for
this interview!
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