Ale Möller: Xeno Mania (CD)

What started as a commissioned job from public service Swedish Radio (nation wide), has now evolved into a new album, the musical art piece called XENO MANÍA. Ale Möller took the inspiration from some of his main sources: A Greek anamnes church singer, an Indian baul guru, a legendary folk musician from Sweden and a riti player from West Africa.

With a unique blend of double percussion, a horn section and the traditional Swedish “nyckelharpa”, all mixed with the odd instrumentation of Ale himself, the album displays a soundscape that is undeniably Ale Möller’s very own. This 9-piece band was carefully hand picked, where each member is a strong name with their own careers to boot. Perhaps the most apparent in these recordings is also what’s most luminous in Ale Möller’s craft as a whole: He eagerly and successfully combines the traditional with the new and the current, while never for a second glancing towards the mainstream.