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time to reload

photo from Hasse’s facebookMidsummer Prog in Valkenburg is now history and it’s time to reload and change our mindsets before our show at Parksnäckan in Uppsala. This will be a one off gig together with the legendary Nazareth on Friday the 12th of July in our own backyard (so to speak). The set will be different from the one last weekend, so once again it’s just to get up there “on the barricades”...

2024/07/03 12:41

coming shows

I’m pleased to say that ‘Eternal Snapshots’ is selling more and faster than our previous albums according to our record label. Not only that, it’s doing better than before on streaming platforms and on downloads. This is of course great before our coming shows, which will all be different from each other with different setlists. We’re looking forward to seeing you at:29/6 Midsummer Prog, Valkenbur...

2024/06/19 08:38

secret gig

from Hasse's facebookIt’s been two years since we last were on stage together and we have according to me some high profile shows coming up, so what to do? Well we arranged a production rehearsal combined with a secret gig in front of a small crowd of invited family and friends. We don’t know the result of yesterday’s effort yet but it sure felt good and it looks to me that we managed to convince ...

2024/06/15 17:01

6th album ETERNAL SNAPSHOTS

Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion 6thアルバム「Eternal Snapshots」発売中です。https://hfmc.bandcamp.com国内通販はDisc Unionあります。https://diskunion.net/progre/ct/detail/1008837837...

2024/06/06 12:00

windows

Kjelle said it when we rehearsed the previous weekend. The

2024/05/21 16:12

Once In A Lifetime

取り急ぎ。HFMCの新作「Eternal Snapshots」から、PV第一弾がリリースされました。今作はコンセプトアルバムですが、その中でもキャッチーでそこそこ短い曲が選ばれたようです。

2024/05/03 04:12

strong songs

Heard a week ago that Sweden is the country with the most worldwide hits per capita in the world. Ain’t that something! I mean it makes me both happy and proud but I can’t take any credit for it. Hmmm maybe I chose the wrong genre for that. For as long as I can remember I’ve been more fascinated by let’s say ’White Man’ than ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ by Queen, or ‘Siberian Khatru’ than ‘Owner O...

2024/04/29 17:30

Toehider

I don't want to be in Sampos shoes right now. He's editing the first video out of our new album 'Eternal Snapshots'. The song is called 'Once In A Lifetime' and the premiere will be next week. He's been busy rehearsing HFMC lately and now he's preparing for a short run in Europe with the Australian band Toehider, all at once more or less! So please join me and wish Sampo and the guys in Toehider t...

2024/04/23 18:05

Forty year anniversary

My Kinda Girl (single) 1984Forty year anniversary.Can you believe it, I've been releasing records for forty years, this very year 2024. I can hardly believe it myself. Have I learnt something? Yes but the funny thing is that the learning curve seems to have taken the opposite direction. When we released the Spellbound debut album 'Breaking The Spell' in 1984 I knew everything. I literally thought ...

2024/04/19 11:41

Stronger than evil

Stronger than evil.One would think one disaster per recording would be enough but apparently not. Kjell all of a sudden disappeared from the radar after Antons surgery. Kjell had recorded some

2024/04/09 14:38

Nothing wears a good man down

Nothing wears a good man down.HFMC guitarist extraordinaire Anton Lindsjö has had this problem for quite a while and by the time we started to record our coming opus 'Eternal Snapshots' he was using 12 litres of dialysis/day. My car was full of boxes of this liquid when we left for Nevo Studios in Sundsvall and the four day session to cut the backing tracks. For me it was right there and then I un...

2024/04/02 15:54

Eternal Snapshots - the concept

To put things straight. This was no old dream of mine or anything. I just wanted to force myself to write lyrics in a new way and I wanted to stay away from subjects I normally write about. I can also confess I chose the easy way out, as we do not get to follow these people from birth to the end of their days. Before I continue I want to tell you the following. People loaded with money always says...

2024/03/27 15:35

夏のフェス予定

先にMidsummer Prog Festの情報が出ましたが、もう一つノルウェーでのフェスへの参加が決まりました。まとめます。Midsummer Prog Festival(Valkenburg, THE NETHERLANDS)https://midsummerprog.com6月28日Steve Rothery Band / Arena / Kristffer Gildenlöw / Theraphosa6月29日Karnivool / Plini / Temic / HFMC / Isolde Lasoen / Haunt The Woods6月30日Motorpsycho / Lesoirほとんど売り切れ状態のようなので、お早めにお問い...

2024/03/23 04:52

emotional aspect

What a journey! This recording was something out of the ordinary, it really was. Major and life changing things happened to members of the band. There was a huge misunderstanding when it comes to the deadline, which created the mandatory panic when it was time to finish and close this recording but more of that the coming weeks. I'll also give you more information about the concept of the album, a...

2024/03/22 12:45

HFMC 6thアルバムリリース発表！

タイトルはEternal Snapshots6月6日発売予定です。予約はここからhttps://hfmc.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-snapshots（以下HFMCのBandcampからのインフォ）1. All I Wanted To Be (pt 1)2. Deserve To Be Happy3. Wherever You May Go4. No Messiah5. Once In A Lifetime6. Only For Me7. The Yard8. Searching For The Dark9. A Sorrowful Mariner10. Blind Dog11. All I Wanted To Be (pt 2)2024 marks the forty-year annivers...

2024/03/17 03:42

summer plans

from Hasse's facebookJust woke up on American soil here in Miami, feeling a little worn out thanks to the travelling day yesterday and the time difference of course. One of the pics pretty much reflects how I feel right now. The other photo tells you that the other band I’m playing in namely HFMC, is now confirmed for this years lineup of Midsummer Prog Festival in Valkenburg (NL) on June 29. This...

2024/03/07 07:30

Kjell Haraldssonの近況

左から2番目がKjell Haraldsson少し前のニュースなのですが、HFMCのキーボーディスト、Kjell Haraldssonのニュースです。2024年1月24日（本文）LIFE: Chapter 2. Some of you may know that I’ve been struggling with illness for a while. I had surgery last week and everything went very well. I’m beyond words of gratitude. どうも病に伏せっていたようです。某筋から聞いた話によると、去年暮れから具合が悪かったらし...

2024/02/12 04:30

Superstar Experience

こんにちは。初場所は照ノ富士の優勝で締めくくり、琴ノ若が大関昇進を決めました。正直、今場所の照ノ富士には期待していませんでした。序盤は相手の腕をたぐって組まない相撲が多く、やはり膝や腰の状態が悪いのだろうと思っていました。勝ち越して、15日休まずに出場できたら上出来だろうと。ところが終盤はどうですか！霧島を吹っ飛ばし、イケイケな琴ノ若をねじ伏せました。横綱という地位の恐ろしさを見せつけられた気がしま...

2024/02/04 05:17

Hasse Froberg's own musical companions

明けましておめでとうございます。今年ものんびりよろしくお願いします。珍しく大相撲初場所が終わる前に記事を投稿します（笑）。1月4日はHasse Fröbergの60才の誕生日でした。なんと還暦。誕生日当日にはスタジオで作業していて、盛大なお祝いはしなかったようです。還暦を祝う習慣は中国から来たようですが、西洋では50才の方が盛大に祝いような気がします。そもそも干支の概念がないもんね。1月5日（17:29）付のHasseの投稿：H...

2024/01/06 04:18

Bydgoszcz

Photo by Olga WalkiewiczSo that’s it then, the last gig of 2023 is now history. Home again after two adventurous days in Bydgoszcz. Cancelled flights, stomach flu, Roine seriously trying to convince me to play drums for the evening but also fun and nice things like having warm wine at the Christmas market and having lunch at a very cozy restaurant. A festival is always a festival but the gig went ...

2023/12/03 13:55

5th album WE ARE THE TRUTH

Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion 5thアルバム「We Are The Truth」発売中！https://hfmc.bandcamp.com国内通販が良ければこちら：https://diskunion.net/progre/ct/detail/1008393640...

2023/11/26 00:00

upcoming HFMC's album

二つのエントリーをまとめます。TFKの欧州ツアーが終わった後、ヴォーカル録りが行われたようですね。11月3日 (HFMC's facebook)Back at it again after touring all of October with The Flower Kings. I’ve spent the last two days tracking background/harmony vocals for the upcoming HFMC album. To be honest, it’s about the thing I like the most when it comes to recording. It’s creative, challenging and fun. Fro...

2023/11/09 15:55

Hasse's diary 4

10月27日 11:36 (Germany-The Netherlands)A venue we’ve never played before, a city I’ve never heard of and the whole entourage a little bit out of steam maybe. Yes we were struggling a little yesterday but I’d say we managed to keep it together. As a matter of fact I believe the versions of the first three songs were among the very best of the whole tour, so to be fair I’d say the show had its ups ...

2023/10/30 13:10

Hasse's diary 3

10月20日 10:44 (UK)Having me a lie in this morning, waking up on British soil and all for the first time in a long while. Correct me if I’m wrong but the gig in Southampton yesterday felt like a success? I could actually feel the vibe in the room up on stage and the people I spoke to after the show was beyond enthusiastic. For being the first time in this very city and the club ‘The 1865’ I couldn...

2023/10/26 12:53

TFK、欧州ツアー中

こんにちは。Macやその周辺機器の片付けが終わって、10月に入ったら調子が良くなくて、まとめられませんでした。加齢です（ズバリ）。でも記録は残したいので記事をアップします。The Flower Kingsの欧州ツアーが10月4日から始まっています。これほど長いロードに出るのは「Banks of Eden」ツアー以来ではないかな。10月6日、10日と15日には、アコーディオン奏者のAliaksandr Yasinskiが参加しました。日程は以下の画像で。ところ...

2023/10/25 01:09

Hasse's diary 2

10月14日 10:29 (Slovakian-Italy)Just started rolling again and according to the information I got it’s apparently saturday today. First of all I feel an urge to show my appreciation to the Slovakian crowd at Majestic Music Club in Bratislava for making the thursday evening (then) great. We’re right now on our way to Borgomanero in Italy for a show at Teatro Rosmini tonight. It’s been a while since...

2023/10/18 11:41

Hasse's diary 1

10月に行われたThe Flower Kings欧州ツアー中に、Hasseがfacebookに書き落としていった文章を保存します（全部ではありません）。投稿日時は、各ページの最後の日にちに合わせています。（このページなら10月12日です）----------10月7日 09:50 (Poland)It is fun playing. It’s as simple as that. A big thank you to the audience at 2 Progi in Poznań for helping out making yesterday a really fine evening. I also want t...

2023/10/12 08:58

Ambient Cooking

こんにちは。長年使用していたPowerMac G4と外付けHHDがついに天寿を全ういたしまして、その処理に手間取っていました。自分の人生の半分近くを共に過ごしてきたマシンです。10年前から「いつ壊れてもおかしくない」と思いながら、こまめにバックアップを取って使ってきたので、データ的な損失はありません。このブログも違うマシンで更新しています。しかしながら、TFK来日嘆願署名サイトとか、Spellboundのファンサイト、TFKファ...

2023/09/16 12:00

TFKニューアルバム「Look At You Now」

名古屋場所は面白かったですね。中盤までは錦木が、終盤に伯桜鵬が場所を引っかき回しました。個人的には北勝富士の健闘が嬉しかったです。新大関・霧島は身体が万全ではなく、さっそく角番になってしまいましたが、ライバルの豊昇龍が大関取りを達成！器用な子だけど、おじさんの朝青龍みたいな、立ち会いのスピードと威力がほしいところだなー。さて本題です(^^;)。前から言われていたとおり、9月にThe Flower Kingsの新譜「Look...

2023/07/27 04:18