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本体サイトはスウェーデンのHMバンドSpellboundから、元メンバー達によって結成されたプログレバンドHFMCのファンサイトに生まれかわりしました。当ブログの内容に特に変化はありません。引き続きよろしくお願いします。 website: https://hfmcjp.web.fc2.com
2024年4月
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 ...
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
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年4月
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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 ...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
https://youtu.be/C8Cyp3XKmME（注意）和訳はYouTubeの字幕機能で出てくる英語を元に作りました。聞き取れる音は字幕と違っても訂正していますが、字幕を見てもよくわからない会話はすっ飛ばしています。大体の内容はわかると思いますが、完全な和訳ではありません。ちょっと会話がごちゃごちゃしてるので、大事そうな言葉だけ拾いました。前回の動画はこちらLet's talk! (1) http://spellboundjp.blog82.fc2.com/blog-entry-634....
I believe today is the day Roine will send the master(s) and artwork to Inside Out. It’s exciting even to me, it sure is. As late as yesterday night I received the last mixes of two of the songs and I think I dare “put out the chest” (Swedish saying I guess) and say we have some cool music on our hands. Don’t forget that before the album release in September we have some very special gigs in May w...
photo from Hasse's facebook”The morning after the night before” (as we say over here). There’s always a price to pay. The question is are you willing to pay the cost? Of course we say in unison. Last night we solved many of the mysteries of the world, as well as some of the arrangements for today’s recordings. I can inform you all that so far yesterday’s whiskey extravaganza has paid off really we...
photo from HFMC's facebookHasse Fröberg & Musical Companionは6枚目のアルバム（来年リリース予定）のレコーディングに入っています。場所は5th「We are the Truth」で使用したNevo Studiosですね。よほど居心地が良かったんだろうなぁ。写真は2日目（4/14）、ドラムのレコーディングが終わったところ。KjellがOlaをクールダウンさせるために水をかけようとしています（笑）。...
photo from Hasse's facebookOnwards. That’s our strategy and that’s the way it looks right now. We ARE moving onwards. We’ve got four songs down by now and we’ve made it through the first part of the biggest, longest and probably the most demanding song to play of them all. The lads are still in good mood and I just left the studio for the first time to get some fresh air in a sunny and welcoming S...
photo from Hasse's facebookTwo songs down and now lunch. I can honestly say we’re a little less prepared this time. It goes both ways of course but what you miss in stability and self confidence, you gain in curiosity and the fact that you’re more open to new ideas. The lads are in fine form and Ola (who’s the main guy in this part of the process) is handling the situation like the pro he is. And ...
(04/13 16:55)Here are exactly two glamorous photos from our trip up to Sundsvall and Nevo Studios. The adventure of recording the sixth HFMC studio album is about to begin. From one thing to another, of course I spent the day rehearsing with TFK up until the guys picked me up at Vimus, I mean what else? For those who are interested, I will try to give you some updates over the weekend. Time to get...
photo from Hasse's facebookAfter two days of brutal snowing, at least this late of the season on this latitude, I finally got out of the house to get rid of it (please notice the cat trail for Thomas o Malley). Not sure I should tell you this but now I’m doing it anyway. During the shovelling I slipped in a spectacular, almost cartoonish kind of way but I believe I’m good. At least no broken bones...
3/20の記事で書いたように、The Flower KingsのキーボーディストZach Kaminsがバンドを離れました。今の時点で予定されているTFKのライブは、日程がバラバラで、そのたびに機材を持ってアメリカからヨーロッパへ飛ぶのは、コストがかかりすぎるという理由でした。コロナ禍、そしてロシアのウクライナ侵攻以降、燃油サーチャージがバカみたいに高いのは知っていました。私は何度か、FinnAirでヘルシンキ経由ストックホルムの航空券...
pic from Hasse's facebookIt's with a heavy heart I state the following. For now we have to part ways with Zach. The logistics and the economic side of it all proved to be too much to handle this time around. I will most surely miss Zach, his kind soul, his contagious laughter and his fabulous playing of course. However the show must go on so I'm very pleased to welcome our new guy onboard. His nam...
Hasse Fröbergのインタビュー動画の紹介です。インタビュアーのJohan Steenslandは、Hasseと同年代で、彼自身も音楽活動をしてるようです。彼のサイトはこちら。Uppsala出身と言うこともあり、Hasseとは旧知の仲のようです。めっちゃ長いので、3つに分けて掲載します。https://youtu.be/bnhS8VYsmnM（注意）和訳はYouTubeの字幕機能で出てくる英語を元に作りました。聞き取れる音は字幕と違っても訂正していますが、字幕を見てもよ...
Hasse Fröbergのインタビュー動画の紹介です。インタビュアーのJohan Steenslandは、Hasseと同年代で、彼自身も音楽活動をしてるようです。彼のサイトはこちら。。Uppsala出身と言うこともあり、Hasseとは旧知の仲のようです。めっちゃ長いので、3つに分けて掲載します。https://youtu.be/bnhS8VYsmnM（注意）和訳はYouTubeの字幕機能で出てくる英語を元に作りました。聞き取れる音は字幕と違っても訂正していますが、字幕を見ても...
Hasse Fröbergのインタビュー動画の紹介です。インタビュアーのJohan Steenslandは、Hasseと同年代で、彼自身も音楽活動をしてるようです。彼のサイトはこちら。。Uppsala出身と言うこともあり、Hasseとは旧知の仲のようです。めっちゃ長いので、3つに分けて掲載します。https://youtu.be/bnhS8VYsmnM（注意）和訳はYouTubeの字幕機能で出てくる英語を元に作りました。聞き取れる音は字幕と違っても訂正していますが、字幕を見ても...
Hi guys, it’s been a while so I thought it was about time to deliver some information about what’s going on. Some of you might be familiar with the fact that I’m soon finished with my contributions to the upcoming TFK album, due for release in September. Who knows, you might also be aware of the TFK touring plans for 2023? On the banner below you can see the official dates so far but keep your eye...
Apparently some more shows has been added to the list of official ones. In other words here we go again. In the meantime I can inform you that we are about to wrap up the ongoing TFK recording. From where we are now it won't be long until Roine will start mixing the bastard, or the beauty, or whatever it is. Once again, my advice to you is to stay in the loop because lots of things will happen wit...
明けましておめでとうございました。いやもう、時間の流れと変化は容赦なくて、1月終わっちゃうし。初場所が終わって白鵬は引退しちゃったし。（末っ子ちゃんのお手紙最高でしたね）Jeff Beckと高橋幸宏が亡くなっちゃうし。Pochakaite Malkoの桑原さん亡くなってたし。新型コロナが第5類に指定されたってやることは変わりません。手洗い・マスク・密回避です。今でも人のいないところではマスクはしていない（正確に言うと鼻だけ...
from Hasse’s facebookHome again after an intense weekend in Askesta. After five studio albums I thought it was a good idea to try something new. The plan was to write together, or arrange already written songs together, to get more of a band feeling this early in the process. For instance what's the point in me telling Kjell what to play, when he's a hell of a lot better keyboard player than I am....
