
Out now on all digital platforms:
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“Desvio,” which is Spanish for detour, is more than just the name of this album. It’s a perfect example of a concept that (unwillingly) manifested itself in reality. It’s about getting tangled up in all kinds of obstacles along the way (both personal and external) forcing you to take one detour or another from the planned path.

At its core, Desvio is about beauty and brokenness — and the beauty within brokenness — a contrast I’ve always been drawn to. It’s hard to pin down into a single genre, but you’ll hear distinct influences from a modern trip-hop interpretation, various bass-driven styles, broken beats, jazz keys, synth-heavy and ambient experiments, collage-like sampled elements and even fragments of long-forgotten R&B vocals — merging into an emotional, fractured and somewhat overloaded mixture of electronica and trip-hop.

Most of the song ideas and creative choices came together relatively quickly in December '21 and early '22, with the initial goal of making a quick, kind of weird but heartfelt album while I was already working on another album. Yeah, right...

Fast forward to now: it took me three years and several months-long breaks in between to finally finish the tracks in a way I’m happy with. I was never satisfied with the sound, the delivery, the over-all production of my initial ideas. Something always felt fundamentally off. Picked the wrong drum elements, played the wrong combination of instruments. What I’ve learned: while putting down ideas quickly is a good way to actually finish tracks, it’s even more important to learn how to feel and make the RIGHT choices early on in the process.

Rather than releasing it in an unsatisfying, compromised form or turning back and giving up I saw these obstacles as challenges to overcome. This album had to be finished, not become another half-started project like its predecessor. So I pulled through until I was finally happy with it. In the end, that harder path helped me grow as an artist. At least that’s what I hope.

Enjoy my Desvio LP while maybe taking your own detours in life, we're all pathfinders in some way.

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Likely Not

Coasts

I O I

Wires Or Scars

Minutes

Marbles

Blue Field

Stuck With Her

Track 01 of the Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 the first of a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed within the context of the jam.  The first track is an overall introduction to the stor, Edgar the Horrible the hero of Midgaard teams with Barozek from Settlestone to help Carina uncover the mysteries of Herbalist Isle.

Tale Of Edgar and Barozek - Intro

Track 02 of the Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 the second track of a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed within the context of the jam.  The second track is about Barozek having newly come to dwarven demi-godhood but being humble enough to study a little bit longer with the renowned (though mortal) dwarven hero Krodar Thunderhammer in King Granitecrusher's citadel adjacent to the north environs of Settlestone on Niebelung continent.

Tale Of Edgar And Barozek - Barozek Trains Under Krodar Thunderhammer (Extended)

Composition by Joe Zawinul

Jonas Brogren: synthesizers, kalimba, production
Jacob Brogren: tenor and soprano saxophones
Mastering by Jon Rinneby
photo by Cecilia Odlind

Dream Clock

Track 03 of the Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 the first of a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed within the context of the jam.  The third track chronicles when Barozek, having finished his studies with Krodar Thunderhammer, receives his final orders from King Granitecrusher and sails to Thule to meet Edgar at Carina's Bank in Aisholm Town.

Tale Of Edgar And Barozek - Orders From King Granitecrusher & Sailing To Thule

Track 04 of the Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 the first of a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed within the context of the jam.  The fourth track chronicles when Carina sends Barozek and Edgar on the perilous mission.  As it turned out it didn't go well for the pair : Barozek got separated from Edgar and was forced to return alone, and Edgar got himself captured and encased in a frozen block of ice.  Thawing him back out became a standard auto-quest in SlothMUD in the years to come.

Tale Of Edgar And Barozek - Rendezvous At Carina's & Showdown At Herbalist Isle

Full release on Album: "Simfoniyasi" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uKirufrC1fbyQMrvKqAre?si=-9yZyyavTxCKRteMTlIuug
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/simfoniyasi/1821658241?ls

Kit: CS2x, Kaoscillator, Minimoog Model D, Sector, Volca FM, Kolb Real Bass, Taqs.im, Drone FX, Mellowsound, Boss chorus and delay pedals, Logic Pro...
Vocals: Zutsuri(treated)

Acknowledgements: [Vocal samples]
- “Falling” by Zutsuri(c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license.

Eternal Flame (excerpt)

Full release on Album: "Simfoniyasi" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uKirufrC1fbyQMrvKqAre?si=-9yZyyavTxCKRteMTlIuug
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/simfoniyasi/1821658241?ls

Kit: Logic Pro, Animoog Z, Gauss Field Looper, Odyssei, Moog D & Werkstatt-01, Sector, uKorg, GarageBand..
Acknowledgments: 
a) Audio samples from “For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit” (2017–18) by Shilpa Gupta
b) Waveform modulated snippets from “Dastgar Bayati-Shiraz” sung by Alim Qasimov and Fargana Gasimova
c) Traditional Azerbaijan instrument sound samples (balabun, zurna and tutek).

Out of the Icherisheher (excerpt)

Full release on Album: "Simfoniyasi" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uKirufrC1fbyQMrvKqAre?si=-9yZyyavTxCKRteMTlIuug
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/simfoniyasi/1821658241?ls

Kit: uKORG, volca fm, miniMoog D, CS2x, Seaboard 5D, Roland E-4 Voice Tweaker, Logic Pro.
Acknowledgements:
Waveform modulated snippets from “Dastgar Bayati-Shiraz” sung by Alim Qasimov and Fargana Gasimova
Traditional Azerbaijan instrument sound samples (qanun).

Bakuvian Twist (excerpt)

Sundays I think of you  
Mondays I never try to  
You take me whole  
sweet poison  
then seduces me  


You claim that you can feel  
Yet through you  
But our hearts get colder  
Friendships wither in your shade  


Better I stay silent  
for your anger it’s a storm  
that waits for any word  
when we are alone  


You wrap me into gentle words  
invite me to your side  
Whisper grievances into the world  
and those who cross your path  


But in the crowd you leave me naked  
my faults displayed for all  
Later when I seek your gaze  
there is nothing  


Just your holy silence  
Big saint of labor  
Mighty of the wage  
still Sunday I must think of you  


Monday I never try to  
Because Mondays you're supreme  
One Monday there will be the one  
when you will wait for me in vain  


iTOY

Old, badly mixed yet remastered track. Nostalgic and mellow vibes oath to the passed time.

The time that went

A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

OUT NOW! My 3 singles "Desvio" / "We Just" / "Little Tricks" from my upcoming album

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► https://ffm.to/remood-we-just-single
► https://ffm.to/remood-desvio-single
.......
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Pre-releases and Experiments
- Final releases via https://linktr.ee/dashdotdotdash (Apple Music, Spotify)
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- Artists: 
  (1) -..- , xperimental 
  (2) XLab3 , xperimental
  (3) Ding Dong , vintage electronica

- xmachines: Logic Korg Yamaha Moog Teenage Engineering iApps ccMixter freemusicarchive field recordings radio
- Header Image Acknowledgement: (my silhouette in front of) an excerpt from the video, 'Plato's Alley' by Charles Atlas (2008)
- Profile Image Acknowledgement: 'Switching Marys' by Mike Kelley (2004-2005)

- History: 
1980s - Casio VL-tone, Wasp synth, Moog Concertmate MG-1, 2 track compact cassette recordings: tape to tape mixing ... emergence of Ding Dong. Revelled in the limitations in lo-fi sonic pallette and student budget...
1990s - Upgraded to 4-track compact cassette recordings... Casio CZ1000.
2000s - finally onto DAWs & xmachines & budget soft/hard synthesis & quirkiness in the Hikari Monos......Cakewalk>Sonar>Logic

Credits:
Jonas Brogren - keyboards, compositions & production
Karl Hugosson - bass & guitars
Maria Grunditz - vocals
Jacob Brogren - saxes, flute, clarinet, bass, horn arrangements
Erik Salomonsson - flute
Magnus Brogren - drums & percussion
Mauritz Petersson - drums
Cecilia Odlind - photo
Jens Fredholm - guitar
Dan Boissy - saxes
Gergo Bille - trumpet
Alice Odlind - trumpet
Luke Markham - drums
Hadrien Feraud - bass
Gergo Borlai - drums
Sergio Wagner - trumpet
Hiro Sakaba - bass

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