This is a mix of songs that I have written/covered and recorded. Genres include progressive rock, acoustic ballads, electronic music and more. I usually play each instrument myself, but sometimes feature other artists on selected tracks.

Tracks

see me

sunrise

away from you

This song was recorded in 2012 and originally intended as part of a concept album on climate change. While some aspects of the recording have aged poorly and the rest of the album was never finished, this song is still very close to my heart. Featuring Pernilla West on vocals and Jesper Nielsen on bass.

Lyrics:

Out of nothing, burst into life
Ever growing, tested through time

Still evolving, subject to change
Could there be a natural end for this world

Tell me, could it be true
What we have done, you and I
How did we become blind
To the despair of this land

[Chorus reprise]

Tell me, could it be true
What we have done, you and I
Soon when everything ends
We can no longer deny

Out of Nothing (feat. P. West & J. Nielsen)

I wrote this song at a time when the world (and people in it) seemed to make less sense than usual. Ahamkara refers to the Sanskrit term that describes a state of subjective illusion, where the mind has bound one's sense of self to an external thing or concept.

Lyrics:

Oh glorious prophet, show us once more
Give us the answers unknowable
We will embrace all that you have to say
Internal resonance - shared mental state

अहंकार

A word is but a sound
And the silence has been cured
Accepted without hesitation
And the truth has been obscured

What does not suit you, you will detract
Mental gymnastics - alternative facts

[Chorus reprise]

अहंकार

A blind search for profit at any cost
What must be offered to your corporate gods?

[Chorus reprise]

अहंकार (Ahaṃkāra)

Jul's Progkast Podcast - 20

1) Melody Fields - Liberty (Sweden) -  .27
2) Jason Himm (Himmelberger) - Seven Ages (US) -  7.00
3) Tetrafusion - Perfect Silence (US) -  12.11
4) Tobias Frolov - Ahamkara (Sweden) - 25.22
5) So Far As I Know - Dark Waters (Russia) - 30.13
6) Lobate Scarp - Beautiful Light (US) - 38.40
7) Intrinsic Nature - Russian Spy (US) - 44.19
8) Dosch - Iniquity of Man (US) - 49.21

Intro song is Sumeritae - "(Intro)Belleza Anatomia"

Progkast

Jul's Progkast - 20

Blade Runner is probably my favorite film of all time and with the sequel coming up soon, now felt like the appropriate time to tribute it. It goes without saying that Vangelis' score is untouchable. I do not aspire to improve on his work, but merely to express my own humble interpretation of this iconic soundscape.

Artwork by Vihn Pham - artstation.com/artist/zinph

Like Any Other Machine

Unni Frösts album

Hell yeah in Barbados

A musical science fiction story of a threatening solar cataclysm & unification of all nations in averting catastrophe.  Like earthquakes, sunquakes occur, but they're not as threatening as my sci-fi tale suggests!
http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/sunquakes.htm

Len

Sunquake (a sci-fi tale)

I Wonder Who Is Like This One

And now for something completely different...

No, I didn't become a Rastafarian, although I've enjoyed reggae for years! This reggae song got jazzy when my 80-something dad applied his saxophone skills to my melodies. I learned later that "reggae jazz" is an actual genre... I have lots of new music to discover!

Instruments, in order of appearance:
Casio MT-400V
Korg Polysix
Moog Taurus
Zildjian hi hat
Cabasa
Korg Triton(kick & stick)
Guiro
Woodblock
1938 Martin Tenor Saxophone
Flex-a-tone
Korg MS-20Kit
Echo Mic(toy spring reverb)
Korg Triton(vibraslap)
Yamaha Alto Saxophone

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Many (with my dad on sax!) 🎷

Det här är en cover av låten Jag rear ut min själ som är skriven av bandet bob hund, inslaget av piano i slutet är skrivet av Stefan Nilsson. Samplingar från SVT, skärgårdsdoktorn. Ljud av Anton Berglund.

Jag rear ut min själ -  bob hund - Stefan Nilsson - Cover

Produced this song for a cyberpunk pixel art indie game.

Artwork by David Carmona - artstation.com/carmonster

Hellscape

Previously unpublished song from 2019. Originally conceived as part of a soundtrack for a film project.

Stranded in Time

This song is based on samples I recorded for a music production course back in 2014. Among other things, you will hear my laundry basket being used for percussion and a drinking glass for the main melody. The song has taken various forms over the years and I think it may have finally settled into something I'm happy with (for now).

Like Any Other Machine

Tobias Frolov

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