01	I will be the wind						06:53
	02	Spaken						01:04
	03	Flag of convenience						10:10
	04	Prastpolskan						00:57
	05	Zwecia						25:29
	06	Anthem of the long forgotten loss						08:22
	07	Ekelundapolskan						00:55

Anders Altzarfeld - hammond organ, mellotron and keyboards
Lennart Glenberg-Eriksson - violin
Danne Lindell - bass
Svetlan Raket - drums and percussion
P-O Saether - vocals

additional keyboards, piano, moog and mellotron by Mats Olsson
Oboe played by Kennet Bohman
Cor Anglais played by Anders Berglund

Recorded in Studio Underground, Vasteras, Sweden, November-97
Mixed at Studio Underground, May-98

Music and lyrics by P-O Saether, except Spaken, Prastpolskan and Ekelundapolskan - traditional

Produced and arranged by P.O.Saether & Zello


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Zello - Quodlibet

Released: 1999
Label: Musea
Cat. No.:
Total Time: 52:58


Review courtesy John "Bo Bo" Bollenberg, January 2000
Those of you who have had the chance to hear the first Zello album (Zello out on Ad Perpetuam Memoriam APM9614) probably thought an unreleased Kansas album had been found. Of course everyone was amazed once it became clear it concerns a brand-new band. The interest in this violin-driven combo has meant that various record companies have been negotiating in order to get this band onto their label. Finally it was Musea who was able to put the superb follow-up Quodlibet on their release sheet. We do find a new member in the person of drummer Svetlan Raket, but the rest of the band has been unchanged. This is a thing which can be heard very clearly here as the band sounds much more together than on their previous effort. That's why you'll find all of the genre's necessary ingredients in "I Will Be The Wind." In fact the entire album consists of four long songs which are held together by three very short instrumentals: "Spaken," "Prastpolskan" and "Elelundapolskan," each one of them ideas that could have been from the mind of the band Hedningarna. That mixture of folk and progressive also enters "Flag Of Convenience" where the violin clearly is at war with the keyboards (swirling Hammond organ!) sounding as a cross between Kansas and Flower Kings! The highlight is the dramatic "Zwecia," with its 25 minutes, a sort of an ode to the homefront. Zello really is a true revelation!

More about Quodlibet:

Track Listing: I Will Be The Wind (6:53) / Spaken (1:04) / Flag Of Convenience (10:10) / Prastpolskan (0:57) / Zwecia (25:29) / Anthem Of The Long Forgotten Loss (8:22) / Ekelundapolskan (0:53)

Musicians:
Anders Altzarfeld - Hammond organ, mellotron, keyboards
Lennart Glenberg-Eriksson - violin
Danne Lindell - bass
Svetlan Raket - drums, percussion
P-O Saether - vocals

Contact:


Email: zello@altavista.net

Discography

Zello (1996)
Quodlibet (1999)






Zello [Sweden]
Updated 5/8/02
Discography
Zello (95)
Quodlibet (99)


Reviews
Zello - Anders Altzarfeldt, Svetlan Raket, P-O Saether, Lennart Glenberg, Dan Lindell and Mats Olsson.

Echoes of Kansas, Kaipa and maybe even UK can be heard in Quodlibet (Musea FGBG 4278.AR), but Zello still manage to deliver a rocking symphonic album that sounds surprisingly fresh. Having ground their axes into dust, Zello dance to the tune of an expertly-played electric violin and the accompaniment of two stacks of mainly vintage keyboards. The music has high-energy bombast that can sound heavy without being metallic, the lengthy instrumental sections are dominated by harmonised or unison violin/Moog leads and interplay with rumbling Hammond, and the band know how to write memorable vocal melodies, be it in the single-ready "I Will Be the Wind" or the rambling, 25-minute "Zwecia". Three under-a-minute instrumentals based on Swedish folk themes punctuate the four main tracks, and the folk influence seeps through on many of these as well, allowing the music same kind of character that Kaipa had. Vocalist P-O Saether sounds like Steve Walsh with his nose clogged and a cheese grater stuck halfway down his throat, which may or may not alienate you (quite acceptable IMO). While Quodlibet seems to lack the final boost to lift it to classic category, it shows you can make intense and evocative music that draws on 1970's progressive vocabulary without simply recycling the same old cliches. -- Kai Karmanheimo

Zello is an interesting little Sweden neo-proggy band. It has always been called "A Swedish answer to Kansas", and I think I can agree - mostly of the tunes on the album I have (Quodlibet) are simple Kansas-violin / keyboard driven music (with no guitar this time - and that's the only one difference from Kansas in general), mostly with hard and pop intonations. It seems that UK and Jethro Tull also were big influences on Zello. Quodlibet is their second album and it has five songs on it with three short instrumentals (which really are the re-work of old Sweden traditional tunes). The best on here is "I Will Be The Wind" with its catchy tune and cool violin. 25-minute "Zwecia" is a very strange song-sometimes it is boring, sometimes it is gorgeous and sometimes it is just awful.
Other songs are pretty well perfomed, but, anyway they are still Kansas imitations. But as much as I hate Kansas, I'd say that Zello are very good sometimes (but awful in other times - as most of Kansas, actually). My advice to those guys is just to be a little more original - and they will get their sound. Still, if you are a Kansas fan, Quodlibet is a must for you. -- Oleg Sobolev


Links
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