Bassist Dan Berglund was part of the successful Esbjörn Svensson Trio from the nineties. A Swedish jazz group that experimented in an accessible and energetic way and was therefore equally welcome on the jazz and rock stages. This was cruelly disrupted in 2008 by the death of Svensson in a diving accident. During his grieving process, Berglund was visited by guitarist Johan Lindström, with whom
… he played together a long time ago. Making music and writing together turned out to be a good therapy and Dan Berglund's Tonbruket was born from this almost unnoticed. Not surprising when you listen to this self-titled debut. Every stuffy box was pushed aside, resulting in a sound that can only be described as 'pure'. Lindström undoubtedly steals the show on guitar, but especially on lap and pedal steel, which he lets sing and mourn ghostly. The group sometimes sounds sadly fragile (as in the Song for E. dedicated to Svensson), but there is also rocking and stamping in bumpy themes. Not only Berglund but also Swedish jazz has a new future with this impressive album. (MR)more
