Name: Spokraketer
Brand: UFO Over Lappland

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-BTV-127LEC

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Colour

green

Colour details

Green Smoke Swirl Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

798154875079

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / green

CD-BTV-127

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Extended format: No

798154875277

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

UFO Over Lappland

Genre US

Krautrock

Label US

Burnt Toast Vinyl

UFO Över Lappland from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden (also home to Refused) are an instrumental kraut-rock band in the vein of Neu!, Amon Düül II, or early Kraftwerk, but with some post-rock sensibilities. Spökraketer is the follow up album to their self-titled debut that was re-issued in 2021 by Burnt Toast Vinyl. When UFO Över Lappland entered Parasit Studio (Gryssjön, Sweden) for their next recordings, the band had much more of a clear path to follow beyond the improvised jam sessions of their debut. This time the songs were written and arranged, but still not set in stone. During the recording process, UFO Över Lappland took those base ideas, but added new sounds and experimented with spontaneous ideas during the recording sessions. The results are tighter and more focused, but the recordings are played live in the studio, maintaining a fluidity.

As with everyone else in the music industry, UFO Över Lappland have been affected by the pandemic, and pulling this record together has taken time with long production queues, but both Burnt Toast Vinyl and the band are very happy to release Spökraketer and share these tracks with all of you!

The title Spökraketer (Ghost rockets) refers to unknown flying objects observed in northern Sweden during the 1940s. A full explanation of these observations has never been given, but declassified US Air Force documentation quotes the Swedish Air Intelligence Service saying, “these phenomena are obviously the result of a high technical skill which cannot be credited to any presently known culture on earth.” UFO Över Lappland, indeed!

Spokraketer

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