the Moving Sounds - a perfection in action
The Moving Sounds was started as a trio back in year 2000, by bass guitarist Peter Rosén, drummer Per Wollbrand and guitarist Lars Nordin. The intention from the beginning was to play music inspired by the 60s, but not raw garage punk as a lot of other bands influenced by that great decade. Instead, the idea was to play music with more of a modflavour - a combination of sixties rhythm 'n' blues and soul or The Creation mixed with Booker T & The MG's.
Quite soon after the start Fredrik Forsman, previously in Babysnakes and Jim-Jams, joined on organ and Jonas Lindholm started handling the vocals. In August 2000, Staffan Flodmark replaced Lars Nordin as guitarist. Apart from playing at the Stockholm mod club Snap, The Moving Sounds were also invited to play at Lambretta Club Stockholm’s club Soul Cave – the crowd went wild and word about the band started to spread. This resulted in a number of other gigs. With Staffan joining they started to write their own material. After extensive performing, song writing and rehearsals it was time to put the new songs on tape. Together with engineer Thomas Johansson they recorded four songs in their own rehearsal studio, during a weekend in May 2001. These recordings resulted in a four-track vinyl EP – Perfection EP, released in October 2001 on their own label MSSC Records, in 500 hand numbered copies. The EP received rave reviews by The Uppers Organization, New Untouchables and others. The record is now practically sold out.
The year 2002 started out a bit slow for the band. The singer Jonas spent the first five months abroad, enjoying a round-the-world- vacation, leaving the rest of the guys rehearsing instrumentally. Fortunately The Moving Sounds were booked to play at the Italian 60's festival Beatfever in Verona. After adding two other gigs in northern Italy, the band went on a small but successful summer tour in July. During the following autumn they played in Gothenburg at Run 'n' race scooter meeting, Club Uppers in Stockholm, the Sundsvall Maximum Garage festival, Purple Weekend mod festival in Spain and Club Pigall in Oslo. In October they recorded three songs and in January 2003 they released a brand new single called Am I Good To You?
During 2003 The Moving Sounds performed at the 1st sinful mod weekend in Gothenburg Sweden. In June 2003, the band toured Germany, including gigs at the "Men from U.N.K.E.L. Mod Weekender" in Kassel and at Club Unique in Düsseldorf. The Moving Sounds also played together with De Stijl and Paris at a big one-off club night in Stockholm. The autumn was spent writing and rehearsing new songs. In November the band was invited to play at Club Beatbox in Stockholm.
Now it's 2004 and The Moving Sounds will release their first longplayer and in mid July they hit the road again for a small German/Italian tour...
Members:
Jonas Lindholm - vocals and percussion; A supporter of Manchester City who discovered his singing abilities in the 6th grade, performing alone, in front of his music teacher. Jonas has played with several cover line-ups and played live all over town. He's been a member of The Moving Sounds since early 2000 or as they say, "when it started moving". He was asked to join by Lars Nordin who played guitar at the time. "We did a couple of numbers, and that was it". He loves of course 60s music but he's open minded and he always keeps an eye open for new exciting stuff.
Fredrik Forsman - organ; Fredrik has before joining The Moving Sounds played in various groups. Among them Baby Snakes and Jim-Jams. Once on a European tour he played with the Italian mod band Statuto at a gig in Milan. Fredrik's playing adds groove and coolness to the band's sound. The organ gives The Moving Sounds a richer spectra compared to similar bands without it, but of course someone has to play it. When Fredrik doesn't play he enjoys riding around on his Vespa P200E.
Per Wollbrand - drums; One of the founding members of The Moving Sounds. Played just as Peter in the band Baby Lemonade during the early nineties. He likes to sit high on his throne and is probably the most hard hitting drummer in the country :-). Per participates a lot in the song writing process not only providing the drums and percussion but also in the arranging phase. As everyone else in The Moving Sounds Per has a big interest in music and especially in the Velvet Underground which is according to Per the greatest pop group of all time. One of the best mod club he has visited is probably the Hipsters Club in San Diego, California.
Peter Rosén - bass;One of the founding members of The Moving Sounds. He started the band with Per and Lars Nordin because "there's no one around doing it, most of 60s influenced bands of today plays heavy garagerock". Before The Moving Sounds Peter played bass in a band called Baby Lemonade. Despite the love for the 60s and 60s music Peter really enjoys writing new stuff - as long it sounds good (read: as long as it sounds like a 60s-song). You can read an interview with Peter on the mod forum Uppers which will give you more details.
Staffan Flodmark - guitar and backing vocals; Staffan's career started out in the public music school's bossanova ensemble, Blue Sky. In his teens Staffan tried to play the bass in a band called The Vegetables. When guitarist Lars Nordin moved to Oslo, Staffan was asked to replace him and gladly joined. As a guitarist he prefers to keep things simple and claims that he ain't no virtuoso. In his temps libre he likes to watch Louis de Funes movies or maybe have a nice brew with his friends.
Quite soon after the start Fredrik Forsman, previously in Babysnakes and Jim-Jams, joined on organ and Jonas Lindholm started handling the vocals. In August 2000, Staffan Flodmark replaced Lars Nordin as guitarist. Apart from playing at the Stockholm mod club Snap, The Moving Sounds were also invited to play at Lambretta Club Stockholm’s club Soul Cave – the crowd went wild and word about the band started to spread. This resulted in a number of other gigs. With Staffan joining they started to write their own material. After extensive performing, song writing and rehearsals it was time to put the new songs on tape. Together with engineer Thomas Johansson they recorded four songs in their own rehearsal studio, during a weekend in May 2001. These recordings resulted in a four-track vinyl EP – Perfection EP, released in October 2001 on their own label MSSC Records, in 500 hand numbered copies. The EP received rave reviews by The Uppers Organization, New Untouchables and others. The record is now practically sold out.
The year 2002 started out a bit slow for the band. The singer Jonas spent the first five months abroad, enjoying a round-the-world- vacation, leaving the rest of the guys rehearsing instrumentally. Fortunately The Moving Sounds were booked to play at the Italian 60's festival Beatfever in Verona. After adding two other gigs in northern Italy, the band went on a small but successful summer tour in July. During the following autumn they played in Gothenburg at Run 'n' race scooter meeting, Club Uppers in Stockholm, the Sundsvall Maximum Garage festival, Purple Weekend mod festival in Spain and Club Pigall in Oslo. In October they recorded three songs and in January 2003 they released a brand new single called Am I Good To You?
During 2003 The Moving Sounds performed at the 1st sinful mod weekend in Gothenburg Sweden. In June 2003, the band toured Germany, including gigs at the "Men from U.N.K.E.L. Mod Weekender" in Kassel and at Club Unique in Düsseldorf. The Moving Sounds also played together with De Stijl and Paris at a big one-off club night in Stockholm. The autumn was spent writing and rehearsing new songs. In November the band was invited to play at Club Beatbox in Stockholm.
Now it's 2004 and The Moving Sounds will release their first longplayer and in mid July they hit the road again for a small German/Italian tour...
(to be continued...)
Keep your eyes and ears open!
Members:
Jonas Lindholm - vocals and percussion; A supporter of Manchester City who discovered his singing abilities in the 6th grade, performing alone, in front of his music teacher. Jonas has played with several cover line-ups and played live all over town. He's been a member of The Moving Sounds since early 2000 or as they say, "when it started moving". He was asked to join by Lars Nordin who played guitar at the time. "We did a couple of numbers, and that was it". He loves of course 60s music but he's open minded and he always keeps an eye open for new exciting stuff.
Fredrik Forsman - organ; Fredrik has before joining The Moving Sounds played in various groups. Among them Baby Snakes and Jim-Jams. Once on a European tour he played with the Italian mod band Statuto at a gig in Milan. Fredrik's playing adds groove and coolness to the band's sound. The organ gives The Moving Sounds a richer spectra compared to similar bands without it, but of course someone has to play it. When Fredrik doesn't play he enjoys riding around on his Vespa P200E.
Per Wollbrand - drums; One of the founding members of The Moving Sounds. Played just as Peter in the band Baby Lemonade during the early nineties. He likes to sit high on his throne and is probably the most hard hitting drummer in the country :-). Per participates a lot in the song writing process not only providing the drums and percussion but also in the arranging phase. As everyone else in The Moving Sounds Per has a big interest in music and especially in the Velvet Underground which is according to Per the greatest pop group of all time. One of the best mod club he has visited is probably the Hipsters Club in San Diego, California.
Peter Rosén - bass;One of the founding members of The Moving Sounds. He started the band with Per and Lars Nordin because "there's no one around doing it, most of 60s influenced bands of today plays heavy garagerock". Before The Moving Sounds Peter played bass in a band called Baby Lemonade. Despite the love for the 60s and 60s music Peter really enjoys writing new stuff - as long it sounds good (read: as long as it sounds like a 60s-song). You can read an interview with Peter on the mod forum Uppers which will give you more details.
Staffan Flodmark - guitar and backing vocals; Staffan's career started out in the public music school's bossanova ensemble, Blue Sky. In his teens Staffan tried to play the bass in a band called The Vegetables. When guitarist Lars Nordin moved to Oslo, Staffan was asked to replace him and gladly joined. As a guitarist he prefers to keep things simple and claims that he ain't no virtuoso. In his temps libre he likes to watch Louis de Funes movies or maybe have a nice brew with his friends.
Said about The Moving Sounds!
“One of Sweden's best kept secrets are coming back with their second release which follows their debut EP, Perfection. Our initial reaction is that the group is much stronger now. /…/ No Conversation is a great tune, which actually sounds very reminiscent of one of the better UK groups of the 90's, The Clique. /…/ Beatfever Boogaloo is a fuzz-laden update on what could have easily been a lost studio creation between Steve Marriott and Brian Auger. That's no small compliment, but completely deserved in this case. /…/ Friends, keep your eyes and ears on this band! “
Brian Poust, WWW.UPPERS.ORG
“The big stars of the night were The Moving Sounds from Stockholm. With hand clapping and the right poses, they really made Pipeline swing. During the song “The Sky” the whole dance floor looked like spastic Mick Jagger imitations.” Review of the “Garage Party”
in Sundsvall in Swedish newspaper Dagbladet
“…when the organ/guitar attack starts, the crowd breaks out into unrestrained dancing. An exciting set of garage, soul and r’n’r. With a feeling not seen in years they skilfully mix own songs with new interpretations of non-destroyed covers. A triumph!” in Sundsvall in Swedish newspaper Dagbladet
LIVE POINT- Spettacoli a VERONA,
www.livepoint.it/newpoint_articolo.asp?art=303
“The five headed band from Stockholm seems to be an absolute must to see…” www.livepoint.it/newpoint_articolo.asp?art=303
mod-scene.de, www.mod-scene.de/ger/index.html
“…this ep is great with a distinctive american hammond fuelled fuzzed up garage-pop sound. all 4 tracks are winners. /…/ buy this record and we will do our best to bring them over to these shores for a show in 2002.” The New Untouchables, www.newuntouchables.com
“This EP, the first recorded effort by Swedish beat combo The Moving Sounds, features four finely crafted snapshots of mod groove, centred around the feisty organ pyrotechnics of Fredrik Forsman. /…/ their undeniable musical ability and songwriting talent shows a lot of promise.“ Jesper Kern, WWW.UPPERS.ORG
“…another proof for the fine skills of this top notch band.” Copasetic mailorder, www.copasetic.de
“Dressed up in sharp suits these 5 young lads bash out some groovy organ drenched Mod Freakbeat, which will make your hips swing!” Soundflat, www.soundflat.de
“Killer new 4-track Big Boss Hammond blast from this smartly dressed Swedish quintet…” Detour Records, www.detour-records.co.uk
“…Incl. "Beatfever Boogaloo", a great groovy Instrumental dance killer!!” “Cool Swedish Mod freakbeat con organo. /…/ Groovy!” Butterfly Records, www.butterfly-records.com/default2.asp
“When I think of Mod I think of this band. They have the definitive Mod sound a perfect blend of classic and new.” Another Face in the Crowd,
The Official American Mods Website, www.another-face.com
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