Swedish composer Maria W Horn on the first and last albums she bought, and one she always returns to
First
Ebba Grön
‘Kärlek & Uppror’
(Mistlur, 1981)
“There was no record shop in the village where I grew up, but one of the stores in the mall had a CD section. I bought Ebba Grön’s ‘Kärlek & Uppror’ there. These are Swedish punk classics. I still love these songs. As my father travelled a lot, working as a sailor on a tanker, I started handing him lists of CDs I wanted, and he brought home piles of cheap bootlegs for me.”
Last
Flower Travellin’ Band
‘Anywhere’
(Philips, 1970)
“Someone referred to Flower Travellin’ Band as the Japanese equivalent of Black Sabbath, and I think that gives a good clue to their sound. I had been hoping to find this one for a long time when I finally came across it in a bookshop in my own neighbourhood. The cover is one of my all-time favourites. It’s so badass.”
Always
Bobby Beausoleil
‘Lucifer Rising’
(Lethal, 1980)
“Hard to pick just one! I keep coming back to ‘Lucifer Rising’ by Bobby Beausoleil, originally composed as a soundtrack to Kenneth Anger’s 1972 film. The music is performed by Bobby along with the Freedom Orchestra, all of them inmates of the Tracy Prison. I would describe it as psychedelic desert blues, very eerie and atmospheric.”
