Week of December 12, 2004
Tømrerclaus - electric & acoustic guitars, bowed fuzz cello, bass, vocals
Boline – vocals
Album:
Tømrerclaus – 1978, Karma Music KMLP1
CD: Karma Music
KMCD 4338
Claus Clement Pedersen, aka Tømrerclaus, decided to do something
different to the usual rock
guitarist routine and moved to Christiania (in Copenhagen) in 1975. This was a
largely
self-governed area that, since the late sixties, has been a refuge for hippies,
artists and various
freaks. The result was a privately recorded and released album and two
cassettes, ‘Snydt’ (1977)
and ‘Hepar’ (1978). All of them contained hilarious tracks based on
demented fuzz guitar and
even some on fuzz cello (the album contained the best material though)! The only
comparisons
might be Oliver's album ‘Standing Stone’, a British private release, or a
brain damaged,
one-man-band version of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. All lyrics were in
Danish. Great fun and
completely unpretentious!
Taken from Scented Gardens of the Mind - A guide to the Golden Era of Progressive Rock (1968-1980) in more than 20 European Countries, by Dag Erik Asbjørnsen, Borderline Productions, ISBN 1-899855-12-2