Características
In 1989, guitarist and multi-string instrumentalist Göran Wennerbrandt founded the band Tiny Island. From 1993 onwards, Tiny Island, in the course of its very close collaboration with Eric Bibb as his backing band with the same line-up, performed under the name “Needed Time.” Wennerbrandt is also the executive producer of the two Bibb albums “Spirit And The Blues” and “Good Stuff.” Tiny Island's purely instrumental and difficult-to-categorize music is influenced by blues, calypso, a pinch of Buena Vista Social Club, oriental elements and Nordic moods. In addition to the band members' own compositions, there is also a magnificent cover version of Taj Mahal's “When I Feel The Sea Beneath My Soul.”
“The recordings were made from November 1998 onwards in an old stone church in the Swedish countryside. Opus 3 boss Jan-Eric Persson recorded the sessions on a Telefunken M28-C with minimal miking: two mics in a 90-degree Blumlein arrangement, with only the acoustic double bass receiving additional ”support." The pieces are correspondingly intimate, holistic, and atmospheric, and in combination with the catchy, contemplative melodies penned by the band themselves and without any kitsch, they seem like messengers from a more wholesome, peaceful world, comforting us in the face of current impositions. The 180-gram pressings, with almost no background noise, make listening again – or getting to know them for the first time – perfect." (Matthias Böde, STEREO (4/2023)
The double HQ-LP (180-gram vinyl, 45 RPM), which boasts outstanding sound quality, was pressed by Optimal Media. Andreas “Lupo” Lubich (Calyx Mastering, Berlin) is responsible for the lacquer disc cutting.
MUSICIANS
Göran Wennerbrandt: guitars, mandolin Janne Petersson: accordion, rainstick, kalimba, organ Olle Eriksson: double bass Björn Giddeonsson: percussion Nick Malmeström: bouzouki, guitarsJohan Hedin: nyckelharpaHaci Ahmet Tekbilek: flute
LP 1
Side A1. Le Valse Petit2. Vaquero
Side B1. Black Sand2. When I Feel The Sea Beneath My Soul3. She Danced With Me
LP 2
Side C1. My Siren Of The Woods2. Sacred Ground3. Lilla Långdansen
Side D1. Paniolo Dream2. PuaKea