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 outstanding Multichannel Hybrid SACD from Opus 3 Records contains a booklet with detailed information about the recording technology and microphones used.
MUSICIANS: Göran Wennerbrandt: guitars, mandolin / Janne Petersson: accordion, rainstick, kalimba, organ / Olle Eriksson: double bass / Björn Giddeonsson: percussion / Nick Malmeström: bouzouki, guitars / Johan Hedin: nyckelharpa / Hacı Ahmet Tekbilek: flute
1. Le Valse Petit
2. Vaquero
3. Black Sand
4. When I Feel The Sea Beneath My Soul
5. She Danced With Me
6. My Siren Of The Woods
7. Sacred Ground
8. Lilla Långdansen
9. Paniolo Dream
10. PuaKea