{"product_id":"ufo-over-lappland-spokraketer-green-smoke-vinyl-marked-down-new-lp","title":"UFO Över Lappland  –  Spökraketer [green smoke vinyl MARKED DOWN] – New LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUFO Över Lappland from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden (also home to Cult of Luna, The Spacious Mind, and Refused) are an instrumental kraut-rock band in the vein of Neu!, Amon Düül II, or early Kraftwerk, but with psychedelic overtones and some post-rock sensibilities.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpökraketer is the follow up album to their self-titled debut that was re-issued in 2021 by Burnt Toast Vinyl. When UFO Över Lappland entered Parasit Studio (Gryssjön, Sweden) for their next recordings, the band had much more of a clear path to follow beyond the improvised jam sessions of their debut. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2559600865\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003eSpökraketer by UFO Ōver Lappland\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time the songs were written and arranged, but still not set in stone. During the recording process, UFO Över Lappland took those base ideas, but added new sounds and experimented with spontaneous ideas during the recording sessions. The results are tighter and more focused, but the recordings are played live in the studio, maintaining a fluidity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs with everyone else in the music industry, UFO Över Lappland have been affected by the pandemic, and pulling this record together has taken time with long production queues, but both Burnt Toast Vinyl and the band are very happy to release Spökraketer and share these tracks with\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eall of you!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe title Spökraketer (Ghost rockets) refers to unknown flying objects observed in various sightings in northern Sweden during the 1940s. A full explanation to these observations has never been given, but declassified US Air Force documentation quotes the Swedish Air Intelligence Service that “these phenomena are obviously the result of a high technical skill which cannot be credited to any presently known culture on earth.” UFO Över Lappland, indeed!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas Christensen is a photographer living in Greenland and UFO Över Lappland collaborated with him for appropriate photos of the Aurora Borealis to use for the album artwork.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrederik Lyxzén from Parasit Studio mixed the album. The audio was mastered by Grammy winning engineer Stephen Roessner (Calibrated Sound, Saxon Shore) and was cut to lacquers by Bob Weston at his Chicago Mastering Service. The LPs are pressed on high quality green\/ smoke swirled vinyl from Gotta Groove in Cleveland.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUFO Över Lappland st\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUFO Över Lappland. They\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUFO Över Lappland received some European media attention from psych and kraut focused media as a result of the release and the band has played live in\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUmeå with touring bands, as well as other venues in Sweden with a planned German tour interrupted by the pandemic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ereleases April 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burnt Toast Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051198771443,"sku":"ibk1793406164316","price":16.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/5826\/1235\/files\/ufo-over-lappland-spokraketer-green-smoke-vinyl-marked-down-new-lp_1.jpg?v=1793406170","url":"https:\/\/caninetreats.shop\/products\/ufo-over-lappland-spokraketer-green-smoke-vinyl-marked-down-new-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}