- country:Sweden
- region:Scandinavia
- style(s):Alternative
- label:dreamboat music/rootsy
- artist posted by:Lina Langendorf-Yosei / Ok Star Orchestra / Zac & Lina
Line up
- Hassan Bah (kongoma)
- Lina Langendorf (saxophones/flute)
- Mistah Christah Lyssarides (solo guitar)
- Per Tjernberg (percussion)
- Perry Vallgren (drums/percussion)
- Thomas Dawidowski (bass/cornet)
- Tommy Galento (rythm guitar)
Links
Ok Star Orchestra are already concidered as a legendary band in Sweden and are performing live to steadily growing crowds. Their 2 albums "Cobra Session" and "Sound Classic" has recieved rave reviews by a united press and they have recently been suport act to Staff Benda Bilili in Sweden. .
"OK Star Orchestra is one of those discoveries that bring back the passion and joy for music whenever you feel stuck or fed up. Hard to categorize, influences stretching from Malian guitar master Ali Farka Toure to blues, jazz and other cool sounds. Don't let this trio pass you by, whatever you do, OK?"
Lira World Music Magazine
"Delicate. Easy and playful. Should be a cult classic." Nils Hansson, Dagens Nyheter
"A lesson to us all in positive thinking. Like passing a house party and being greeted with open arms by total strangers."
Karl Tiderman, Svenska Dagbladet
"Cobra Sessions is the most unexpected, best performed and cinematic Swedish album I've heard in a along time."
Jan Gradvall, Dagens Industri
"Soothing for weary souls and tired ears. Laidback and sexy, sparse and extremely musical with a touch of blues, jazz and fifties-sounding instrumental music."
Lennart Persson
"Skillful musicians with a feeling for groove, stomp and rhythm. Something for all of you out there tired of silly lyrics and rhymes that strain."
Anna Sims, Nya Wermlands Tidning
"Like a gentle breeze through palm trees. Simply brilliant in its unpretentiousness. Puts you in a mild state of mind."
Michael Ankarvik, Norra Skane
"Ten rolling and tumbling instrumental tracks. Fifties-sounding with a good twisted and slightly weird feeling."
Robert Ryttman, Zero Magazine
Debut-CD Cobra Sessions by OK Star Orchestra was chosen CD OF THE WEEK by Lennart Wretlind, legendary swedish radio host of the show KLINGAN: "Swedish group OK Star Orchestra trots along with a Ry Cooder-sounding style. They wonder themselves what to call their music. Rhythm'n'beat? Swedicana, I'd say. One of the group members scored the music for TV documentary PLOTSLIGT I VINSLOV. OK Star Orchestra's music would work wonderfully as a soundtrack for an imaginary film."
Lennart Wretlind, Swedish Radio