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tilted toward extended psychedelic jams, featuring members of Ghost Junzo Tateiwa and Kazuo Ogino as well as ancient music specialist Haruo Kondo. The album's varied instrumentation included acoustic and electric guitars, cello, organ,
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Espvall's early career included work with Arabian music ensemble Sumer and with Projektor 7, a silent movie orchestra formed by members of Swedish pop group
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Espvall frequently lends cello playing to the work of other musicians. She has been a member of the touring bands for
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Espvall subsequently entered Philadelphia's flourishing psychedelic and weird-folk circles. She joined
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released an album of traditional folk songs under the title Leaves From Off The Tree.
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is a Swedish–American musician noted for her participation in the post-millennial
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Espvall/Jakobsons/Szelag: Improvisations for Strings and Electronics
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shortly after they recorded their first album, was a member of
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scenes. Her primary instruments are cello, guitar and voice.
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Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk
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2006 also saw the release of Espvall's first solo album,
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Collaboration with Masaki Batoh (of Japanese psych band
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album and dubbed it "an impressively powerful record".
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We are all one, In the Sun: A tribute to Robbie Basho
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Drag City's page for Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh
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Experimental
free improv
psychedelic folk
folk
drone
Drag City
psychedelic folk
free improv
Komeda
High Zero
Espers
The Valerie Project
Anahita
Fursaxa
Meg Baird
Sharron Kraus
micronation
Ladonia
Lars Vilks
Ghost
Drag City
shō
rauschpfeife
crumhorn
cornamuse

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