Anekdoten

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Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band, composed of guitarist/vocalist Nicklas Barker, cellist/keyboardist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist/vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström and drummer Peter Nordins.

They are notable for the use of the mellotron and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music,especially that of King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator and Black Sabbath

Top tracks

01	Monolith	Anekdoten	Gravity			06:07
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
03	If It All Comes Down to You	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			05:52
02	Ricochet	Anekdoten	Gravity			05:44
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
04	Writing on the Wall	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			09:03
07	The Sun Absolute	Anekdoten	From Within			06:39
01	Shooting Star	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			10:10
05	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			05:07
06	Our Days Are Numbered	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			08:36
02	Get out Alive	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			07:32
03	Book OF Hours	Anekdoten	Nucleus			09:59
07	This Far From The Sky	Anekdoten	Nucleus			08:49
04	Hole	Anekdoten	From Within			11:08
01	Nucleus	Anekdoten	Nucleus			05:12
05	Rubankh	Anekdoten	Nucleus			03:24
02	Harvest	Anekdoten	Nucleus			06:57
01	Karelia	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:21
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins

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Discography

Albums

2016 Anekdoten: 16-04-2016

Shooting Star - EP (The Hans Fredriksson Mixes)

01	Shooting Star (Hans Fredriksson Mix)	Anekdoten	Shooting Star - EP (The Hans Fredriksson Mixes)			11:00
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström
02	If It All Comes Down to You (Alternative Flute Solo Version)	Anekdoten	Shooting Star - EP (The Hans Fredriksson Mixes)			05:52
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström
03	Our Days Are Numbered (Hans Fredriksson Mix)	Anekdoten	Shooting Star - EP (The Hans Fredriksson Mixes)			08:30
	Composers: Nicklas Barker

VIRTA: 10-04-2015

Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

01	Shooting Star	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			10:10
02	Get out Alive	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			07:32
03	If It All Comes Down to You	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			05:52
04	Writing on the Wall	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			09:03
05	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			05:07
06	Our Days Are Numbered	Anekdoten	Until All the Ghosts Are Gone			08:36

2005 Anekdoten: 22-09-2005

Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)

01	Monolith (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			06:26
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
02	From Within (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			07:57
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
03	Kiss of Life (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			04:44
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
04	Hole (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			11:17
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
05	Sw4 (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			05:59
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
06	Moons of Mars (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			02:39
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
07	The Sun Absolute (Live in Japan 2005)	Anekdoten	Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005)			05:16
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins

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2003 Anekdoten HB: 01-01-2003

Gravity

01	Monolith	Anekdoten	Gravity			06:07
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
02	Ricochet	Anekdoten	Gravity			05:44
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
03	The War Is Over	Anekdoten	Gravity			04:42
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
04	What Should But Did Not Die	Anekdoten	Gravity			06:43
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
05	SW4	Anekdoten	Gravity			06:04
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
06	Gravity	Anekdoten	Gravity			08:19
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg
07	The Games We Play	Anekdoten	Gravity			03:24
	Composers: Barker / Liljestrom / Nordins /Dahlberg

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(P) 1999 anekdoten: 01-01-1999

From Within

01	From Within	Anekdoten	From Within			07:25
02	Kiss of Life	Anekdoten	From Within			04:40
03	Groundbound	Anekdoten	From Within			05:24
04	Hole	Anekdoten	From Within			11:08
05	Slow Fire	Anekdoten	From Within			07:26
06	Firefly	Anekdoten	From Within			04:49
07	The Sun Absolute	Anekdoten	From Within			06:39

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1998 Anekdoten: 05-02-1998

Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)

01	Karelia (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			08:04
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
02	The Old Man & the Sea (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			08:02
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
03	Harvest (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			05:42
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
04	Slow Fire (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			07:51
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
05	Thoughts in Absence (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			03:39
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
06	Road to Nowhere (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			04:56
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
07	Book of Hours (Live in Japan 1997)	Anekdoten	Official Bootleg (Live in Japan 1997)			10:04
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins

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(P) 1995 Anekdoten: 01-01-1995

Nucleus

01	Nucleus	Anekdoten	Nucleus			05:12
02	Harvest	Anekdoten	Nucleus			06:57
03	Book OF Hours	Anekdoten	Nucleus			09:59
04	Raft	Anekdoten	Nucleus			00:58
05	Rubankh	Anekdoten	Nucleus			03:24
06	Here	Anekdoten	Nucleus			07:26
07	This Far From The Sky	Anekdoten	Nucleus			08:49

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1993 Raft/Anekdoten: 01-01-1993

Vemod

01	Karelia	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:21
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
02	The Old Man And The Sea	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:49
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
03	Where Solitude Remains	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:21
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
04	Thoughts In Absence	Anekdoten	Vemod			04:12
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
05	The Flow	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:00
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
06	Longing	Anekdoten	Vemod			04:54
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins
07	Wheel	Anekdoten	Vemod			07:52
	Composers: Barker Lijeström Dahlberg Nordins

EPs

1997 Anekdoten: 30-09-1997

Live - EP

01	Nucleus (Live in Borlänge 1996)	Anekdoten	Live - EP			05:11
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
02	The Flow (Live in Borlänge 1996)	Anekdoten	Live - EP			06:03
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
03	A Way of Life (Live in Borlänge 1996)	Anekdoten	Live - EP			08:11
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins
04	Karelia (Live in Borlänge 1996)	Anekdoten	Live - EP			06:04
	Composers: Nicklas Barker - Jan Erik Liljeström - Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Peter Nordins

1995 Anekdoten: 03-06-1995

Sad Rain

01	Sad Rain	Anekdoten	Sad Rain			10:13
	Composers: Nicklas Barker

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Musea: 28-07-2014

ProgFest 1994

01	Outsider	Halloween	ProgFest 1994			06:27
	Writer: Jean-Philippe Brun - Gilles Coppin - Yann Le Saout / Composers: Jean-Philippe Brun - Gilles Coppin - Yann Le Saout / Other contributors: D.R
02	Suburb	Halloween	ProgFest 1994			05:13
	Writer: Jean-Philippe Brun - Gaëtan Habasque / Composers: Jean-Philippe Brun - Gaëtan Habasque / Other contributors: D.R
03	What's In ?	Halloween	ProgFest 1994			04:41
	Writer: Gilles Coppin - Yann Le Saout / Composers: Gilles Coppin - Yann Le Saout / Other contributors: D.R
04	Mutants Over Miami	Kalaban	ProgFest 1994			11:27
	Writer: Randy Graves / Composers: Randy Graves / Other contributors: D.R
05	Eyes of a Seer	Kalaban	ProgFest 1994			02:46
	Writer: Randy Graves / Composers: Randy Graves / Other contributors: D.R
06	Hotash Slay	Kalaban	ProgFest 1994			03:01
	Writer: Randy Graves / Composers: Randy Graves / Other contributors: D.R
07	Höstsejd	Änglagård	ProgFest 1994			15:45
	Writer: Thomas Johnsson - Tord Lindman - Anna Holmgren - Johan Högberg - Jonas Engdegard - Mattias Olsson / Composers: Thomas Johnsson - Tord Lindman - Anna Holmgren - Johan Högberg - Jonas Engdegard - Mattias Olsson / Other contributors: D.R

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(P) 2012 Steven Wilson Under Licence To Snapper Music Plc: 04-09-2015

Kscope, Vol. 3

01	Luminol	Steven Wilson	Kscope, Vol. 3			12:25
	Composers: Steven Wilson
02	Untouchable Pt. 1	Anathema	Kscope, Vol. 3			06:14
	Composers: D. Cavanagh
03	Black Lily	Gazpacho	Kscope, Vol. 3			04:58
	Composers: ANDERSEN - ASP - Jan Henrik Ohme - Jon Arne Vilbo - Kristian Torp - Krömer - Lars Erik Asp - Mikael Kromer - Ohme - Thomas Alexander Abdersen - Torp - Vilbo
04	Last Man Standing	The Pineapple Thief	Kscope, Vol. 3			05:08
	Composers: Soord
05	Seeing in the Dark	Mothlite	Kscope, Vol. 3			03:58
	Composers: O`Sullivan
06	Soft Coda	North Atlantic Oscillation	Kscope, Vol. 3			04:19
	Composers: North Atlantic Oscillation
07	Prize	Gavin Harrison	Kscope, Vol. 3			04:06
	Composers: Gavin Harrison - Ric Byer

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(P) 2008 Kscope, a division of Snapper Music plc: 04-09-2015

Kscope, Vol. 1

01	Tightly Wound	The Pineapple Thief	Kscope, Vol. 1			06:35
	Composers: Soord
02	Lunatic Soul	Lunatic Soul	Kscope, Vol. 1			06:47
	Composers: Duda
03	Truenorth	No-Man	Kscope, Vol. 1			12:51
	Composers: Bowness - Steven Wilson - Tim Bowness - Wilson
04	Brighter as We Fall	Engineers	Kscope, Vol. 1			06:05
	Composers: McBean - Peters - Phipps - Sweeney
05	Gravity	Anekdoten	Kscope, Vol. 1			08:22
	Composers: Berg - Dahlberg - Liljestrom - Nordin
06	Drawing Maps from Memory	North Atlantic Oscillation	Kscope, Vol. 1			03:45
	Composers: Healy - Martin
07	Decay	Richard Barbieri	Kscope, Vol. 1			05:02
	Composers: Barbieri

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(P) 1995 Briskeby Records: 01-01-1995

This Is an Orange

01	Wounded	Ravana	This Is an Orange			07:26
	Composers: Rune Carlson - Anders Hunstad
02	Death Wish/Autumn	Chrome Yellow	This Is an Orange			07:37
	Composers: Tommy Danielsen - Ole Martin Aaserud
03	How to Make It	Fruitcake	This Is an Orange			03:40
	Composers: Tore Bø - Pål Søvik
04	Fatherland	Ab Intra	This Is an Orange			08:53
	Composers: Ab Intra
05	Dusty Highway	Crack Of Ice	This Is an Orange			04:01
	Composers: Paal-Arne Hermansen - Svein Hope
06	Shadow of My Mind	Winterland	This Is an Orange			05:31
	Composers: Winterland - Olav Eira - Kai Somby
07	The Maiden	Manticore	This Is an Orange			11:05
	Composers: Kjell Jansson - Göran Holmberg

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