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Karaboudjan is an avant-garde metal one-man band from Örebro, Sweden. Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative Avant-garde elements large-scale A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of Musical instruments simultaneously using their hands feet limbs and various mechanical contraptions A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Örebro is a city in Närke in central Sweden. Örebro is the seat of Örebro Municipality and the capital of Örebro County. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The only band member is Dan Swanö, who had previously worked with Katatonia and Pan.Thy.Monium (among others) and who is known for being involved in many side projects. Dan Erland Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer Vocalist This article is about the band Katatonia not to be confused with the Welsh Pop-Rock band Catatonia. PanThyMonium was a Swedish avant-garde / Death metal band formed and led by Dan Swanö with several members from another project of his In Popular music, a side project is a project undertaken by one or more persons already known for their involvement in another band Karaboudjan is a band entirely devoted to the Adventures of Tintin, and the atmosphere created by the music reminds of the mysterious aspects of these adventures, especially those of Flight 714. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures

"Karaboudjan" is the name of the ship in which Tintin first meets his friend Captain Haddock. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the Captain Archibald Haddock ( Capitaine Archibald Haddock) is a character in the Comic book series The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian The term probably comes from the popular Walloon / Belgian French word "craboudja", meaning "child gross drawing" [1]. Belgian French (français de Belgique is the variety of French spoken mainly in the French Community of Belgium, alongside related minority Regional languages An alternative explanation is that it has been made up by two different terms: Karabou-gaz (a bay in the Caspian Sea) and Azerb-djan (country in Central Asia). This latter explanation has been forwarded in the Tintin exposition of the Marine Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, 2007-2008.

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History

Karaboudjan being a one-man band, it never actually went through a formation. A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of Musical instruments simultaneously using their hands feet limbs and various mechanical contraptions Karaboudjan started in 2001, when Dan Swanö released Sbrodj with the help of Relapse Records. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Relapse Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based independent metal Record label. Swanö worked with three session musicians on this release, including a saxophonist and a bassist. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Sbrodj's release type is sometimes disputed. Some sources claim that it is an EP, since its total playing time is of 18 minutes and 59 seconds, but others claim that the release is a demo because it is Karaboudjan first release. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release As of 2007, the band seems to be on hold. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. However, since it is a one-man band, other releases may not be impossible.

Musical genre

Although Karaboudjan is an avant-garde metal band, it incorporates several genres, such as progressive metal, industrial metal, or even zouk, inside its music. Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative Avant-garde elements large-scale Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. Zouk is a style of rhythmic Music originating from the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In Den Svarta Ön, for example, the song's introduction is similar to progressive metal in that it uses odd time signatures. The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats Following the introduction, the use of keyboard sounds similar to industrial metal. A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a Musical instrument, particularly the piano In the middle of the song comes a section of complete chaos: there is no structure, the drums become more present and arhythmic, and the saxophone and vocals are noisy and atonal. This moment could be compared to noisecore or even grindcore. For the fictional character with this name see Grindcore (Transformers. Immediately after this section of the song, a section with stable, yet unusual, time signature (9/4) comes. The instrumentation of this section is different in that it uses more exotic instruments and the melody sounds more like music from the Caribbean. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting At one point in Den Svarta Ön, what sounds like a kettle drum is used instead of toms. Timpani (also known colloquially as kettledrums or kettle drums) are Musical instruments in the percussion family A tom-tom (not to be confused with a Tamtam) is a cylindrical Drum with no snare. Despite all those varied styles, the song (and band for this matter) still shows its roots in heavy metal at certain moments of the song, where a stable 4/4 time signature is established and more guitar-driven riffs are played. In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm Overall, the band's genre is generally considered avant-garde metal due to its great efforts in musical experimentation, both in musical genres and unusual sounds. Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Sound' is Vibration transmitted through a Solid, Liquid, or Gas; particularly sound means those vibrations composed of Frequencies

Themes

Karaboudjan's themes and lyrics center mostly on The Adventures of Tintin, a Belgian comic book series created by Hergé in the late 1920s[2]. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative A book series is a sequence of Books with certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada In the Tintin comic book The Crab with the Golden Claws, the Karaboudjan is the ship where Tintin first meets Captain Haddock, who will later become one of the major characters of the adventures. The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French: Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series Captain Archibald Haddock ( Capitaine Archibald Haddock) is a character in the Comic book series The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian [3] The three tracks from Sbrodj are titled with Swedish translations of Tintin comic books. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Plan 714 Till Sydney is the Swedish title for Flight 714,[4] Den Svarta Ön is the Swedish title for The Black Island,[5] and Den Mystiska Stjärnan is the Swedish title for The Shooting Star. Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures The Black Island ( French: L'Île Noire) is the seventh of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip The Shooting Star is the tenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator [6] The name of the release, Sbrodj is also related to the Tintin comic books. Sbrodj (named Sprodj in the English edition) is the name of the area of Syldavia (a fictional Balkan kingdom) where a secret but successful space program was located in the 1950s. Overview Syldavia is a Monarchy, ruled at the time of the King Ottokar's Sceptre story by King Muskar XII. A fictional country is a Country that is made up for fictional stories A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive [7][8][9] The names of the session musicians, which are presumably pseudonyms, are also taken from the Adventures of Tintin. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Dr. Krollspell is the name of a doctor hired by Rastapopoulos to inject a truth serum to Laszlo Carreidas in order to get his money. See also List of The Adventures of Tintin characters, for a complete list The supporting characters Hergé created for his series The Adventures Roberto Rastapopoulos (Greek Ροβέρτος Ρασταπόπουλος) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin series of Comic books A truth drug (or truth serum) is a Psychoactive drug used to attempt to obtain information from an unwilling subject most often by a police intelligence or military See also List of The Adventures of Tintin characters, for a complete list The supporting characters Hergé created for his series The Adventures This character only appears in Flight 714. Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures [10] The name Allan, if put into the context of the Tintin comic books, is that of Allan Thompson. Allan Thompson is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic Comic books drawn and written by Hergé. However, when translating the comic book from French to English, the name was shortened down to Allan in order to avoid confusion with Thomson and Thompson. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Thomson and Thompson ( Dupond et Dupont) are a pair of detectives in Hergé 's classic European comic strip The Adventures [11] Serafim Svensson is the name of Jolyon Wagg in the Swedish translations of the comic books. Jolyon Wagg (in the original French version Séraphin Lampion) is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic Comic books Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the [12] It must also be noted that the intro of Plan 714 Till Sydney consists of what sounds like an announcement in an airport saying (in Swedish): "the passengers of flight 714 in destination to Sydney should present themselves to gate number three". Those lines are the opening lines for the comic book Flight 714. Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures The lines are taken from the Swedish cassettes of the adventures made in the 1980s.

Line-up

Band members

Session musicians

Note: These names are actually taken from the Swedish edition of the Tintin books, as well, (Serafim Svensson is the Swedish name of Jolyon Wagg,) and it is possible that the session musicians are simply other names used by Dan Swanö. Dan Erland Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer Vocalist A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Jolyon Wagg (in the original French version Séraphin Lampion) is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic Comic books

Discography

Sbrodj

Sbrodj was the first Karaboudjan release. Some sources claim that it is an EP due to its relatively long playing time, while others think that the term demo is more appropriate for this release. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release Sbrodj was released in 2001 with Relapse Records. Relapse Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based independent metal Record label. It includes three tracks. The line-up for this release was Dan Swanö on all instruments, Dr Krollspell on rhythm bass, Allan on lead guitars, and Serafim Svensson on the saxophone. Dan Erland Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer Vocalist

Track listing:
1. "Plan 714 Till Sydney" - 5:04
2. "Den Svarta Ön" - 7:32
3. "Den Mystiska Stjärnan" - 6:23

References

  1. ^ Hergé, Tintin's creator, enjoyed melting popular Belgian culture with supposed exotic names; see for example [1] for parallels between Syldavian and Brussels's speech. Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Syldavian is a Fictional language created by Hergé as the national language of Syldavia, a small fictional Balkan kingdom that serves
  2. ^ The Adventures of Tintin on Wikipedia
  3. ^ The Crab with the Golden Claws on Wikipedia
  4. ^ Flight 714 on the Swedish Wikipedia
  5. ^ The Black Island on the Swedish Wikipedia
  6. ^ The Shooting Star on the Swedish Wikipedia
  7. ^ Sbrodj on the Swedish Wikipedia
  8. ^ Syldavia on the Swedish Wikipedia
  9. ^ Sylavian history on Wikipedia
  10. ^ Flight 714 on Wikipedia
  11. ^ Allan Thompson on Wikipedia
  12. ^ Tintin Characters Guide:W

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