‘Failures And Small Observations’ is the first single off A.Karperyd’s second album ‘GND’ (Ground). Andreas Karperyd has been active in the Swedish electronica/ambient/experimental scene since the mid 80s, releasing under many aliases (Omala, Obconic, He Said Omala, Hox and A.Karperyd), and creating music for stage/dance performances.
Some time after the release of the ’Duke of York’ album by Hox (with Graham Lewis of Wire) Andreas was diagnosed with cancer and as a therapy took to composing new music through his treatments, between 2016-2020. After getting the all-clear in 2020 he started editing and producing the hours of music he had made, cutting it down to become his second solo album GND (Ground).
Here’s a track from this work, a wonderful atmospheric track called Failures And Small Observations…
Like his first solo album ’Woodwork’ most of ’GND’ was recorded live and then edited in his studio which gives it a warm and almost jazzy feeling. Mixing glitchy electronica with beats have become a little of his trademark and on this album he goes full out with it, also pairing it with more ambient pieces. This time also brining in more piano and strings to the mix.
’GND’ is released as a limited vinyl run (150 copies), and also features original artwork by A.Karperyd. You can stream the album on Spotify.
