Albums
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Above & Underneath
This album stretches through almost three decades I terms of writing and life experience, but it’s true expression wouldn’t have been brought to light without my friend Åsa Gjerstad.
Nor would the story of this album have been fully told without producer and creative collaborator Neill Cardinal Furio. So, let me take this opportunity to quote him.
“Like many a handmade, homespun creation, this LP was both a years-long labor of love and an urgent document of loss. We offer it to you in the quiet hope that you’ll hear familiarity amid the exotica, and feel the familial ties that bind this album’s future to its past, in the imperfect here and now”
My gratitude also goes out to all other collaborators, musicians and technicians alike – who helped make this record more delight than despair.
Special thanks to David Xolander for studio set up and recording advice, John Dahlqvist, Tamer Giray, Lars-Olof Johansson, Nathan Larson and Rodrigo Santoro for feedback that has given me the courage to move forward.
Recorded in Malmö, Stockholm, and Istanbul by Kerim Arhan
Preproduction and additional recordings by David Carlsson at Gula studion.
An Almost Clear Blue Sky recorded in Istanbul by Åsa Gjerstad and Kerim Arhan
Additional recording in New York City by Neill Cardinal Furio
Mixed and mastered in Copenhagen by Brian Mørk Hansen
Produced by Kerim Arhan, Åsa Gjerstad, and Neill Cardinal Furio
Executive producer: Anja Westling Arhan
Cover art design: Andreas Beronius
Web design: Tamer Giray
Front cover photography: Anonymous
Musicians
Tomas Forssell electric guitar on track 3.
Miranda Gjerstad: Backing vocals on track 2, 8 and 12.
Åsa Gjerstad: Cello on track 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12.
Neill Cardinal Furio Modular synthesizer on track 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12.
Peter Minorsson percussion on track 5,6, 9, 10 and 12.
Anonymous street musician on percussion, track 4
Family vocals and backing vocals on track 3 and 11.
Kapitan Andreevo
(Words and music: Arhan)
Bankalar Caddesi
(Words and music: Arhan)
Apart From You
(Words and music: Arhan)
An Almost Clear Blue Sky
(Arhan, Gjerstad, Hansen, Furio)
And The Seawall
(Words and music: Arhan)
Fru Lindholm Blues
(Words: Kerim Arhan / Music: Arhan, Gjerstad, Minorsson)
Nobelvägen
(Hansen, Furio)
(Ghost Song)
(Words: Kerim Arhan / Music: Arhan, Sebastian Borg, Jens Jungmark Jonas Hult, Ola Strandh, STIM)
Magneta 28
(Words and music: Arhan)
Fallet jag är slut
(Words: Arhan / Music: Arhan, Gjerstad, Minorsson)
Sabahattin Amca
(Karadeniz Türküsü)
Carpet Dealer's Boy
(Words and music: Arhan)
This album is dedicated to Agneta Arhan Wulff
ABOVE AND UNDERNEATH (Volume 1) ©️ & ℗ 2024
Peach House Publishing, Repslagaregatan 9a 21121 Malmö
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Recorded by Kerim Arhan & Patrik Bartosch
Produced by Kerim Arhan & Patrik Bartosch
Mastered by 9 volt studio
© & ℗ 2016. Kerim Arhan/Selected Art Studio.
BIEM/n©b
All rights reserved.
Produced and recorded by Kerim Arhan & Patrik Bartosch
Mixed by Patrik Bartosch
Recorded at Selected Art Studio & Tambourine studios in Malmö, Sweden.
*Recording advice and instructions at selected art studios by Mikael Körner.
*Piano on track 2 recorded by Sebastian Borg.
Musicians
Kerim Arhan Vocals & Acoustic guitar. Piano on track 2.
Mats Bengtsson Accordion on track 6.
Patrik Bartosch Piano & vibraphone. Percussion on track 2,4 & 7. Double-bass on track 2.
Jan Mattiasson Contrabass on track 3, 6, 9 & 10.
Jessica Ottosson Backingvocals on track 6 &10.
Peter Tegnér Electric Guitar & Electric Mandolin on track 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10.
Hakan Vreskala Percussion on track 3, 6 , 9 and 10.
Håkan Paws on track 2.
Adice. Counselling & support: Martin Theander
All songs written by Kerim Arhan and published by Selected Art Studio.
Special Thanks
My family, Andreas Beronius, Sebastian Borg, Jimmy Christensen, John Dahlqvist, Mikael Eriksson Duffy, Åsa Gjerstad, Erinc Güzel, Jonas Hult, Lise Ljungmark, Evelina Persson and Martin Theander. Many others have inspired or contributed to the process of writing, reccording and releasing this album in various ways. You know who you are.
Art direction/design: Andreas Beronius
Photography: Pelle Hybinnette
© & ℗ 2016. Kerim Arhan/Selected Art Studio
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This album was recorded 2003-2004.
Some of the songs were written during a retreat in the woods of Småland/Sweden reflecting on the experiences from the north pacific living in Vancouver at the end of the nineties. A theme which is also partly present on the newly released album Above and Underneath. Some of the lyrics contemplate everyday life back in my hometown and the years that passed after my return.
My gratitude first and foremost goes out to my friend Jonas Hult who was not only a very good musician and collaborator with song arrangements but also a support personally in good times and in bad.
I am also very proud to have Jens Jungmark (1973-2012) present with his extraordinary musicality on this record.
The music was never published but three songs were featured in short films/videos collaborating with Mikael Ericsson Duffy.
This is both a 20 year anniversary as well as a new record release.
Recorded by Anders Alexander & Kerim Arhan
Mixed by Anders Alexander
Additional editing by David Carlsson
Rebalanced by Sebastian Vinther Olsen
Additional recording and mix on As The Crow Flies by Sebastian Vinther Olsen
Sequenced by Neill Cardinal Furio
Mastered by Brian Mørk Hansen
Produced by Anders Alexander, Kerim Arhan & Jonas Hult
Musicians
Kerim Arhan: Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Piano
Jonas Hult: Bass guitar, Backing vocals
Anders Alexander: Drums and Sytheizer
Jens Jungmark: Piano, String arrangements
Nicklas Jungberg: Electric guitar
Cover art design: Andreas Beronius
Web design: Tamer Giray
Front cover photography: Kerim Arhan
Thank you
Sebastian Borg for engaging, taking part in and inspiring to write music through many years.
Daniel Cirera and Nicklas Jungberg for initiating the recording sessions
Barbro Wulff for love and support.
©️ & ℗ 2024 Peach House Publishing Malmö
Kerim Arhan (STIM)
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