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Sanchez is Driven by Demons

2002
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During the long and cold winter of 2001 Sanchez is driven by demons was created by Emil Johansson and Jonas Ottosson. A few songs were written and recorded in January 2002. Some invaluable help in the process was given by Viktor Ottosson, Ragnar Thurén, Johan Larsson, Nina Andersson and Samuel Ekdahl. The recordings were made in Johan's basement using only a mixer and a minidisc. Eventually four songs were selected to end up on a record. Some sound processing were made and the cover was being designed, printed and assembled by the band. The record was limited to 100 copies and sold out quite fast.

The songs on the record are children of their time. The simple equipment and the rather poor musical skills being mixed with burning hearts and some old school post rock influences created unstructured songs with no vocals and a quite minimalistic sound. But don't believe that the songs just because having some resemblances with for example Godspeed You! Black Emperor will leave you after you turn the stereo off. They will return when you least expect it and you will want to hear them again just to get that feeling of bittersweet loneliness back. Let's put it this way: the songs were crappy recorded and poorly produced, the sound dark and suggestive and the result a beautiful debut album.

  • Vi girar åt vänster och hittar Sanchez is Driven by Demons. Ett band som levt ett dubbelt så långt liv mentalt som fysiskt. Detta hindrar dem inte från att leverera en organisk form av instrumentalmusik. De undviker galant den största klyschan inom genren genom att aldrig nå klimax utan att fortfarande darra i det stillsamma trots att låten klockar in på över tio minuter. vackert, mycket vackert.

    Fredrik Eriksson, groove nr 3 [2002]

  • Lugnt, fint och stilla smyger Sanchez sig på för ett hembesök. Det känns precis som den musik John Blund borde ha i sina lurar när han glider omkring i natten och delar ut sand till oss dödliga. Nattmusik är alltid svårt att få till så att det låter nattligt utan att bli för trött. Men Sanchez lyckas med stor marginal och det känns intressant hela tiden, vilket i och för sig gör det svårt att somna.

    LAVA³ [2002]