[engl] The Genesis of The Ark was this 1996 debut EP now released on vinyl for the very first time. The Ark EP, also known as Racing with the Rabbits, was recorded in 1994 and 1995 and released in 1996 and provides a unique insight into the early years of the band. The record is heavier and rawer than their future string of hits and there are prog references that wouldn't be so easily detectable later on. But the fundamental elements of their polished, bombastic and theatrical style is already in place and the title track would occasionally be part of the band's live sets more than ten years down the road.

[engl] Still going strong and better than ever - legendary Swedish punk pioneers Attentat teams up with producer Per Stålberg (Division of Laura Lee) on this three track vinyl single. Comes in three different limited editions.

[engl] Attentat were pioneers in the first Swedish punk wave in the late 1970s, along with bands like Kriminella Gitarrer, KSMB, Göteborg Sound and Ebba Grön. After more than 40 years on the Swedish rock scene, Attentat has never felt more relevant. With the new album ”Punkhjärta” (Punk Heart) producer Mattias Glavå (Dungen, The Amazing, Ice Age and others) has carved out a cleaner more raw sound but the fighting spirit, energy and sing along refrains remain. Attentat are still set on changing the future without forget- ting their past and in 2019 they are better, smarter, stronger and more fun than ever. They have nothing left to prove, but still do. The day our planet is flawless Attentat will quit. But that day seems far away.

[engl] First solo project from wizard Björn Olsson, composer and produ- cer (most noted for his close collaboration with Swedish superstar Håkan Hellström) and former guitarist / co-founder of Union Carbide Productions and The Soundtrack of Our Lives, flies like a watchful butterfly through time and space to land somewhere between krautrock, psychedelia and spaghetti westerns. Recorded in the spring of 1997 in a house by the sea on the Swedish west coast – or is it in Oz, Neverland or on some distant planet? – he weaves electric and organic threads from Ennio Morricone, Popol Vuh, Brian Eno and Bo Hansson into a ghostly, atmospheric, focused and dreamy ambient tapestry to submerge in ... or disappear through. A lullaby eternal like a granite rock, yet fleeting as a ripple over a glittering ocean. Björn Olsson enchants you without you noticing.

[engl] The second album from 2000 vinyl for the first time in 20 years and this time it’s got extra tracks. Hits galore! Punkrocker, Crackin’ Up, From The Bughouse and even a Lee Perry-cover.

[engl] Their third album from 2002 vinyl for the first time since it came out and this time it’s got extra tracks. Jerk It Out, Over ’Fore It Started, Candy Cane and more!

[engl] Their glorious 1997 debut album on vinyl for the first time in over 20 years. Filled with hits like Sort It Out, (I’m Gonna) Kick You Out and You’re My Favourite.

[engl] The Stockholm-based psych/60s/garage/indie-act Caesars had a wild ride around the turn of the century. Their three first albums, released in Sweden under the moniker Caesars Palace, were riddled with hits like Jerk It Out, Punkrocker, From The Bughouse, Sort It Out and more, but they only had limited release outside Sweden. The ultra limited vinyl versions of the albums have been highly sought after collector items for 20 years now and even if you’re lucky enough to own originals, these new editions have superior quality pressings, bonus tracks and better sleeves. Limited editions will include fanzines made by bass player David full of pix and trix. Classic 1996 ep for the first time on vinyl with lots of extras including their 1995 debut 7” and other rarities. Caesar’s Palace (aka Caesars) in their infancy was a screaming mess of garage, psych, beat, lo-fi and cycledelica with great pop sensibilty.

[engl] Writing somber songs that you want to play over and over agian or pop tunes that never comes off corny and singing them with perfection without sounding con- trived takes a unique voice. César Vidal from Swedish psych/60s/garage/indie-act Caesars aka Caesars Palace has that voice and he makes it all look so easy. The tracks on his debut solo album are ageless and could have landed softly into any decade from the 60s and onwards. There are hints of just about everything from jangly psych pop, British invasion, surf, shoegaze, lo-fi and punk, all delivered with the golden voice of a sad angel. César Vidal is a seasoned player after years with his band but here he really gets to stretch out and take full command of his entire musical universe without com- promising. Give a grain of sand lots of time and a pearl takes form in an oyster. César Vidal delivers not only a pearl but a necklace of perfect songs on this stunning solo debut. There are no fillers here, only killers.

[engl] Mid 80's Swedish neo garage teen punks the Crimson Shadows set the standards for the garage scene to come playing all original material in a time when most similar bands relied heavily on covers. They also understood that the clothes are as important as the music. During the short life span the Crimson Shadows released two self produced 45’s, and due to demand a few more records were released after the demise. The second ’45, “Even I Tell Lies”, stands as one of the classics of the whole eighties garage wave. It’s The Crimson F****** Shadows! is the definite collection of this legendary band containing a slew of horrific hits plus two previously unreleased tracks culled from a 1986 rehearsal tape.

[engl] With their second album Dungen moved from a sound deeply rooted in Swedish folk music towards more psychedelia and 70’s pop. This missing link between the sparse debut and the world wide break through Ta Det Lugnt moves through 60’s and 70’s prog, psych, pop and folk with soaring flutes, woodsy violins, wicked fuzz guitars and frenetic jazz-drums. The record was originally released in 2002 under the name Stadsvandringar and a slightly different version got a very limited vinyl release as Dungen 2. II collects all tracks from Stadsvandringar and Dungen 2 as well as a single-track never available on vinyl all remastered by the original producer Mattias Glavå. Dungen’s music has expanded sonic boundaries all through the 2000s and II lets you explore both the butterfly light side as well as the heavier introspective aspects of a groundbreaking, yet retrospective band.

[engl] Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Hendrix, Dusty and Tages - the music explosion of the 60's in Gothenburg seen through the lens of Hans Sidén's camera. He sat so close to the band that he could've leaned forward and touched Lennon's shoes when The Beatles played Cirkus in October 1963. He bantered with Rolling Stones in a hotel room, went to the discoteque with The Who and had dinner with The Troggs. He hitched a ride with Tages to Stockholm and with The Hep Stars to Borås, served Cat Stevens home made pizza, lent stacks of Tamla Motown and Stax singles to english DJ Clem Dalton and hung around every soundcheck when the stars came to town. Journalist, illustrator and author Hans Sidén had front row tickets to the music scene in Gothenburg, Sweden all through the sixties and happened to bring his cameras. His photographed is a vibrant testimony of a distans, yet oddly present decade. The Boy in the Paisley Shirt is his story seen through the lens of his camera.

[engl] Raised on poetry and power chords, harmony vocals and twelve string guitars, anglophilism and americana, Janne Borgh of The Moderns/Strindbergs fame is a hopelessly romantic soul who quotes anyone from Lord Byron to Ray Davies. With Janne Borgh Fanclub the gracefully aging power-pop genius returns with a candy bag of comforting songs from a desperate heart. A flight plan in turbulent times.

[engl] Magnus Carlson of Weeping Willows fame is back with the new EP The Way Of The Crowd. For this release, Magnus went for the trio format together with the formi- dable Ljunggren brothers of Trummor & Orgel on Ludwig drums and Hammond respectively. The result is an imma- culate and soulful delivery which captures the intimacy of a small, but very tight musical outfit working together in perfect harmony.

[engl] Sweden's first and best mod-revival band The Moderns mixed the love of 60's pop with the intensity of punk and had the big breakthrough around the corner during the short but intense career, including support to Echo & The Bunnymen on their first English tour in 1980. The band's first EP The Year of Today from 1979 is a classic. Along with the second single, songs from a couple of compilation albums and some completely unreleased tracks, here comes the definitive collection with The Modern's first lineup.

[engl] Born in Iraq but raised in Sweden, Prince of Assyria stands with one foot in Baghdad and one foot in Scandinavian melancholy. As a Mesopotamian royalty sentenced to diaspora in an Astrid Lindgren saga, he builds longing bridges between East and West that have touched a dedicated fanbase far beyond Sweden’s borders. Teasing, spooky, grinding, fateful and swarmy, sometimes stripped like Nick Drake or Leonard Cohen, sometimes dramatic and theatrical as Tindersticks or Lambchop, sometimes with obvious but usually only hinted references to his Assyrian origins. And then that golden voice of his. Prince of Assyria enchants his audience whether he performs at Café De La Danse in Paris, Lido in Berlin or Bar Loose in Helsinki. His debut record Missing Note from 2009 made him a favourite among the critics with his acoustic songs full of bittersweet sadness about lost love, desperation and threatening madness. On the sequel Changing Places in 2014 Prince of Assyria’s multifaceted explorations continued, now with a broader emotional register and warmer production. After six years of silence he is finally back with his album 3rd Level released in September on Busy Bee Production on vinyl, CD and streaming services. Here Prince of Assyria dives deep right into the magic world of the 60’s and takes his songwriting and production to a whole new level. Playing almost all the instru- ments by himself the songs have been recorded and re-recorded over and over to catch the turmoil of the past years. Death, illness, breakups, homelessness – the songs on 3rd Level have gone through almost as much as Prince of Assyria himself. There were times when he never thought he would be capable of putting it all together but here we are at last with an outstanding record of intricate patterns soon to be uncovered to the world. Prince of Assyria’s music cannot be captured – after three superb albums it’s fair to say that he sounds like no other, just like himself. All other comparisons are superfluous.

[engl] The American award-winning poetic voice Sekou Andrews has spent the past fifteen years or more inspiring audiences across the globe as one of the most successful, full-time spoken word artists. In 2019 he collaborated with the alternative European/American neo-classical orchestra The String Theory on six tracks recorded between Los Angeles and Berlin. The result is a genre-bending album of spoken word and orchestral music which received a Grammy 2020 nomination for best spoken word. Sekou Andrews truly knows how to rock and has helped millions of people finding their voice.

[engl] If Tages was Sweden’s Beatles then The Shakers were Sweden’s Stones. They were a little darker and a little more dangerous, but alas very short lived. Tracks Remain compiles the band’s best tracks remastered, of which several has never before been released on vinyl.

[engl] Swedish mantra sliders The Soundtrack of Our Lives dug deep into the backyard of rock history from day one. The five songs on their debut EP Homo Habilis Blues from 1996 move seamlessly through all sorts of sonic spheres without losing their timeless, distinct T.S.O.O.L. sound. It’s mysterious and ominous and at the same time only rock ’n’ roll. And we like it. Now the EP is finally released on vinyl just as God intended. The remastered songs sound better than ever and the album has been expanded with tracks from the legendary Romelanda sessions. The journey through time and space for the last really great rock band couldn’t have taken off any better.

[engl] Stockholm-based Steampacket was formed in the autumn of 1965. After three gigs in Sweden in the spring of 1966, the band went on touring in England, discovered that there was already a Steampacket which included Rod Stewart, changed its name to The Longboatmen but called themself Steampacket II back in Sweden. The band released eight singles but oddly enough never an LP. Today, the singles are collectibles and Take her any time one of the 60s best Freakbeat / Garage fuzz tracks ever. Now Steampacket’s gems are coming together for the first time on LP. Studio recordings, live recordings and previo- usly unreleased material with Mikael Ramel.

[engl] The Stomachmouths were one of the earliest pure garage bands in the European garage revival of the 1980s. Along with local Swedish colleagues the Crimson Shadows they strove for authenticity in replicating the sound and the look of the original '60s inspirators, primarily from the US. The band were undoubtedly kings of the scene, received immediate international attention with their self-released debut 45 and toured extensively in Europe leaving memories of tremendous shows. Band leader Stefan Kéry later went on to form the successful independent Xotic Mind/Subliminal Sounds record label.

[engl] Straitjacket with Freddie Wadling on bass and vocals was one of the first punk bands in Sweden. The first gig took place at a motorcycle club and at a gig shortly afterwards, the band was offered money by the organizer to leave the stage prematurely. The band split in the summer of 1978 and the members continued in bands such as Liket lever, The Leather Nun and Blue for Two. Straitjacket never had time to make an album, but after searching in the members' stashes we are proud to finally release the mythical Gothenburg punks on LP more than 40 years later. The album consists of a collection of demos and a live recording from the last concert at the legendary club Errol's in 1978. Protopunk in a true sense.

[engl] Producer/songwriter/artist Andreas Kleerup (Robyn, Neneh Cherry, Lykke Li, Teddybears Sthlm and others) team up with Andreas Unge, mean bass player/ producer having spent years in Africa working with Oumou Sangaré, Salif Keita, Cheikh Lô, Youssou N’Dour and others. The result is the electronica/ kraut manifestation Temple & Young. After a road trip through Europe in an old Volvo packed with an arsenal of old instruments and recording equip- ment Temple & Young settled in a cottage in a rural village in the French countryside and turned the second floor into a studio where the duo captured the beating heart of an endless summer. While not swimming under the stars the duo mapped out their collective consciousness with driving, mathe- matical grooves in a land somewhere between 70s Düsseldorf and 90s Manchester that oozes cheap drinks, club nights and love. Temple & Young have made a timeless, hypnotic and mind-expanding space travel, here in a limited vinyl edition. Make sure to grab one before summer is over.

[engl] Since 1993 the Diggin’ For Gold series has unearthed obscure 60’s beat/garage/pop nuggets from around the world. Lovingly curated by master collectors extraordinaire, remastered from the best sources and packaged with informative liner notes and pictures. Busy Bee are proud to help put out the latest installment in the series, jam-packed with delights you’ve never heard of. For the first time a compilation with the best and rarest 1960’s beat 45’s from Finland. Diggin’ For Gold volume 12 is a treat on many levels and not only are the Finnish 60’s 45’s among the tuffest to locate for 60’s beat collectors, an eye-opener for sure!