Stig & Steen - Da Solen KomDifferent Strokes For Different Folks present this first ever vinyl reissue of the highly sought after psychedelic classic Da Solen Kom by Stig & Steen. A major band in the progressive, psych scene that swept across Scandinavia in the late '60's and early '70s, Stig & Steen was a Danish combo of vocalists Stig Kreutzfeldt and Steen Toft Andersen. With both members also mastering a range of instruments, from guitar to tabla to mellotron, they released

The ambient-jazz musician offers unpredictable

but through this time of unparalleled change

It shines a dim blue light on what might be happening

The Streets released their first album in ten years

Sandy Denny and Ashley Hutchings had both left the group

the stately balladeering of Still Glides The Stream (co-written with Steve Cradock)

both an inversion and culmination of what came before and as adventurous as anything they’ve produced so far

before developing into the very recognisable track by The Specials

‘Casting Calls’ opens the record

like everything they’ve done

a cinematic experience unto itself

Geraldo Pino