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Infobox musical artist| name = Anekdoten| image = anekdoten.jpg| background = group_or_band| origin = Sweden | years_active = 1991–present| genre = Progressive rock Psychedelic rock Art rock Post-rock (early)| current_members = Nicklas Barker Jan Erik Liljeström Anna Sofi Dahlberg Peter Nordins| website = http://www.anekdoten.se/ Official website Anekdoten is a Sweden|Swedish progressive rock band, composed of guitarist / vocalist Nicklas Barker , cellist / keyboardist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist / vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström and drummer Peter Nordins. http://www.myspace.com/anekdoten They are notable for the use of the mellotron and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially that of King Crimson . http://ghostland.com/ghostland/interviews.asp? ID=5
In 1998, Nicklas Barker and Peter Nordins of Anekdoten, along with Stefan Dimle ( Landberk , Paatos ) and Reine Fiske ( Landberk , Morte Macabre , Paatos , The Guild (band)|The Guild ) created the album Symphonic Holocaust . The album mostly consists of covered themes from horror movies, such as Cannibal Holocaust and '' Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby . The music is instrumental and characterised by improvisation and heavy use of mellotron and synthesizers . http://www.progressive-newsletter.de/index.htm? /intmorte.htm)
My Brother the Wind
Nicklas Barker has since 2010 been involved in a side project called My Brother the Wind. A debut CD of improvised psychedelic rock entitled Twilight In The Crystal Cabinet was released in May 2010.
