Mats Gustafsson has made a lot of records (S/D)

The newish Fire! record (like just about all the other Fire! records) is pretty awesome...an almost stoner free-jazz? Basically a thundering power trio with Gustafsson filling the guitar role on sax. Great stuff.

agree
that lineup is always enjoyable. the one i know best is with jim o'rourke
the song titles are something else https://www.discogs.com/Fire-With-Jim-O-Rourke-Unreleased/master/347570

that latest Fire! lp is pretty fab in it's own grindingly grim manner, a soundtrack to a shit summer with serious vit d deficiency issues!

this appears to be the most updated discography fwiw http://www.restructures.net/Gustafsson/Mats_disco_home.htm

and it's still not fully updated-- last updated July 2013

love his philosophy <3 good interview

To build your own language is an amazing journey to take. To build it up, to learn, to make the research. It never ends. ALL tools are good – as long as you make the knowledge yours. To copy is just a tool among others. We are free to use ANY elements from ANY source available and transform it. In some cases, you need to go really deep into certain music and languages. To really understand. All knowledge is good.
That is beautiful.

https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-mats-gustafsson/page-1/

just been blasting out the 2016 Fire! album She Sleeps... it's pretty damn good as well! I find the Fire! Orchestra big band projects quite terrible and unlistenable tbh, but as a trio they burn very brightly.

Oh, I disagree. The first Fire! Orchestra album was great - reminded me of Burnt Sugar a lot.

maybe I need another listen, but last time I hated it.

The End - Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen

his "death metal" project with M0ster and Sofia Jernberg is good stuff, definitely the closest I've got to liking death metal so far.