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Arbete Och Fritid

Band, SE
Rock, Folk and World

Swedish new-music, folk, jazz and rock group of the 1970's. Arbete Och Fritid means Work And Play. They were an extremely influential and seminal band, a meeting ground for musicians from many other bands before and after, especially as a link between Harvester and Archimedes Badkar. Early recordings cross-bred traditional Swedish folk themes with systemic and contemporary styles, with vaguely rock rhythms and jazz instruments. They were never easy to classify, running through many styles, encompassing melody, fury and dissonance, through to almost straight folk, and all other bases. They also recorded albums with other musicians, sometimes in collaboration or just as the backing band, played at folk, jazz and rock festivals. Their final album Håll Andan "Keep the spirit" from 1979 was a no-holds-barred exploration in innovation, pushing the envolope in a manner similar to the German band Faust. All the musicians in Arbete Och Fritid have gone onto other projects, many still active 30+ years on.

Members

	Kjell Westling 1942-2010 SE
	Bengt Berger dr, perc *1942 SE
	Thomas Gartz dr 1944-2012 SE
	Torbjörn Abelli b 1945-2010 SE
	Ove Karlsson vc SE
	Roland Keijser ts, fl 1944-2019 SE
	Torsten Eckerman tr, tri 1945-2013 SE
	Tord Bengtsson vn, perc *1950 SE
	Bosse Skoglund dr, perc *1936 SE
	Ulf Lauthers