Flesh Quartet

Starting as a string quartet, Flesh Quartet turned into an experimental group mixing classic music with dub and techno, while later becoming more ambient. The front figure Wadling, with his scarred but explosive voice, was capable of providing an intense output, but the group also co-operated with a great number of other artists during the late '80s and the '90s. Apart from recording albums they wrote film soundtracks and music for modern ballet. Flesh Quartet was formed in the mid-'80s as a string quartet, including members Helldén, Lindgren, Högberg, and S. Öberg. After playing small gigs for a few years, they got a fixed spot on TV in 1987 as the house orchestra for the show Daily News. The same year they recorded an album together with the American composer Moondog: Moondog Conducts Fläskkvartetten/Bracelli. The group now included bassist A. Öberg and percussionist Lakatos. For What's Your Pleasure ex-Cortex and Blue for Two singer Freddie Wadling joined the group and though he would not become a steady member, he did come to be something of a front figure. On the album was included the soundtrack for the film En Livsfarlig Film by Susanne Osten. The following tour saw Flesh Quartet perform at New Music Seminar in New York, as well as in the last televised show of the Soviet Union. The group had long since stopped being an ordinary string quartet and added effects, modern beats and influences from rock music as well as oriental and Nordic folk music. Around 1990, the members of the band were busy in various projects like Lucky People Center and PITT & the Dreamers, but Flesh Quartet still managed to release an album every, or every second, year. On Goodbye Sweden, released in 1990, Wadling played a bigger part, as did he on Fläskkvartetten Featuring Freddie Wadling...