English vocals, Swedish vocals, instrumental
International relevance: **
The release date
on the cover says 1983 but the label states 1982 so I give Mixture
the benefit of the doubt and include assuming the label date is
correct.
This is not the same Mixture that had an LP on Coop
in 1980. This five-piece came from Kalmar in the south east area of
Sweden and recorded only the four tracks heard on this 12”. They
gigged locally a fair bit and were highly regarded among their peers
for their technical skills. Inspired by for instance American jazz
guitarist Lee Ritenour they wanted an accomplished sound. The style isn't that exciting,
somewhere between AOR and symphonic rock (especially on ”Preludium”
by J.S. Bach obviously), but they were pretty good songwriters in
their vein. They were skilled players especially for being only around 18 years old at the time. And I think Matz Larsson has a rather nice voice.
I wouldn't call "Dreamland" great, but I've heard far worse examples of what music college students can cook up.