2011 - 2012

Happy New Year People!



Photo by Mathilda Nilsson at Pet Sounds, Stockholm, 2011.

We really had a nice 2011 and now we are looking forward for 2012. You can find "Repeating Patterns" in some local record stores like Pet Sounds and Record Hunter. More will come in the beginning of the new year.

In the mean time, check this band out. The Men:



See you later!

Fredrik
EL-SD

tuesday

its almost christmas-time. people are running crazy, consumption is of the charts! EL-SD will celebrate christmas together on thursday. if we are lucky santa brings us a new tune. we have been so busy rehearsing for shows and working on the EP-release that we havent had the time to write any new tunes. we can promise you one thing though, our next song will not be a cover of jingle bells or anything like that!

// Senter

Sunday

Oy!
The Megagreat finnish band Dwnstrs has a great album up for stream! Get on it you stripes and polkadots>>> press here to get blown away

It's 13 days to Xmas! Still time to order you copy of repeating patterns!

Xxoo///Martin

Thank you!

Thank you so much for yesterday! We had a blast!











Photos by: Rikard Karlsson


Today we are pretty smashed so this is it for today.
Or no wait, you should check out this great words from dagensskiva.com, its awesome!

Cheers

Fredrik
EL-SD

Zu morgen

Tomorrow night we have the releaseparty. I think you know... but here are the flyer one more time:



Atlas Rec have all the songs from "Repeating Patterns" now on their bandcamp. You can listen to the songs, like them and then buy the them including one bonus track for download. If you like 7" vinyl you order it here.

Peace Attack have updated their homepage aswell and you can buy the EP "Repeating Patterns" at their store too.


Thats all for now. I think so. I hope so.

See you tomorrow!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Bon jour france!

Internet is pretty fun. Check this french zine out: absolutnoise.com and what they wrote about us.

Stay tuned!

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD - A WILL

EL-SD - A Will from Kvalität on Vimeo.

Yeah!

Fredrik
EL-SD

More stuff

Hello!

Yestarday we worked our asses for completing the whole release with t-shirts, dropcards, stickers and so on. Now we have come a long way down the road and we for sure have enough for a long future. Some pictures of that soon. We continue this post with some more stuff about EL-SD and Repeating Patterns in the media. Today we have an interview with Folket, a newspaper in Eskilstuna. Its pretty big and the pictures are awesome, all made by our nice friend and photographer Max Green Ekelin he is always there if we need him.










Tomorrow we do our last practise before Saturday and we will do some new songs from the EP. Nice beer and wine, good live music and diskjockeyn with some really good people. What more can you expect? Saturday the 3rd at Walla Scen, Årsta with Estroboscorpio and EL-SD.

See you there!

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD - Repeating Patterns 3/3

Yes this is the final episode all made by the one and only Robert Lindblom. Now we just wait for the releaseparty on saturday. We will take some photos and even try to make some videoclips. As I have bin told, the venue is a blast and you can find some really cool angels for some video shooting so lets see how that works out. Soon you will se some interviews and stuff. Just keep your ears and eyes open!

Talk to you later

Fredrik
EL-SD

Stuff

Allright the sweet stuff are rumbling in to us and we will give you some teasers. The Italian webzine Dagheisha.com have listen to our songs and wrote this
Its in Italian and google translate feels the freetime but you will have a hint of it. And yeah its sweet. Check!

Hmm and we have this from borderlinefuckup a smooth webzine from Austria. Check!

Then we have this from Stockholm, Swedens "What We Do Is Secret". A great club and great promoters. Check them out here.

We have some more goodies but this for now.

Talk to you later or see you at the releaseparty on the 3rd of December in Årsta!

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD - Repeating Patterns 2/3

And now, the second sneek-peek!







EL-SD
Fredrik
EL-SD

Release-party-bash!

And here it is! Finally!

EL-SD | Repeating Patterns - releasefest!

Live:
EL-SD + ESTROBOSCORPIO

EL-SD
hellelsd.blogspot.com/
www.myspace.com/hellelsd
www.atlasrec.se/
www.peaceattack.se/

ESTROBOSCORPIO
soundcloud.com/estroboscorpio
www.myspace.com/estroboscorpio

Lördagen den 3:e december

Wall Scen på Valla Torg i Årsta (tvärbana Valla Torg)

21-00:30

120 kr för entré + skiva. 50 kr bara entré

Skivor och t-shirts finns till salu!

CASH IS KING!


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176528149107786


Kom men skriv gärna ett mail innan vilka ni är som kommer. hellelsd@gmail.com eller på facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000742464552

Ha det tills dess!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Its a Trap!

Hey folks. Avi Roig and Its a Trap! have posted some really nice words about EL-SD and also the song "A Will" from our upcoming EP "Repeating Patterns.

Check out Its a Trap! and listen. You can read the words down here:



EL-SD - A will
"Falling way behind on all the music I want to post, but a promise is a promise and I'd be seriously remiss if I didn't talk up the new EL-SD because they are absolutely one of my favorite bands right now. I kid you not, I've been jamming their demo tracks on the regular for over a year now and it's well past due I had something to share so, at long last, here is the lead track from the band's new 7" EP "Repeating patterns", due out November 30 via Atlas Rec/Peace Attack. So if you're like me and you dig so-called "angular" guitar rock with discordant leads and a sharp-edged rhythm section, you'll definitely dig this. And if you're in Stockholm, you should check out the record release show at Walla Scen in Årsta on December 3 with Estroboscorpio. I know I'd be there if I could."

Yeah!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Pre-Sales at Atlas Rec

Pre-orders of "Repeating Patterns can be made at Atlas Recs shop. Just follow this link and you will be sure you will have it. And before everyone alse.

This is the record cover aswell. Made by the one and only Anton Sebbfolk



Yesterday we did some filming. Pretty cool if you ask me. More about this later.

Tjena

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD - Repeating Patterns 1/3

Releaseparty, the 3rd of December. Write it up, more info soon!

Stay tuned

Fredrik
EL-SD

Teaser - Repeating Patterns - EL-SD

Shows me made shows we loved

EL-SD Past Gigs


2008-12-19 Stockholm, Broder Tuck, W/ FWBA, Floe Fountain, Estress
2009-03-27 Stockholm, Debaser Slussen W/ Jay Retard, The Mojomatics
2009-04-04 Groeningen, Viadukt W/ This town need guns, Jonny Cage
2009-04-05 Antverpen, Logement W/ A horse called turkey, To the bone
2009-04-06 Le Havre, McDaids W/ Black Jesus, Horrorshow Destruction
2009-04-07 Paris, Le Kims Bar W/ Mine goes to eleven, Piss me off
2009-04-08 Epinal, Le Cable W/ Wart
2009-04-09 Freiburg, Rang Teng Teng W/ Tar Feathers
2009-04-10 Berlin, Lokal W Aucan
2009-04-11 Copenhagen, Lades Keller W The USA is a monster
2009-10-24 Stockholm, Snövit W/ Axe, Karpis
2009-11-13 Stockholm, Ladet W/ Ray Omega
2010-03-26 Malmö, Debaser W/ Pterodactyl
2010-04-01 Stockholm, Sugar Bar W/ Axe, Soviac
2010-04-09 Stockholm, Midsommargården W/ Morbus Chron
2010-05-05 Stockholm, Lilla Hotellbaren W/ Traktor
2010-05-07 Eskilstuna, Raw W/ Traktor
2011-04-14 Stockholm, Landet W/ Harald Björk, Soviac
2011-05-20 Copenhagen, KB18 W/ Rumble in Rhodos
2011-05-21 Göteborg, Henriksberg W/ Rumble in Rhodos, Tyred Eyes
2011-06-09 Stockholm, Kafé 44 W/ Valerian Swing, Åbe
2011-10-07 Stockholm, Debaser Slussen W/ Rumble in Rhodos, Traktor, Soviac

More to come peeps!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Peace Attack + Atlas Rec = Repeating Patterns

We are really happy to announce that we will be working by the fantastic and gentle Peace Attack with our new EP. It will soon be seen everywhere because it´s soon ready for the streets. The name of the EP is "Repeating Patterns" and will be released by Peace Attack and Atlas rec. And when I say soon, I mean in like one mounth. We are now looking for a place where we can have the releaseparybash. And yes in Stockholm what I know but if you have some other ideas, just let us know. In the meantime when you are waiting for the release you can check some really smooth pictures taken by our new friend, the very talented Johan Dahlfors. /p>























Photos by Johan Dahlfors

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Yes thats for now and thank you for the night at Debaser Slussen 20111007. We had a blast!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Tonight @ Debaser

Tonight we will hit the stage at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm.

See you there peeps

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD is flying high

EL-SD the first picture of the future:

More to come in a couple of days.

Stay tuned.

Fredrik
EL-SD

The Band Of The Day: Masquer

Ive noticed that its been a while since we gave you the band of the day, so here it comes!
Todays band is Masquer (http://www.myspace.com/masquerstockholm), an up and coming act from Stockholm. Its produced by non other than Per Egland!(www.myspace.com/peregland)


Enjoy and stay sharp // Martin Senter - EL-SD

rolling rolling rolling...

Everything is going according to plan. Hard work pays off. In the beginning of next week the mixing of the EP will be done and then mastered at tailormaid.se

Thomas Bratlie, the vocalist from Rumble in Rhodos will be guestvocalist on one of the tracks. it sounds AMAZING!

Martin Senter uses his sparetime to write tracks for his sideproject Lågkonjunkturen (www.myspace.com/lagkonjunkturen)

There's a lot of great stuff happening in his life at the moment!

Frippe, Degis and Wikberg goes with the flow.
They have been working full time with the administrative parts of the release. And oh my fucking god what a hard effort they are putting in!

Thats all for todays post.

Stay sharp!

// EL-SD

Today: Photosession

Allright!

Yes we have bin working really hard with the release and today we will have a photosession with the one and only Max Green Ekelin http://www.maxgreen.se/

Max have helped us two times before and we are really happy that he is working with us again.

See you!

Fredrik
EL-SD

When it rains it pours!

You may have noticed that there's a lot going on at the moment. We are constantly moving forward. Everyone involved in the release of the EP is working more or less fulltime!

Well, our mission is to keep you well informed and this is the info we've got for you so far.

And once again. DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT miss our show October 7th!

Best Of Regards // EL-SD

EL-SD + RUMBLE IN RHODOS + TRAKTOR + SOVIAC

Dig this!

Fredrik
EL-SD

New show confirmed!

Hallå Hello Guten Tag Bon Jour och så vidare!

We have a new show coming up in Stockholm and it is at the sweet Debaser Slussen with our greaterst friends in Traktor Soviac and Rumble in Rhodos. Its the 7th of October and we are really looking forward for that evening. Its bin a long time since we entered a stage in Stocholm and espeially Debaser Slussen. Last time was at the club What we do is secret and shared the stage with Jay Retard and the Mojomatics. It was a really cool night and it was back in 2009 and it was our second show.

Poster and more info will come soon. Now you can read in swedish more about the bands here: http://www.debaser.se/kalender/7050/

So hope to see you there!

Peace!

Fredrik
EL-SD

The war of the day: Graffiti Wars

Hello People.

Today its time to take it to the streets. Its again all about doing things right. Its a documentary about graffiti and the development with street art and conflicts. So here it is, the war between Robbs and Banksy and everything in between. Check and enjoy and then let us know what you think.

Untitled from StreetArtNews on Vimeo.

See you.

Fredrik
EL-SD

The Band Of The Day: Breach

Need no introduction, need no commentary... Breach...
Best of regards - Martin Senter - EL-SD

The Band Of The Day: The Blood Brothers

Today i give you an awesome track by The Blood Brothers. Its called Guitarmy.
I also give you an article well worth reading!
Best of regards // Martin Senter - EL-SD

Punk spoke up for angry kids.

The band of the day: Pinback

I remember the days when i used to hang on Epitonic. It was a fucking awesome musicsite. One of the bands i found was Pinback. Since then Pinback has been one of my favourite bands.
Best of regards // Martin Senter - EL-SD.

The band of the day: American Analog Set

Today i give you American Analog Set. One of my favourite bands.
Best of regards // Martin Senter EL-SD

The Band Of The Day: Broder Daniel

Im tired as hell today. Havent had my morning coffee yet. On my way to work i listened to the following track... Broder Daniel - Work. I guess its the band of the day!

best of regards // Martin Senter EL-SD

The Band Of The Day: Fireside

Since im not that updated on what bands are new fresh and cool hip good looking wicked sounding i give you a classic...
Fireside - Left Rustle.
If someone would have given me a nickel for everytime ive listened to this track i would be a millionaire.

Best of regards // Martin Senter EL-SD

One Of The Worlds Worst Bands Of Today: Takida

Well, Sometimes you need to hear real bad music to know how fortunate you are when a "guldkorn" comes along. Today i give you a track from Takida's new record. I dont ask of you to listen to the whole song...
Check out this article aswell. From the fine musicblog www.itsatrap.com

http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38031-gaffa-vs-takida-vs-good-taste-everywhere

Well, now to the "music" or whatever you want to call it.

Best of regards - Martin Senter / EL-SD

The band of the day: Euroboys

And yes here we are! Days running fast and today we hit the Norveigan music-scene again just as I promised. Kåre João Erik Pedersen from "Kåre and the Cavemen" and "Euroboys" have done so much great music and stuff but I will just pick one of the best songs, what I think anyway. Its Filadelfia and the video is fantastic.

Tonight we start record the last dubs of the EP and finish the whole recording tomorrow evening.

But now, please enjoy Filadelfia:

All the best to all you people out there who continue come to check our blog. It means a lot!

Thanks!

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD: Keeps you in the loop

Today is a big day! Frippes wonderful wife Johanna gave birth to a sweet little child. If you go by biological standards its a girl. If we speak gender we'll se what comes along!
Martin Senter is working fulltime editing/mixing the up and coming EP.
We promise you that it will be a blast!

Best of regards // Martin Senter and EL-SD

Oh, i almost forgot the band of the day!

Bad Cash Quartet - Big Day Coming

The Band Of The Day: Swing Kids

I dont know how many times ive put this LP on. I dont want to live in the past... but music was better during the 90s, wasnt it?
best of regards // Martin Senter - EL-SD

Literature Of Today: Bakunin on capitalism

Hey everyone. Today i give you some literature instead of a band. Its from a wise guy called Bakunin.

I know full well that under these conditions that if I were a capitalist, who needs a hundred workers to fertilize my capital, that on employing these workers, all the advantages are for me, all the disadvantages for them. I propose nothing more nor less than to exploit them, and if you wish me to be sincere about it, and promise to guard me well, I will tell them:
``Look, my children, I have some capital which by itself cannot produce anything, because a dead thing cannot produce anything. I have nothing productive without labor. As it goes, I cannot benefit from consuming it unproductively, since having consumed it, I would be left with nothing. But thanks to the social and political institutions which rule over us and are all in my favor, in the existing economy my capital is supposed to be a producer as well: it earns me interest. From whom this interest must be taken - and it must be from someone, since in reality by itself it produces absolutely nothing - this does not concern you. It is enough for you to know that it renders interest. Alone this interest is insufficient to cover my expenses. I am not an ordinary man as you. I cannot be, nor do I want to be, content with little. I want to live, to inhabit a beautiful house, to eat and drink well, to ride in a carriage, to maintain a good appearance, in short, to have all the good things in life. I also want to give a good education to my children, to make them into gentlemen, and send them away to study, and afterwards, having become much more educated than you, they can dominate you one day as I dominate you today. And as education alone is not enough, I want to give them a grand inheritance, so that divided between them they will be left almost as rich as I. Consequently, besides all the good things in life I want to give myself, I also want to increase my capital. How will I achieve this goal? Armed with this capital I propose to exploit you, and I propose that you permit me to exploit you. You will work and I will collect and appropriate and sell for my own behalf the product of your labor, without giving you more than a portion which is absolutely necessary to keep you from dying of hunger today, so that at the end of tomorrow you will still work for me in the same conditions; and when you have been exhausted, I will throw you out, and replace you with others. Know it well, I will pay you a salary as small, and impose on you a working day as long, working conditions as severe, as despotic, as harsh as possible; not from wickedness - not from a motive of hatred towards you, nor an intent to do you harm - but from the love of wealth and to get rich quick; because the less I pay you and the more you work, the more I will gain.''

This is what is said implicitly by every capitalist, every industrialist, every business owner, every employer who demands the labor power of the workers they hire.

Report

And the recording went so very well and we are soon really done with everything. Drums, bass, guitars, vocals are more or less all done. Now some overdubs and some guests will hit the songs. And yes it will be a master piece!

We will give you some more photos and videos from the studiosessions but it will come in a few days. Now our focus are on the work with songs to get them ready for the record. And what will be on the artwork, photos, musicvideos and all that extras who means so much. Have you some idéas just give us a line. We are open for suggestions and will work out what´s the best for the record.

Stay tuned and take care!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Stage 5

Today we have done stage 5 of the recordings, martin has done some of his best singing and the internet should know about it. The Mustard Tiger and the amazing "exit through the gift shop" has kept me and Fredrik company along with the usual dissecting of life. EL-SD has taken a big leap towards making this EP happen.

Stay classy internet.

Recording weekend prt 2

And the recording continues. Its as good as it getts. Some photos for its upstart:

We keep it up in the summerhellheat in Stilstudion and we are ready to go!

Soon some videoclips will hit the blog aswell.

Fredrik
Fredrik
Martin
Martin

EL-SD

EL-SD - Blossom In Its Spring

EL-SD - Blossom In Its Spring - Live @ KAFÉ 44 - Photo by Karin Senter.

Nothing more to say about that or anything of interest anyway.

Cheers!

Fredrik
EL-SD

The band of the day: Flipper

Ok its time for some really good stuff and today "the band of today" is the one and only: Flipper. They have a lot of good songs but I think this is the best. Probably why it had a lot of talk about it aswell. Anyhow, it is a really good song so please enjoy "ha ha ha":

Yes thats how it goes live. Awesome!

Talk to you later.

Fredrik
EL-SD

Pictures

Hey, can´t leave this hanging so I share some more pictures from the studiosession. Its from Sunday or maybe from all the days in a nice combo I think. The sun is shining and we had some friends come visiting us aswell. Good times.

Yes thats how we remember it. On Friday we kick it back up again and starts earlier than we thought so its Friday morning. Get ready for some guitars!

Cheers

Fredrik
EL-SD

EL-SD - Drums - sneak peek

And here it is. A sneek peek from Stilstudion with Martin Senter drumming a song from our upcoming EP. No name of the song and no name of the EP yet. But soon.

Yeah!

The studiotime is over for this weekend and the drums are on tape. Sounds really really good. On Friday we start with the guitars, then on Saturday we continue with guitars and bass. On Sunday we hit the vocals and maybe some overdubs. Sounds good? Yeah? Just come back here and we will give you some more sneek peeks from our recording sessions. So until then take care and see you next time. Or wait, yes we will continue with "the band of the day". In the following days. Maybe already tomorrow. Who knows?

Cheers!

Fredrik
EL-SD

Studioday 3

Hey. It is studioday number 3 and the drums is where they should be, mostly on track. It sounds really awesome and yeah the songs will for sure be a blast. We met a guy yesterday at the local pizzeria and he was the amazing Matti Kärki from the amazing band Dismember. He was a nice dude and we had a great chat with him and some cold yellow gold drinks. Anyhow, we let him listen to some of the tunes and the words he was given us was really pleasant. So now nothing meens a shit. This day we sat at another local pizzeria and a women asked us "what is your bands name?" and woundered if we would join her radioprogram on wednesday at the radiostation Radio 1 discuss what we where discussing at the table. We didn´t. So this is the recordingtalks of the day with some juicy pictures of course aswell for you.

This is for now. Tonight we will give you a livevideo from the drumsessions with some cool background noises. So in the meanwhile, Take Care you wounderful people out there!

Fredrik
Fredrik
Martin
Martin

EL-SD