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Leif Elggren

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Leif Elggren was born 1950 in Linkoping, Sweden and currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a visual artist and a recording artist.

His work has been shown in Venice (Nordic Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia 2001), Stockholm (Fargfabriken), Berlin (Podevil), Johannesburg (2nd Biennial), Siena (Palazzo delle Papesse), Tokyo, Osaka, Marugame, Gothenburg, Los Angeles etc.

His music has been released through labels such as Ash International (London), Firework Edition Records (Stockholm), Anckarström Stockholm), Meeuw (Amsterdam) and Insofar Vapour Bulk (Moscow). Over the years, he has collaborated with artists such as Thomas Liljenberg (Firework), Kent Tankred (Guds Söner), and Erik Pauser.

On the 27th of May 1992 at 12 noon GMT, alongside Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, he proclaimed the Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland, a new country established as a work of art.
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Discography

Releases:
Cu (7")   Phauss 1982
The Light Room / The Dark Room (7")   Radium 226.05 1984
Ugn (LP)   Radium 226.05 1986
Flown Over By An Old King (LP)   Radium 226.05 1988
The New Immortality (7", Eng)   Anckarström, Firework Edition 1991
Ebola & Swedish Dreamers (7")   Firework Edition Records 1996
Talking To A Dead Queen (CD)   Fylkingen Records 1996
The Internationale (7")   Firework Edition Records 1996
Zzz... (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 1996
The Codfish Suit (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 1997
In Sleep The Knives Are Sharpened (10", Ltd)   Some (2) 1998
Kapotte Muziek By Leif Elggren (7", Ltd)   Korm Plastics 1998
The New Immortality #2 (7")   Firework Edition Records 1998
9.11 (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 1999
Pluralis Majestatis (CD)   Firework Edition Records 1999
The Party (CD)   Firework Edition Records 1999
45 Minutes From Underneath The Beds (CDr)   absurd 2000
Cutting Crowns (7", Ltd, Cle)   Meeuw Muzak 2000
Transatlantic (7")   Firework Edition Records 2000
Two Thin Eating One Fat (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2000
Ugn Mat (CD)   Ash International 2000
Latrine (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2001
DEG (LP)   Firework Edition Records 2002
Extraction (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2002
Virulent Images/Virulent Sound (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2003
No-One Takes One Too Free / Trapezoid (7")   Some Place Else 2004
The Cobbleston Is The Weapon Of The Proletariat (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2004
The Most Powerful Woman In The World (Lathe, 8", Ltd)   Kning Disk, iDEAL Recordings 2004
We Are All Born To Become Angels (CDr, Mini)   Kning Disk 2005
45 Minutes From Underneath The Beds (CD)   Utan Titel 2006
Cat With A Duodenum (CDr, B/card)   Banned Production 2006
Gottesdienst (CD)   iDEAL Recordings 2006
Is There A Smell On The Other Side? (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 2006
Cunt 69 (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 2007
Live In LA (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 2007
Live In London (File, MP3)   Touch 2007
Namibia (A Straight Line From The North) (Cass)   Namenlos 2007
The Sudarium Of St Veronica (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 2007
The Summerhouse (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2007
Fire Station 6 (2 versions)   Firework Edition Records ... 2008
Redefines The Meter (12")   Firework Edition Records 2008
Ventilation (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2008
Remixes:
Encyclopedia - RW (CD) Coly I (Revisited) Antifrost 2004
Production:
The North Is Protected (10" + Box)   Sähkö Recordings 2001
Appears On:
The Sound Of Groundmateria (7")   Radium 226.05, Firework Edition No:54 1987
3-90 (Cass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1990
Resurrection (CD, Album)   Touch 1993
Proclamation (CD, Album)   Firework Edition Records 1996
The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem No. 1 (CD, Album)   Ash International 1996
RGB [ An Audio Spectrum ] (CD, Album, Ltd) Everything Flows And N... Source Research 1998
The Object (CD)   Firework Edition Records 1999
Emre [Dark Matter] (CD, Comp, Ltd) Fear (The Scuffle Of A... Source Research 2000
sR:ample ::: A Source Research Recordings Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) Fear (Excerpt), White Source Research 2001
Refurnish (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2002
Connecting The Cross (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2004
The Hidden City - Sound Portraits From Göteborg (CD) M Sub Rosa 2004
Lágrimas De Miedo Nº12 - Zénon (CD, Comp) For Fear Fear Drop 2005
Slide Away (CDr, Mini)   Kning Disk 2005
Strings (CD, Album + CD, EP) I-I Piano Tranquillo, ... Raster-Noton 2007
The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem #2 (7", Single, Ltd)   Ash International 2007
The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem #3 ~ #4 (7", Single, Ltd)   Ash International 2007
Passing Out (CD, Album)   Helen Scarsdale Agency 2008
The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem #5 ~ The KREV Underwater National Anthem (7", Single, Ltd) The KREV Underwater Na... Ash International 2008
The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem #6 (7", Single, Ltd)   Ash International 2009
The Old Vicarage - Gamla Prästgården (CD)   Firework Edition Records 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Testament (5x7", Comp) Ventilation (The Homec... RRRecords 1988
Disgruntled Employees Volume 1 (Cass, Comp, C60) Om Ända... Hypertonia World Enterprises, Sewer Cunt 1990
Απο Μηχανής Μουσική (LP) Warszawa 1 Ano Kato Records 1991
The Answering Machine Solution (CD, Comp) The Kingdom Of Elgalan... Staalplaat 1996
The Nordic Sound Review (CD) Stockholm / Oslo 39, 4... Siksi 1996
Links Outta Here (CD, Comp) Elohim-Basic Electric ... Generator Sound Art 1997
RGB [ An Audio Spectrum ] (CD, Album, Ltd) Movement 1 - Red Source Research 1998
Antitrade (CD, Comp, Album) Mother!!? Ash International 1999
The Ghost Orchid: An Introduction To EVP (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Introduction, Commenta... Parapsychic Acoustic Research Cooperative ... 1999
ElektNoiz #4 (CD, Comp) Detecting HDT MSBR Records 2000
Emre [Dark Matter] (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Fear (The Scuffle Of A... Source Research 2000
Hiss (CD, Smplr) Mother!!? Ash International 2000
Nature Is Perverse (2xCD, Album, Comp) A Hole In The Palisade... Fylkingen Records 2000
Alienation Presents: International Compilation CDr_3 (CDr) Sleepwalking Alienation 2001
RL (CD + 12") Detail Of Op. 10 Firework Edition Records, Färgfabriken 2001
Ringtones (CD, Comp, Album) Help! / MansLaughter Touch 2001
SoundArt - The Swedish Scene (2xCD) Talking To A Dead Queen STIM / Svensk Musik, InfoGram 2001
The North Is Protected (10" + Box) Untitled Sähkö Recordings 2001
sR:ample ::: A Source Research Recordings Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) Fear (Excerpt), White Source Research 2001
Gamebirds Of Avantgarde (Дичь Авангарда) (CD, Comp) The Soya Bean Insofar Vapor Bulk 2002
Helene Marie: Reinterpretations (2xCD) Untitled Alluvial Recordings 2002
International Art Exhibition (CDr, Mini) As If I Never Had Existed BOXmedia 2002
Paradoxes Of Enlargement (CD) Soya Tedium House Publications 2002
Avantoscore 2003 (CD) My Mothers Hair (Detail) Avanto Recordings 2003
Das Dreidimensionale Möbiusband (2xCD + CD-ROM, Mini) The Paving Stone Is Th... Flying Swimming 2003
Geologists And Professional Tourists Volume 2 (CD, Comp) The Cobblestone Is The... N&B Research Digest 2003
Spire - Organ Works Past, Present & Future (2xCD, Comp) Royal Organ Touch 2003
Untitled (7", Ltd) The Gobblestone Is The... Die Stadt 2003
Åke Hodell: Friends Of The Bumblebee (CD) The Paving Stone... Is... Håll Tjäften 2003
The Hidden City - Sound Portraits From Göteborg (CD) M Sub Rosa 2004
Lágrimas De Miedo Nº12 - Zénon (CD, Comp) For Fear Fear Drop 2005
Noise To Meet You Europe (CDr) Home Simple Logic Records 2005
Destroy Athens (CD) Sixth Day Antifrost 2007
Three Aural Interpretations Of A Drawing By Eric Lanzillotta (7", Ltd, Cle) Soundtrack For Eric's ... Anomalous Records 2007
Smiling Through My Teeth (CD, Comp) 9.11 (Desperation Is T... Sonic Arts Network 2008
Micro-Bionic: Radical Electronic Music & Sound Art In The 21st Century (CD, Comp, Ltd) The North Is Protected Creation Books 2009
10 X 10 (5xCass, Comp) From Underneath The Beds Banned Production  
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