Undoubtedly the most schizophrenic concert of the year was presented by this company! Jan Johansson's Visa Från Utanmyra was beautifully performed from the stage while the audience is relaxing and enjoying the performance. Without warning a raving mad fellow wearing weird horn rimmed glasses leaps up on the stage and starts howling in Kobaian (the language spoken on Magma's home planet Kobaia)!! And this was the group which had rehearsed only once - earlier in the day...? This due to the fact that all members live scattered around the country, and because Tinuviel changes line-up between each concert.

The band is led by Anders Blystad who writes the music and plays guitar and electric organ. In addition to more or less conventional instruments like bass guitar, sax and Hardanger fiddle, they sported a character sitting at the edge of the stage with some funny glasses with water bubbles occasionally sounding "blop blop", in a sense functioning as the band's backup singer. Musically, Tinuviel can be described as prog-folk, and admittedly it worked pretty well.

© 2001 Tarkus Magazine
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