PÅGÅ announced for Tower Transmissions XI in September 2025

Renowned festival of experimental music Tower Transmissions has confirmed PÅGÅ among the bands performing at the eleventh edition of the event, which will take place at Strasse E in Dresden from September 12th to September 13th, 2025.

PÅGÅ commented: "In 2016 we formed PÅGÅ as a means to explore a more intuitive way of making music, as well as working with new materials and methods. We have continued in that spirit through the years and have put together a variation of live sets that we have performed in Uppsala and Stockholm in Sweden, Pori and Helsinki in Finland as well as on a European tour with Lukas Häger and Whalesong, working exclusively with tape loops, audial premutations, assorted percussions, vocals and instrumentation. This methodology of sound and vision will be explored further and presented at Tower Transmissions 2025."

2024 recap - and what's next in 2025

As we are leaving the year 2024 behind, let's have a brief look at what has been going on during this year musically and artistically for the bands and musicians that we discuss here at Unearthed Mirrors - and why not let us also have a look ahead at the first things that 2025 has already in store for us!

PÅGÅ announce live date in Stockholm on October 19th, 2024

PÅGÅ return to perform live!

They have just announced that they will play a live show in Stockholm alongside Aprapat and Galme on October 19th, 2024.

More info are expected to come in the next weeks and it's possible to follow any update on the official Facebook event page.


The event is presented by Lyssofobi.

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More about PÅGÅ: Bandcamp - on our dedicated page - see also: Focus on PÅGÅ

VERGING - an unofficial music video for BY ENDS GREAT GLITTER by PÅGÅ

Today, for those of you who, just like us, enjoy having from time to time also some visual stimulation along with their favourite music, we are delighted to present "Verging", an unofficial video for one of PÅGÅ's most spellbinding songs: "By Ends Great Glitter".

The video is an experimental sequence of scenes which, as the title suggests, hints in a way at the feeling of approaching, of culmination, that might be sensed in the sort of ethereal, uncanny bliss which seems to permeate this song. Fragmented flashes and visions perhaps of an awakening, of a discovery, or maybe an encounter.

It has been conjured up by Vesperalia and of course PÅGÅ's music has been used with permission.

You can watch it here below, we hope you'll enjoy it and in case you haven't yet, grab yourself a copy of the unique album which is PÅGÅ's fantastic debut "The Evil Year", available at Svart Records.

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More about PÅGÅ: Bandcamp - on our dedicated page - see also: Focus on PÅGÅ

New PÅGÅ / Lukas Häger split tape, "Folkmord I Ting" second edition and more now available at End All Parties

End All Parties has just announced a major shop update and right now, several interesting additions are available: Lukas Häger's solo debut "Folkmord I Ting" second edition (LP and CD), as well as his official merch (t-shirt and button pins); Reveal!'s vinyls and patches, and a PÅGÅ / Lukas Häger Live in Finland split tape.

Footage of PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger live in Budapest on March 11th, 2024

 





As part of their recent 4-date tour with Whalesong, musical wanderers PÅGÅ and guitar charmer Lukas Häger have played live at A38 in Budapest on March 11th, 2024 and courtesy of musical blog Scrolls Of Darmoth some good quality footage of both sets is now available to watch.

PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and WHALESONG live in Budapest in March 2024

Planetnoir Industries has just announced that PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and Whalesong will play a live show in Budapest on March 11th, 2024!
The event will take place at A38 and more information can be found on the official event page.
As usual, all links and details of this and of all the other PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger upcoming live dates, can be found in the partake section of this website.

Meanwhile to get in the mood for the show:
PÅGÅ on Bandcamp and on our dedicated page
Lukas Häger at End All Parties on Facebook, YouTube and Bandcamp
WHALESONG on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp

Focus On: PÅGÅ

PÅGÅ, 2023. Image courtesy of PÅGÅ

“Out of a great lust to encounter the unknown and to explore the boundless in us this record/work came about, in the hands of The High Spirit Rebel. We wish this may serve as great entertainment, a bad enemy, an instrument and a match.
Enter! Step in!”

With these words in 2020, PÅGÅ, duo consisting of Pelle & Gottfrid Åhman, introduced their debut album "The Evil Year" (Svart Records, November 2020) to the outside world.

As we later became aware though, the seeds of this album had been planted quite a few years before: "In late 2016 me and Pelle spent a night playing each other all kinds of songs and sketches we individually had been working on during the year. In this soup of sounds there were a few pieces that seemed to carry some kind of thread or a mood maybe and it was something about the juxta-positioning of the pieces, with their different production qualities, that we found really intriguing. We could also see a story or at least a musical narrative playing out, and that night we more or less had a track order done. Then it took us about four years to get the sounds right. Many factors were at play in why it needed all this time. One of the biggest being living quite a distance from each other for a couple of years which made things a little trickier. We worked until it was done and it happened to take four years this time", explained Gottfrid in our interview back in March 2021.

Regardless of the time it took to actually being released, when it came out it certainly impressed many of us listeners, with its strange, enigmatic and haunting soundscapes, moving from psychedelic blues to moments of instrumental, dark ambient. Pelle and Gottfrid made it immediately clear when the album was released, that it has never been intended to be played live.

PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and WHALESONG live in Vienna in March 2024

Goetia Productions has just announced an additional show in March 2024 for PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and Whalesong!
This time, an evening of great music is in sight for Vienna: they will plat at Rhiz on March 10th.

More information can be found on the official event page, tickets pre-sale will start soon and we will be updating this post as the pre-sale starts. As usual, all links and details also in the partake section of this website.

More about:
PÅGÅ on Bandcamp and on our dedicated page
Lukas Häger at End All Parties on Facebook, YouTube and Bandcamp
WHALESONG on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp

Playlist: Soon on stage - first half of 2024

For many bands we follow here at Unearthed Mirrors, the first live shows of 2024 are approaching - with WATAIN, Lukas Häger, Saturnalia Temple and UnoX hitting the stage already next month, followed by PÅGÅ in early March; Unpure and Xalpen will embark on the Europe Ablaze tour in April/May, also in May are a couple of festivals for Maggot Heart and the quite unique Eros At Arms festival for Concrete Winds.

Here is then a selection of music which will be haunting venues in these upcoming months: you might want to blast again the ones you know already, and we surely recommend getting acquainted with those you might not be very familiar with yet, because although covering very different styles, they all have some really excellent music to offer!

The playlist features:

Footage of PÅGÅ, Perkwuno and Phallucipher live in Berlin

On December 8th, 2023 PÅGÅ, Perkwuno and Phallucipher have all brought their experimental sounds and rhythms live at Artistania in Berlin, and today we are thrilled to share some footage from their live sets!

All clips are courtesy of Ruhail Qaisar (whom we thank a lot!).

2023 recap - and what's next in 2024

2023 is coming to its end and a lot has been going on musically and artistically in this past year, so here is a brief recap of what's happened, as seen through our archive posts; as well as some of the upcoming releases and shows to look forward to in 2024!

PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and WHALESONG live in Dresden in March 2024

More exciting news in sight for all listeners of PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger: Goetia Productions and Katharsis Agency have just announced that Pelle, Gottfrid and Lukas will perform another show together with WHALESONG, on March 9th, 2024 at Metalbar in Dresden, Germany!

More information and updates on the official event page, tickets are on sale on Eventim, and as usual you can find all the links and details also in the partake section of this website.

Meanwhile, once again we recommend checking some of their amazing music at the following links:
PÅGÅ on Bandcamp and on our dedicated page
Lukas Häger at End All Parties on Facebook, YouTube and Bandcamp
WHALESONG on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp

PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and WHALESONG live in Wrocław in March 2024

Fantastic news for Polish appreciators of compelling and captivating music: Goetia Productions and Chroma Music have just announced that on March 8th, 2024, PÅGÅ, Lukas Häger and WHALESONG will perform at Klub Muzyczny Liverpool in Wrocław!

The pre-sale will begin soon (65 PLN, while the cost of the ticket at the door will be 80 PLN).
More information and updates can be found on the official event page, and as usual also in the partake section of this website.

Meanwhile, delve into the music which will haunt this event and visit
PÅGÅ on Bandcamp and on our dedicated page
Lukas Häger at End All Parties on Facebook, YouTube and Bandcamp
WHALESONG on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp

PÅGÅ, Perkwuno and Phallucipher live in Berlin on December 8th, 2023

Poster by Vortex Era

We are really excited to see another new show announced featuring a combination of musicians that are very well known and appreciated by many of us here at Unearthed Mirrors!

On December 8th, 2023 in fact, Berlin's cultural association Artistania will host a truly interesting event that will see none other than Pelle and Gottfrid's PÅGÅ performing on the same evening as Perkwuno (as you might recall, this is the solo project of Uno Bruniusson) and electronic duo Phallucipher (XrysafeniaX - also of UnoX, and Alexandra Maciá).

This gathering will surely make for a fascinating evening of musical experimentations and strange sounds explorations, as all of these musicians are indeed known to place no boundaries on their creativity and are constantly widening their own and their listeners perspective.

Excerpts and images from PÅGÅ 's appearance at WATAIN 25th anniversary

Musical wanderers PÅGÅ (Pelle & Gottfrid Åhman) have recently appeared live at WATAIN's 25th anniversary shows with their experimental and darkly unique performance of sounds, vocals and noises from beyond.
Here and there on the web some fragments and moments from their show are beginning to emerge and we are gathering them here as a visual account of the event.
PÅGÅ have so far performed live only four times, in September 2023 in Pori and Helsinki, and on two consecutive nights (November 3rd-4th, 2023) in Uppsala, opening for WATAIN, alongside Attila Csihar's Void Ov Voices.

Let's begin with some motion and sound before the static images, here is a brief clip from the show captured and shared by PSL (Musical channel of Sveriges Television):
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PÅGÅ: "Magnetic Agent" cassette out now!

PÅGÅ - "Magnetic Agent" cassette - Image courtesy of Ektro Records

Additionally to performing recently in Finland and announcing their upcoming appearance at WATAIN 25th anniversay shows, PÅGÅ, the experimental duo formed by Pelle & Gottfrid Åhman, have also released on cassette their 4-Track Session recorded and formerly broadcast in 2021 on HKCR.


The performance features the following tracks: "Magnetic Agent" - "An Unfinished World" - "In the Eyes of the Sepiolanaes" - "Beat to Descend"* (*this last track features a guest appearance by Uno Bruniusson).



Copies of this new release have been on sale at their recent shows in Finland, and now can also be ordered online on Finnish label Ektro Records' webshop.

The entire session has also been previously made avaialble digitally back in 2021 on SoundCloud and MixCloud.
 All artwork and packaging has been curated by PÅGÅ and this peculiar release certainly is a must have for all of us appreciators of their mesmerizing, haunting and unique music!

[Updates]: The tape appears to be already sold out...which is not entirely surprising, considering how much we all love PÅGÅ' s music and the rarity of the release! Well done anyone who managed to get it and hopefully there will be more in the future somewhere on sale.

WATAIN announce PÅGÅ and Attila Csihar's Void Ov Voices as opening acts to their 25th anniversary show

After selling most tickets in a unbelievable short time, WATAIN have now unveiled the musicians who will open the evenings in Uppsala for their 25th anniversay shows: and what an amazing combination of artists they have invited!

None other than Pelle & Gottfrid Åhman's PÅGÅ is the first special guest announced!, and WATAIN has commented:

"The brothers, also from Uppsala, have shared the road with Watain many times in their old band In Solitude, and since their disbanding they have continued further on their own crooked path, dense with magic, music and mystery. And those things are also what you one might expect from their appearances on November 3rd and 4th."

PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger to perform in Finland in September 2023

End All Parties has announced earlier today that next month PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger will perform two shows in Finland!

 On September 15th they will play in Pori along with Juho Toivonen, Rasmus Östling and P.P. Puska in the event organized by Kohereeri; then on September 16th they will both bring their spellbinding music also to Helsinki.

More details on this second show are still to be announced, we'll be keeping our eyes open and update the Partake section of the website with all the details!

PÅGÅ, In Solitude, and the inner experience of music: Gottfrid Åhman interviewed on Iblis Manifestations podcast

Recently Iblis Manifestation podcast has invited Gottfrid Åhman and had an interesting conversation with him about his artistic activities after In Solitude: from his solo stuff, to PÅGÅ, his inspirations sources, musical experiences, memories from touring with The Devil's Blood, and much more.

 They also touched upon In Solitude's disbanding back at the time, and Gottfrid explained: "It felt like we were on a mission, and we did it, and it's done; we did what had to be done, and we did all we could do. But I'm extremely proud of what we did, and so I don't want to distance myself from it like that, but somewhere I came to the conclusion that I'm not that musician who can stand and play the same songs every night for years." He also added that there was no single reason for the band to quit, but it was more like different reasons together, "five human beings going different directions".