STANDING WAVES
Zen Shakuhachi Meditations
1983 album by Torsten Olafsson
Produced by Finn Olafsson
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen
Sweet Silence Studios
Click here to hear all six tracks
of "Standing Waves - Zen Shakuhachi
Meditations", online (c/o iTunes)
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ACHE DANISH ROCK BAND & ALL the MUSICIANS • PICTURE GALLERIES from 1964 till The Present:
Left: 1964-1976 •
CL: 1975-1981 •
Center: 1981-2019 •
CR: 2019-2022 •
Right: 2023, and Beyond ...
About the Original ACHE and Later "New ACHE" Contributions & There-of Derived Other Music Creations:
ACHE in a Magical Copenhagen Park, mid-Summer, 1970
THE ACHE LYRICS?
"Would Torsten Olafsson's original ACHE's lyrics ever have come into being
without the framework and inspiration of the four musician's music?"
A Highlighted ChatGPT.com Response:
"In fact, the original ACHE seems to have operated more like a feedback system:
four musicians developed an unusually elaborate instrumental language;
particular musical passages generated a perceived need for words;
Torsten responded verbally;
and the resulting vocal material became part of the band's larger musical conception.
Contemporary commentary likewise emphasized the four musicians'
unusually close interaction and control of the music."
ChatGPT.com on September 29, 2026
Presenting the "True Sound" of Original ACHE, late 1970: "Acheron"
Were ACHE in a League of Their Own?
ChatGPT: How does Torsten Olafsson describe the first ACHE and on?
ChatGPT: Who was Original Danish ACHE's most rhythmically important musician?
ChatGPT Describes Glenn Fischer and Torsten Olafssons playing together
ChatGPT Describes how ACHE's Peter Mellin and Finn Olafsson played together
ChatGPT: Did Danish Symphonic Rock band ACHE tell Stories with their Music?
The Concluding ACHE Torsten Olafsson and Finn Olafsson Story?
Torsten, Finn & ACHE's Place in Global Music History?
Hear ACHE's 1969 "De Homine Urbano" & "Little Things" on Youtube
Late 1969: Hear ACHE Play a First Half of their Instrumental Signature Work "Acheron",
live at a Dagmar Bio Midnight Session in Central Copenhagen
Hear ACHE's mid-1970 "Shadow a Gipsy" Prog Rock Ballad on Youtube - the French Single Version
Hear ACHE's 1970-71 "Green Man" album on Youtube
Hear "New" ACHE's 1976 album "Pictures from Cyclus 7" on Youtube
Hear "New" ACHE's 1976 "Majestætens Marionetter" song in support of Christiania on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson's 1976 solo album "Savannah" on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson's "The Inclination" on the 1976 "Savannah" album on Youtube
Hear "New" ACHE's 1977 album "Blå som altid" on Youtube
Hear Pia Raug and Finn Olafsson's 1979 "Saga" on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson's 1980 "The Eternal Journey" on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson's 1981 solo album "Elements" on Youtube
Hear Torsten Olafsson's "Crossroads" on Finn Olafsson's 1981 solo album "Elements" on Youtube
Hear Per Wium's 1987 album "Ind i det blå" on Youtube
Hear Anders Roland & Finn Olafsson's 2003 "El Hadji" on Youtube
Hear ACHE's 2004 CD single in support of Christiania "De skæve drømme" on Youtube
Hear Steen Toft Andersen's 2005 solo album "Travellers' Tales - Featuring the Ukulele" on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson, Torsten Olafsson, and Tobias Folting back Tom Frederiksen in his "September Sol"
from the 2007 album "Synger/Sangskriver" on Youtube
Hear Tom Frederiksen, Finn Olafsson and Torsten Olafsson perform Tony Vejslev and Sophus Clausen's
"Strofer i Tusmørket" live in 2011 at STARS, Vordingborg, on Youtube
Hear Finn Olafsson's 2013 solo CD album "Music From North Sealand"
Hear guitarist/record producer Finn Olafsson & drummer/bassist Torsten Olafsson
musically support Swedish Ida Linnea Olsson aka IdaLO on her album "En samling sånger", 2026
2013, February: Interview with ACHE guitarist Finn Olafsson in Norwegian prog-rock magazine Blackmoon
Copenhagen University Dr.phil. Palle Schantz Lauridsen, 2020: "Beatopera og beatballet.
Rockmusikken og Det Kongelige Teater i årene omkring 1970."
"De Homine Urbano" arranged for piano by Torsten Olafsson, music engraving - 1970-1971
"Shadow of a Gipsy" transcribed by Torsten Olafsson, music engraving
About the TEZCATLIPOCA LIGHT SHOW of Denmark
by then psychedelic lights group effects innovator, present Associate Professor,
MSc/conservator, Mikkel Scharff
Original Tezcatlipoca Light Show operator Frank Hindsberg and Ama'r Bio's
then AV light effects team presented the visual arts stage show
at re-united ACHE's concert at Ama'r Bio, Copenhagen, on May 21, 2022.
Click to see, enjoy a comprehensive live concert still picture gallery.
The ACHE Rock Band Song Lyrics by Torsten Olafsson, 1968-1971
ChatGPT about Torsten Olafsson's ACHE lyrics
ACHE album reviews, internationally
Tre artikler på dansk om "Anders Ands Begravelse" og "De Homine Urbano", 1968-1969
ACHE Historie: Danske bøger & artikler, som omtaler ACHE 1968-1971
2 Torsten Olafsson fødselsdagshilsner d. 28. januar 2025
- 75th Anniversary Greetings, in Danish
In Remembrance of Torsten 'Mukuteki' Olafsson's "Abandoned" Zen-Shakuhachi.dk Website ...
1998: Introduction to the KAIDŌ HONSOKU Komosō Shakuhachi Document Dated 1628
Shawn Renzoh Head, USA, Reads Aloud the 1628 KAIDŌ HONSOKU 'Komosō' Ascetic Shakuhachi Credo
ACHE - Danish Rock Band on Facebook
Miscellaneous Websites Administered by Torsten Olafsson:
achesite.dk
olafssongs.dk
finnolafsson.com
shop.olafssongs.dk
zen-shakuhachi.dk
mukuteki-shakuhachi.info
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