Gustav Ejstes (born 23 December 1979) is a Swedish musician. He is the singer and frontman of the Swedish psychedelic rock band

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. Ejstes himselfs plays many of the instruments within his recordings, alongside bandmates

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(guitar), Mattias "Tiaz" Gustavsson (bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums).

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is the record label to which Ejstes returned after a short period with

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and the record "Stadsvandringar". He has released seven albums with Dungen, notably their album ''

Ta Det Lugnt ''Ta det lugnt'' ("''Take It Easy''") is the third album by the Swedish psychedelic rock group Dungen. It was produced by Gustav Ejstes, the lead singer and instrumentalist of the band. Ejstes also recorded and mixed the album. It was originall ...

'' (2004), which has been highly acclaimed all over the world. Other works include, ''

Tio Bitar ''Tio Bitar'' ("''Ten pieces''") is the fourth album by the Swedish psychedelic rock group Dungen. It was released as a CD on 23 April 2007, by Subliminal Sounds (Sweden), with a vinyl version to follow on the same label. The album was release ...

'' (2007), '' 4 (2008) and ''

Skit i allt ''Skit i allt'' is the sixth album by the Swedish psychedelic rock group Dungen. The title literally means "Screw it all" in Swedish. It was released as a CD and a limited edition red vinyl (1,200 copies only) on August 30, 2010, by Subliminal So ...

'' (2010). Ejstes is also a member of a band called Amason, together with

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(Amanda Bergman Mattson),

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, Nils Törnqvist and

Petter Winnberg Petter Winnberg (born November 19, 1979 in Lerum, Västergötland) is a Swedish producer, composer and musician. He is a member of the critically acclaimed Swedish band Amason, alongside Amanda Bergman, Gustav Ejstes, Pontus Winnberg, and Nils ...

. He played the flute for Australian rock band Wolfmother's song "Witchcraft" on their live DVD Please Experience Wolfmother Live. He also played the flute on the track called "Nattmusik" with Swedish hip hop band Fattaru released in 2003.

Discography

Albums

* '' Dungen'' (2001) * '' Dungen 2'' (2002) * '' Stadsvandringar'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2007) * '' 4 (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * " Allas Sak" (2015) * " Häxan" (2016)

EPs

* Tyst Minut (

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

) (12" vinyl, also included with 2005 re-release of ''Ta Det Lugnt'') * Samtidigt (

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, Kemado) (limited-pressing (500) tour-only 12″ vinyl containing an extended 15-minute-long version of the song "Samtidigt" from ''4'')

Singles

* Solen Stiger Upp (

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, Dolores Recordings) (CD) * Stadsvandringar (

, Dolores Recordings) (CD) * Jag vill va' som du / Har du vart' i Stockholm? (

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

, Dolores Recordings) (CD) * Panda (

, Memphis Industries) (CD, 7" vinyl) * Festival (

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, Memphis Industries) (7" vinyl) * Sätt Att Se (

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, Mexican Summer) (12" vinyl) * Öga, Näsa, Mun (2011, Third Man Records) (7" vinyl)

Compilations

* Who Will Buy These Wonderful Evils (

, Dolores Recordings)

References

External links

Dungen
Official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ejstes, Gustav 1979 births Living people People from Skövde Municipality Swedish male musicians