Ralph Lundsten is a Swedish

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 composer of electronic music

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, as well as a film director

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, artist

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 and author

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.

He was born on 6 October 1936 in Ersnäs, Norrbotten

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, in northern Sweden, and now lives in Nacka

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 on the outskirts of Stockholm

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, still close to the forest and the sea. His home is Castle Frankenburg, dating from 1878, a wooden fairytale mansion which also houses his famous picture and electronic music studio Andromeda.

Since 1959 he has lived an independent life, creating his own personal musical language

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, and preparing original films and exhibitions. His song Out in the Wide World serves as the signature tune for Radio Sweden International

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 broadcasts.

During the 1950's Ralph Lundsten built his own electronic musical instruments and was one of the first pioneers in this field.

Albums

• 1966 – Dokumentation 1 (Elektronmusikstudion)
• 1967 – MUMS (Musik under miljoner stjärnor)
• 1968 – Elektronisk musik (with Leo Nilson)
• 1969 – Tellus. Fågel Blå
• 1969 – Svit för elektroniskt dragspel. Energy for biological computer
• 1970 – Erik XIV och Ristningar
• 1970 – Ölskog
• 1971 – Gustav III. Nattmara (Nightmare)
• 1972 – Fadervår (Ourfather)
• 1973 – Strömkarlen: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 1 (The Water Sprite: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 1)
• 1973 – Skräck och skratt, resor i okända världar
• 1975 – Shangri-La
• 1975 – Johannes och huldran: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 2 (Johannes and the Lady of the Woods: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 2)
• 1976 – Cosmic Love
• 1977 – Ralph Lundsten’s Universe
• 1978 – Discophrenia
• 1979 – Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
• 1980 – Paradissymfonin (Paradise Symphony)
• 1981 – En midvintersaga: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 3 (A Midwinter Saga: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 3)
• 1982 – The New Age
• 1983 – En sommarsaga: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 4 (A Summer Saga: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 4)/Pop Age
• 1984 – Trolltagen: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 5 (Bewitched: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 5)/Dreamscape
• 1985 – Välkommen (contains The Ages of Man)
• 1986 – Fantasia by Starlight – 星夜幻想 (CD/LP/cassette published in Japan
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• 1986 – The Dream Master
• 1990 – Johannes och huldran (Max von Sydow
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   reads Gustav Sandgren's story "Johannes och huldran", accompanied by Lundstens music)
• 1992 – Drömmarnas landskap: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 6 (Landscape of Dreams: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 6)
• 1993 – Nordic Light
• 1994 – The Joy of Being
• 1995 – In Time and Space
• 1996 – Inspiration (EMI Classic
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• 1996 – Årstiderna: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 7 (The Seasons: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 7)
• 2002 – En själens vagabond (A Vagabond of the Soul)
• 2004 – På drömda stigar (Pathways of the Mind)
• 2005 – Like the wind my longing – Classic pearls 1972–2004 by Ralph Lundsten
• 2007 – Ut i vida världen (Out in the Wide World: Symphonia Linnæi, Out in the Wide World, In the early Days of Summer, Song of the Mermaids, A Summer Saga (first performance))
• 2007 – Lovetopia
• 2008 – Electronic Music from the 60s and 70s (a boxed set comprising 4 previously released CDs)
• 2008 - Dance in the Endless Night

External links

• Andromeda Studio – Official web site (in Swedish).
• Ralph's going to take you to another dimension – An article from The Local with a video about the Andromeda Galaxy Embassy (in English).