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IN THE LABYRINTH Is an experimental project led by multi instrumentalist and singer Peter Lindahl. He performs a wide variety of instruments including mellotron, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, various flutes and woodwinds, synthesizers, samplers, bass, percussion, viola da gamba, saz, zither, etc and is also responsible as recording engineer and producer.

According to the official In The Labyrinth website, the main concern is "to mix a wide array of styles to create a symbiosis quite unlike most music heard of today. You could define it as progressive rock with a strong ethnical element, almost like an early Pink Floyd with both classical and oriental overtones."

Three CD albums have so far been released, the first one appearing in 1996 as THE GARDEN OF MYSTERIES (APM 9613AT/Symphilis 5. This album emerged after the initial set up of the band/project had been dissolved, a constellation once called Aladinns lampa (Aladinn's lantern) which was comprised of Peter Lindahl, Mikael Gejel and a few others.

In the year of 1999 a second CD album saw the light of day, namely WALKING ON CLOUDS (TAP/RHCD21), this one released by TAP / Record heaven and boasting a clear reference to India, something having owed itself partly to Peter and his wife travelling to the subcontinent in 1997 but also to Håkan Almkvist who arrived earlier the same year thus becoming a permanent member.

In 2002 In the Labyrinth had yet another release, this one called DRYAD (TAP/RHCD 65), also backed by TAP / Record Heaven, after which there are rumours about two different albums being sporadically worked upon, one called To our rescue where Peter's late brother Niklas Lindahl is featured as a songwriter while the other one is Samas antaral, a long term project run by Peter Lindahl and Stefan Ottman, the two of them having cowritten, coproduced and helped share most of the instruments on the tracks of this album.

To listen to samples of ITL music, these can be accessed at MYSPACE

Besides the titles mentioned above, Lindahl has participated in several CD compilations by contributing a large amount of single In the labyrinth recordings. Some of these albums are :

Higher and higher - A tribute to the Moody blues (MMP 481 ABC): Mellow Records CD release in 2004.

One world tapestry (FGBG 4714.AR):MuseaCD release in 2007.

Rökstenen tribute album: ColossusCD release in 2009.

The Vegetable man 10" project (OV002): Oggetti volanti non identificati 10" vinyl release in 2003.

The Vegetable man project vol 3 (OV004): Oggetti volanti non identificati CD release in 2004.

Floralia vol.3 (Wot 4 CD 99003): Wot4 CD release in 1999.

Musica desde el abismo / Music from the edge - vol 05 (mr 0102): Margen records CD release in 2002.

Peace frog (PF41): Nowhere street music CD release in 2005.

Lost frontier - Christmas sampler 2006: Lost frontier Download release 2006.

Other vital members for the project, besides Håkan Almkvist on sitar, bass, electric guitar, tabla and a varitey of instruments are Helena Selander on female vocals, Stefan Ottman: Narration, guitar, recorder, synthesizer, background vocals, etc and Robert Eklund on lute, celtic harp, oud and ukelele. As well as a large number of musicians who have contributed more or less temporarily, among these: Marcos Chagallo, Kirk Chilton and Micke Lövroth on violin. Styrbjörn Bergelt: Ancient Nordic instruments. ''Miriam Oldenburg': Piano accordian. Fereidoun Nadimi: Persian percussion. Ismet Demirhan: Oriental woodwinds. Sven Lindahl: Cornett. Helena Jocobssen, Kristina Fuentes and Anders Victorson: Background vocals. There is a large number of reviews on the web covering all three CD releases by In The Labyrinth. Some of these are: Musea Progressive world Aural innovations Psychevanhetfolk Ground and sky review Meadow music Progarchives Progressive newsletter Planet mellotron Peacework music Female vocals Ragazzi Digilander (Italian) And some analyzing several of the CD compilations mentioned above: Higher and higher - A tribute to the Moody blues One World Tapestry The vegetable man project vol. 3 Floralia volume 3