Has Änglagård Disbanded?

Short answer: Kung Bore är död.

There had been some doubts about the future of Änglagård following their second appearance at Progfest. But there seemed to be reason for hope; Jonas Engdegård posted the following on January 7th, 1995:
From: Jonas Engdegård
Date: 7 Jan 1995 10:25:36 GMT

I haven't seen the article in Keyboard (by the way I never 
read it) but I'm still very surprised. Anyway, here is the 
truth:

As the situation is now, we have no plans for the future 
(no gigs, recordings, etc). That means we don't have to rehersal, 
we don't meet each other regulary.  So it probably looks very 
calm from the outside. But we have NOT decided never to start 
a new project together. That is what we've been saying all the 
time when we were "over there" in November '94. We never used 
the word "disbanded". 

-Jonas (Änglagård)

However, I talked with Stefan Dimle of Landberk and Gunnar Creutz (Nordic prog newshound) on the 21st and 23rd of March, 1995, and heard some negative news concerning Änglagård. So when Jonas emailed me about the the Gothenburg 95 Progfest cancellation, I thought I would take the opportunity to get the latest scoop. Here's what was said:
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  To: ronc@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Ron Chrisley)
  Subject: Progfest in Goethenburg
  Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 20:48:41 +0100
  From: Jonas Engdegaard

  Hi Ron,

  You wrote in an article (alt.music.progressive) about the swedish
  Prog Fest in April. As far as I know it is moved to the autumn or late
  summer. That is what Bjoern Johansson (the arranger) told me a few
  weeks ago.

  If you already knew, I'm sorry.

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 10:48:51 +0100
From: ron@ida.his.se (Ron Chrisley)
To: Jonas Engdegaard

Hi Jonas,

Speaking of Aenglagaard, I've heard that Tord has been saying that the
band doesn't exist anymore.  Stefan said that Tord has been going to
see other bands, marvelling at the fact that they can get everyone
together to write, rehearse, record and tour!  What do you think?

Cheers,

Ron

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 16:58:54 +0100
From: ron@ida.his.se (Ron Chrisley)
To: Jonas Engdegaard

Jonas> You asked about what's going to happen to Aenglagaard. I guess
Jonas> that Tord has quite right in what he said. After progfest '94
Jonas> we decided to have a break for a while and perhaps start again
Jonas> when we're "reloaded". Now it seems like the break will be
Jonas> permanently. So, I guess Aenglagaard is history now.


What are the (former) members doing now?

Continuing from the same message:
Jonas> But if there's a history there's a future too. Last Wednesday
Jonas> I, Thomas and Mattias (from Aenglagaard) had a rehearsal with
Jonas> some new material and it seems to work fine. It's possible that
Jonas> we (the new form) are going to make a show at the swedish Prog
Jonas> Fest this autumn.  So, that's it!

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To: ron@ida.his.se (Ron Chrisley)
Subject: Re: Progfest in Goethenburg 
From: Jonas Engdegaard

Ron> Well, that's very good news.  Do you want to say anything about why
Ron> the others (especially Tord) are not included, or is that a sensitive
Ron> subject and none of my business?

I, Thomas and Mattias have been working together for several years
before the Aenglagaard-period. We have had some bands and everytime we
disbanded we formed a new one with the three of us as a base. So, this
is probably what's happening again. We're just hoping this will work
again.

Ron> Have you decided on a new name?

-No.

Ron> How would you describe the sound?  Do you approach composition in a
Ron> way different from Aenglagaard?

None of us knows, actually. "Epilog" was mainly composed by me and
Thomas so perhaps we can't help sounding a little bit like
Aenglagaard. But on the other hand we don't want to repeat something
we've already done. I hope we'll sound different.

Ron> I will post something soon to a.m.p about the Gothenburg prog fest
Ron> being cancelled.  May I say some things about Aenglagaard and your new
Ron> band too, or should I keep these thing quiet?

You can do as you want. But please notice that the band is a new
project and we don't know what's going to happend to it. (That means,
don't be surprised if we quit next week.)


Take care, 

-Jonas


And the very latest:

From: (Jonas Engdegerd)
Date: 18 Apr 1995 13:46:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Swedish prog update
 
What we're doing musically, follows here:
 
Johan (bas) - Studying at a music-school close to Uppsala.
Anna (flute and tennis) - Studying at a music-school in Katrineholm.
Tord (guitars and coffee-machine) - Studying at music-school in Stockholm.
Thomas (keyboards) and Jonas (guitars) - Totally isolated, writing music.
Mattias (drums and heavy coffee-drinker) - Playing with a commercial pop-band.
 
Thomas, Mattias and I have started a progressive project. But the project isn't
really defined yet and I don't know if we'll finish it. 
 
 
/Jonas


ronc@cogs.susx.ac.uk
4/22/95