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Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 - July 29, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, playwright, painter, publisher, electroacoustic / text-sound composer, and visual artist.

Son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actress Ulla Hodell, Åke Hodell was trained as a fighter pilot, but after a crash in a field in southernmost Sweden in Skåne during practice in July 17, 1941 he had to spend two years at Lund's hospital where he befriended Swedish author Gunnar Ekelöf, and also became a dedicated anti-militarist.

In 1944, while heading the children's theatre department at Malmö Stadsteater, Hodell wrote a satirical play about inner city children, Rännstensungar, which he set up at the movie theatre Amiralen in Malmö that year. It also became a low-brow comedy movie the same year (with a remake in 1974, and an inspired of movie, Förortsungar in 1996 with a nine-year-old Gustaf Skarsgård). Hodell published his first text with the book Flyende pilot in 1953, and began experimenting with what he called elektronismer, later known as text-sound composition: a blend of radioplay and musique concrète focused on narratives and their electronic enhancements. Many radioplays were produced at Sveriges Radio, often with a strong political theme, such as the banned Mr. Smith in Rhodesia from 1969. He also worked with Pistolteatern in Stockholm, and on Nov. 4, 1964 he set up his play, Lågsniff, at Moderna Muséet, and again in January 1965 at Pistolteatern, which Sveriges Television recorded and also aired in December that year.

From 1963 to 1972, Hodell ran Kerberos Förlag which published books by Öyvind Fahlström, Christer Hennix Lille, and himself, as well as translations of Vladimir Majakovskij and Arthur Cravan.

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The Thing
Bag It!
2009, CD, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Free Improvisation
Various
Revue OU
2002, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Musique Concrète/Spoken Word/Experimental/Poetry
LSB
Walk, Stop, Look And Walk. (Live)
2000, CD, Album, Crazy Wisdom, Universal
AALY Trio With Ken Vandermark
I Wonder If I Was Screaming
2000
At The Gates
With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
1993, ,
Death Metal
Various
The Pioneers: Five Text-Sound Artists
1992, 2xCD, Comp, Phono Suecia
Dom Dummaste
4 Känsler
1992, CD, Album, Criminal Records (4), ,
Hip Hop/Experimental
Various
Återklang (Hört, Lekt Och Lärt I Svensk Radio 1925-1974)
1974, 2xLP, Comp, SR Records, ,
Comedy/Dialogue/Field Recording/Interview/Monolog/Political/Public Service Announcement/Radioplay/Spoken Word
Various
Text-Sound Compositions 1: A Stockholm Festival 1968
1968, LP, Sveriges Radio, ,
Experimental/Poetry/Radioplay
Various
Politics And Aesthetics In Electronic Music
2014, CD, Comp, Boo, Caprice Records
Various
Kning Disk 2005-2012
2013, 4xCD, Comp, Kning Disk, ,
Ambient/Contemporary/Drone/Experimental/Minimal/Modern Classical
Various
Sliced, Diced & Spliced: Various Approaches To The Collage...
2010, CDr, Comp, Promo, WFMU, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Field Recording
Various
Avant Marghen Vol. 3
2007, 7xLP, Comp, Ltd, Pic + Box, Alga Marghen, ,
Abstract/Musique Concrète/Spoken Word/Experimental
Various
Text-Sound Compositions: A Stockholm Festival
2006, 5xCD, Comp, Fylkingen Records, ,
Radioplay/Musique Concrète/Spoken Word/Experimental
Various
Avant Marghen
2005, 7xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Box, Alga Marghen
Various
Kning Disk Sampler
2004, CDr, Album, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Kning Disk
Various
Electric Leak (The North Of It)
2003, CD, Comp, Office For Contemporary Art
Various
Touch: Ringtones
2001, CD, Album, Touch, ,
Abstract/Noise/Field Recording/Experimental
Various
Electro-Acoustic Music From Sweden
1988, 2xCD, Comp, Phono Suecia, ,
Musique Concrète
Various
Text-Sound Festivals 10 Years
1977, LP, Comp, Fylkingen Records, ,
Sound Poetry/Experimental
Various
Voice Of The Wolf
1975, LP, Album, Gump
Various
Revue OU N° 42-43-44
1974, 10", Comp, Ltd, Revue OU, ,
Spoken Word/Poetry
Various
Text-Sound Compositions 3
1969, LP, Sveriges Radio, Fylkingen Records