Gunnar Idenstam, Lisa Rydberg & Jonas Sjöblom – Urban Folk (2022) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Gunnar Idenstam, Lisa Rydberg, Jonas Sjöblom
- Title: Urban Folk
- Year Of Release: 2022
- Label: Footprint Records
- Genre: Folk
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 53:15
- Total Size: 140; 277; 547 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Welcome to our world of modern folk music from Stockholm, Sweden! This particular constellation, with Lisa Rydberg on violin, Jonas Sjöblom on percussion and vocals, and myself – Gunnar Idenstam – on harmonium and keyboard, for a few years in the early 2000s under the name plan3. During that time, we performed all over Sweden at venues ranging from churches to dance halls and pubs.
To me, as a touring concert organist, it was wonderful to play for a large classical audience at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid one night, and go on to perform in Näsåker in the far north of Sweden the next, for an audience that sang along with our tunes at the top of their lungs at a pub.
Given Lisa Rydberg’s traditional folk training, it was only natural to play songs by Timas Hans from Ore and Gössa Anders from Dalarna, but after a while, more and more space was given to my own folk songs. Here, I could unleash my own folk music fantasies without being held back by genre restrictions. Since I love all kinds of other genres too, I might fuse a reggae groove to a Schottis, a traditional Swedish folk dance, and spice it up with Bach sequences, as in Tokschottis (“Crazy Schottis”). Or do a mix of a Schottis groove and the Norwegian dance Halling, as in Halling II. Or even let us use two different time signatures simultaneously for the interludes in Hallingpols: The even 2/4 in the Halling and the quicker triple time in the dance Pols, where the second beat in the triple comes slightly earlier than in a regular triple.
Ever since I started playing Swedish folk music seriously for the past 20 years, I’ve taken a closer and increasingly more excited look at popular dance. And even as a folk-style dancer, I really enjoy songs where I can combine different kinds of styles, simply depending on how I perceive the music. Jonas and Lisa have let me follow my instincts during this playful and formative time, for which I am very grateful.
My harmonium was made by the Gefle/Gävle Organ and Piano Factory in the early 1900s. In Scandinavia, the harmonium is the keyboard instrument traditionally used in folk music. I have a midi keyboard on the retuned organ, and I have customized the sounds on a Roland 2080 synth module. All the music was recorded live, with the exception of the lovely sing-along chanting on Tokschottis.
Dear and diverse audience, hope you enjoy this disc!
Gunnar Idenstam
Tracklist
1. Storvulingens Vals (02:59)
2. Solpolska (03:17)
3. Visa från Östbjörka (04:31)
4. Nypolska (03:35)
5. Röjis (03:47)
6. Tokpolska & Tokschottis (07:05)
7. Polska från Ore (04:31)
8. Polska in G Minor (After G. Anders) (03:04)
9. Kramschottis (02:58)
10. Polska in D Major (After G. Anders) (03:06)
11. Julipolska (04:23)
12. Halling II (03:55)
13. Gigschottis (02:48)
14. Hallingpols (03:16)
To me, as a touring concert organist, it was wonderful to play for a large classical audience at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid one night, and go on to perform in Näsåker in the far north of Sweden the next, for an audience that sang along with our tunes at the top of their lungs at a pub.
Given Lisa Rydberg’s traditional folk training, it was only natural to play songs by Timas Hans from Ore and Gössa Anders from Dalarna, but after a while, more and more space was given to my own folk songs. Here, I could unleash my own folk music fantasies without being held back by genre restrictions. Since I love all kinds of other genres too, I might fuse a reggae groove to a Schottis, a traditional Swedish folk dance, and spice it up with Bach sequences, as in Tokschottis (“Crazy Schottis”). Or do a mix of a Schottis groove and the Norwegian dance Halling, as in Halling II. Or even let us use two different time signatures simultaneously for the interludes in Hallingpols: The even 2/4 in the Halling and the quicker triple time in the dance Pols, where the second beat in the triple comes slightly earlier than in a regular triple.
Ever since I started playing Swedish folk music seriously for the past 20 years, I’ve taken a closer and increasingly more excited look at popular dance. And even as a folk-style dancer, I really enjoy songs where I can combine different kinds of styles, simply depending on how I perceive the music. Jonas and Lisa have let me follow my instincts during this playful and formative time, for which I am very grateful.
My harmonium was made by the Gefle/Gävle Organ and Piano Factory in the early 1900s. In Scandinavia, the harmonium is the keyboard instrument traditionally used in folk music. I have a midi keyboard on the retuned organ, and I have customized the sounds on a Roland 2080 synth module. All the music was recorded live, with the exception of the lovely sing-along chanting on Tokschottis.
Dear and diverse audience, hope you enjoy this disc!
Gunnar Idenstam
Tracklist
1. Storvulingens Vals (02:59)
2. Solpolska (03:17)
3. Visa från Östbjörka (04:31)
4. Nypolska (03:35)
5. Röjis (03:47)
6. Tokpolska & Tokschottis (07:05)
7. Polska från Ore (04:31)
8. Polska in G Minor (After G. Anders) (03:04)
9. Kramschottis (02:58)
10. Polska in D Major (After G. Anders) (03:06)
11. Julipolska (04:23)
12. Halling II (03:55)
13. Gigschottis (02:48)
14. Hallingpols (03:16)
Year 2022 | World | Folk | FLAC / APE | Mp3 | HD & Vinyl
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