Stockholm New Music, February 21, 2008
Dan Fröberg and Jerry Johansson will premiere their brand
new composition for sitar and glass instruments, titled Down Above, in the Stockholm New Music event, on Thursday February 21th 2008, in the week-long concert series taking place in Rönnells Antikvariat, situated in Birger Jarlsgatan 32.
A unique collaboration between musician/composer Jerry Johansson and
artist/composer Dan Fröberg.
Combining the Indian traditions of classical raga (and beyond), together
with the delicate and dissonant tone clusters of Fröberg´s glass
instruments; an alien blend of acoustic folk music slowly takes
shape before our ears and eyes. A music that is both ancient in its
presence/being, and thoroughly contemporary at the very same time.
To quote freely from a Blue Cheer song: "One foot in the astral world,
the other one in the grave; did you see the light? Did you see the the
light? Do you see the light?"
The new collaborative work for sitar and glass instruments, Down Above, composed and performed by Jerry Johansson and Dan Fröberg, will also be released on cd by
Kning Disk in 2008.
Another new work for glass instruments by Dan Fröberg, Song 16 (at dawn
we all fall down the stairs), will appear on iDEAL Recordings in early 2008
