Floreana Gustaf Ljunggren & Skúli Sverrisson

• 1 Palace Prelude 00:55
• 2 Leading Somewhere 04:23
• 3 Kongens Mark 03:43
• 4 Bottomless Siestas 04:51
• 5 Olive 03:47
• 6 Isen Bruten 03:30
• 7 Codimar 06:49
• 8 Streams 04:14
• 9 Vestegnsromantik 04:31
• 10 Maren 01:22
• 11 Vi Overlever 04:57
• Total Runtime 43:02

Info for Floreana

Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer Gustaf Ljunggren has teamed up with Icelandic Bass Guitar player and composer Skúli Sverrisson (Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Frisell, Blonde Redhead ) to create an album that wishes to offer the listener private musical spaces to dwell in for a while.

Ljunggren’s musical language is clear, gentle, and melodic, and the pieces chosen for this album all share a sense of weaving past and future together into the present. Gustaf Ljunggren reflects about the music on Floreana: “I listened inwards, and it sounded like this. Melodies came to the surface, and I chose to say ‘yes’ to them, embrace them, carry them forward. My musical partner on this album, Skúli Sverrisson, has been with me throughout this process; embracing the music with both profound dedication and artistic boldness.”

The music on the album grants the listener access to something that’s forgotten or undiscovered. There’s a sensuousness throughout the work; musical spaces that reveal possibilities to listen inwards, aided by repetition in melodies and patterns. The music doesn’t seek climaxes as much as it seeks states of presence and attention.

The live concerts with Gustaf Ljunggren and Skúli Sverrisson will explore the spaces the music on Floreana invites to. Two of northern Europe’s most distinctive instrumentalists will interpret Ljunggren’s compositions with a strong attention to the environment where the music is performed. The audience can expect the performers to display a deep commitment to the presence of the music as it unfolds. Each concert will be an exclusive, one-of-a-kind experience - a celebration of the spaces within, that Floreana seeks out to discover.

Gustaf Ljunggren, baritone ukulele, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, acoustic, electric guitars, drum, piano, keyboards
Skúli Sverrisson, bass
Guest:
Cæcilie Balling, violin (track 9)

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