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Stora Blå

Xylofonorkestern (The Xylophone Orchestra)


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A beautiful work of love and joy, full of moving music that emanates from the talents of the musicians rather than their limitations.” – Eyal Hariuveni, Salt Peanuts

Says Christer Bothén: 

“At a Midsummer party seven years ago, Anders Jalméus – driving force and director at the day centre Stora Blå Kultur – asks me to ”come and see if you can get something going”. I feel dubious, but in the light of Midsummer night his enthu- siasm is so contagious that I promise to drop by. I have led courses and music workshops, worked with addicts, studied Sufi musical traditions centred on music therapy – and have my own theories concerning the healing potential of music and, above all: the power of music to open doors and create paths between actions and feelings. So I start as a mixture of musical entertainer and music teacher. Yet I have in fact no idea of what to do here!

I am probably the one who has been most enriched

The Xylophone Orchestra has performed at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, played many concerts in Stockholm and neighbouring municipalities via the Stockholm county music authority and held open rehearsals – followed by performances – with the dance group ”På Egna Ben” (On Our Own Legs) at Kulturhuset in Stockholm. We have played at the Stockholm Water Festival and at many other music festivals. The Xylophone Orchestra has given me the possibility – by the side of my own work and research into the world of music – to work socially with music and give, by making music, a little joy, knowledge and hopefully increased self-confidence to a group of people who often have to fight harder than others to achieve their goals. Yet all the human warmth and joy that I have received during this work process with The Xylophone Orchestra means that I am probably the one who has been most enriched. The fact that the whole of this has resulted in easy-going, non-problematical music which other people like to hear is an added bonus.”

read more in the album booklet

The album was released on November 8, 2014 in concert at Las Vega, Stockholm.

The Xylophone Orchestra, after recording the Stora Blå album

Tracks

1 Spiral (Christer Bothén) 5:55 

Big Suite 

  2 Korridor (Christer Bothén) 4:04 

  3 XO (Christer Bothén) 7:42 

  4 Hoppa Känguru (Christer Bothén) 6:47 

  5 Happiness (Christer Bothén) 5:18 

Small Suite 

  6 Duende (Caroline Tangus – Christer Bothén) 1:40 

  7 Desireless/Speechless (Don Cherry – Christer Bothén) 9:08 

8 Abbessinien (Christer Bothén) 4:30 

Musicians

Christer Bothén:               Tenorxylofon, komposition, pedagog. 

Jennie Lind:                     Tenorxylofon piano, sång.

Manfred Lindqvist:           Tenorxylofon

Caroline Tangus:            Basxylofon, vibrafon.

Tomas Fogelholm:           Basxylofon, sång.

Santiago Angulo Rubio:   Basxylofon, sång..

Emiel  Sietsema:              Percussion.

Daniel Söderblom:            Percussion.

Anders Jalmeus:      Percussion, sång. Föreståndare för dagligverksamheten Stora Blå Kultur.

More Info

Recorded at Stora Blå august 24-28 by Sigge Krantz 

Mixing Sigge Krantz 

Mastering Claes Persson 

Photos by Anna Intemann 

Translation Fred Lane 

Cover art by Christian Witting, Stora Blå Kultur

Graphic design Jon Edergren, Spektra 

Produced by Christer Bothén and Bengt Berger 

Produced with support by Kulturrådet

Thanks to Auris AB. Innovative Percussion.

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