ISKRA

”För oss i gruppen var Iskra vårt sociala nav, vår läroanstalt och våra sinnens förlösare.”

Scandinavia’s foremost 1970-1992

From 1970 to 1992, ISKRA was Scandinavia’s foremost group for free improvised music. They made fanciful, unpredictable, uniquely personal music that transgressed all genre boundaries. ISKRA’s music was built on collective improvisation, and the arsenal of instruments used was limitless.

Apart from giving regular concerts, ISKRA also produced workshops for children and adults. The group gave many performances for radio and TV, and released four LP albums and one CD.

Reunited in 2003 – album released 2012

In the autumn of 2003 original ISKRA members Jörgen Adolfsson, Tuomo Haapala, Sune Spångberg and Arvid Uggla reunited at Café Aguéli in Stockholm for a spontaneous casual concert. The music was recorded and is now released on this Country & Eastern CD.

Liberté, Égalité, Humanité

The release concert for Liberté, Égalité, Humanité in the Bucky Dome in Stockholm on May 22nd 2012 became Sune Spångberg’s last. Having struggled with MS for many years, his last appearance on stage became a very warm farewell to all his admirers. Sune was 82 when he left the planet a couple of weeks after, on June 21st.

A book about ISKRA is published by Bo Ejeby Förlag:

Other albums with ISKRA