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Skroemta@Gmail.Com | | TESTIMONIALS ”Hello Skromta! Your Is Really Great and Groovy! Love Your “ Swedish folkensemble SKRÖMTA heads out on tour again. The third album, Skrömtology, is here and Skrömta is anxious to tell the world what it’s all about. A set of new songs are recorded, in the, sort of, engraved “Skrömta” formula: Catchy, humor- ous, beautiful and nevertheless; swiftly. All skillfully played with a savagely charming and raving attitude that makes people wanna dance and smile. The ambition in Skrömtas music is to show the “power of folk music”; the determination of the third album is to perfuse this axiome. Experience tells us that the interest for this music is suprisingly great. People who didn’t know they’ve had a passion for folk music has been struck to the ground by Skrömta - time after time. Skrömta proudly Matti Norlin - Vocals, Nyckelharpa, Hurdy-Gurdy claims to be a natural part of the new era of the music Frida K Eriksson - Vocals, Fiddle, Flute from the north and faces the heritage of their power- Robert “ Zetterqvist - Vocals, Guitar, Lute ful ancestors: Hedningarna, Garmarna, Hoven Droven, Mårten Korkman - Vocals, Double Bass Väsen - who wrote a new chapter in the Swedish mu- Kalle Källman - Vocals, Percussion sic history. This chapter is to be continued. Skrömta works seriously on reconquering this field, and pushes Skrömta has played together for some 10 years, forward in order to be broadened and expanded. and incorporates five musicians from different parts of Sweden. Skrömta has made 3 CD releases. “Grejho- The music of Skrömta reminds of this, distinguished jta!”, “Swedish handicraft” and “Skrömtology”. by it’s almost magical energy and honour to the tradi- tion, however with a liberating lack of respect to up- Skrömta resides in Stockholm and Finland and has nosed dogmaticians and narrow-minded experts. Still been touring round about at festivals, pubs, churches you might find it very delicate and beautiful. It’s all and culture-preservation houses in Sweden, Norway, about squeezing the cream out of Nordic folk music, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia etc. with its immense power and complexity. Skrömta’s songs are original compositions Skrömta invites you for an enigmatic dance wich and mainly inspired by the folk music traditions of leads you out on the ghost path. You’ll travel from Ångermanland and the south of Lappland - provinces reality to fantasy, from grief to euphoria. You’ll jump located in the far north of Sweden. But the band also from grace to barbarity and eventually you’ll land loves to play traditional songs interpreted by them- upon your grandmothers coffee table. Hardly anyone selves. Skrömta wants to preserve and re-new the have left a Skrömta concert without a smile on her lips swedish tradition of folk music and play folk music and without the pleading from legs who still wants to that rocks! dance. - Tomas Eckermann [email protected] | www.facebook.com/skromta | www.skromta.net TESTIMONIALS ”hello Skromta! your is really great and groovy! love your “... The spectators was completely overheated by the sound! all the best ,greg” swedish group Skrömta. You rarely encounter such Gregory Jolivet strong feelings between the audience and the artist. The fans howled but Skrömta just threw more oil on the fire ”I love the energy of your group! Great”. and continiously drove the crowd to the edge and was by Arnaud Bibonne the end of the show exhausted but, for shure, satisfied - and the audience really digged in and enjoyed the energy AIR PLAY from the stage ...” Eesti Päevahlet - Estonian Times Radio: Skrömta is subject to frequent airplay in http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/475292 Swedish National Radio Network SR P2 and SR P4. Radio shows such as “P2 världen” “Världens väsen” och Hej! Saw your show at the “Wikingerfest” in Norddeich. “Kaleidoskop”etc. It was great to experience the energy, feeling and enthusiasm you put into your music. Also bought the CD, TV: Skrömta was featured in the TV series STHLM which helped to conserve some of the “Grejhojta-Feel- Arlanda TV3, live perfomance in national TV in Belarus. ing” you gave to me for everyday-life. Hope to see (and hear!) you once again. Miscellanius: Music for LOKA’s (mineralwater manufac- turer) world wide TV commercial video. Nice set you did at faces in Finland! Nice to hear Nordic Skrömta’s music headlines a Shakespeare Audio Book folkmusic with the right attitude, and it rocks so perkele. :) release in Germany. Skrömta has participated in the popular german CD compilation series “Miroque” (Tanzt) You are super! Fank you very much! Your performance Skrömta is represented i the russian womens life stayle on the Karelian Faces was greatest! magazine “Natstroenie” https://issuu.com/irinavit/docs/93_nastroenie_2011 Reverbnation: Top 10 rank in Folk Chart since 2011. At I saw you at the medevial festival saturday and sunday. present #6 on national chart and #3 on the local (Stock- I must say you are the toughest and the most beautiful holm) chart. I’ve heard, ever MERITING PERFORMANCES You were awesome at Lindköping Folkmusikfestival. It (selection) Viru Folk Festival / Käsmu, Estonia • Wikinger was a true explosion of energy indeed. Fest / Nordereich, Germany • Faces Etnofestival / Billnäs, Finland • 60th Pararell Festival / Surgut, Siberia • Care- WWWW-OOOO-WWWW!!!! I think I’ve found my new favou- lian Faces Festival/ Petrozavodsk, Russia • Cruezburg rite thing! WOW, really, WOW. Occasionally i stumble across Burgfest/ Eisenach, Germany • Anniversery Artist at something on myspace, or something stumbles across Visby Medieval Festival • Meetings Estonian / Aland Is- me, whatever, and I just think f**khell this is AWESOME... lands Folkmusic Festival / Föglö and Mariehamn, Finland You make my roots-blood boil!! Love it. Very much. • Umeå Folk Festival/Umeå, Sweden • Korrö festivalen / Växjö, Sweden • Linköping Folkmusik Festival / Linköping, Hello Skrömta. I was just wandering over here. I wanna Sweden • Kongahälla Medieval Festival/Gothenbourgh, say that your music it is absolutly great, I’d never hear Sweden • Borre Viking Festival / Borre, Norway • Horten anithing like that before. You are such a good musicians. Rock Festival / Horten, Norway • Barnefestivalen Oslo/ Halla! Wowwee! It’s not very often I can’t tear myself away Norway • Tønsberg Medieval Festival / Tønsberg, Norway from someone’s myspace ... but your music is fantastic! I • Folklandia Festival / Finland - Sweden, • www.folkmu- could sit hereall night. sic.nu Festival Ockelbo / Sweden • Deerlycke Folkfestival / Belgium • Ragnarrök Fest/ Schweiz [email protected] | www.facebook.com/skromta | www.skromta.net.
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