LUMEN PROJECT // FOERSTER & KRAMER + JOSEFIN RUNSTEEN & ANDREAZ HEDÉN
:: December 6th ::
:: 18:30 sharp ::
:: Eric Ericsonhallen ::
:: 200 SEK (plus booking fee) :: 

The second in our new evening series of sound and light, featuring the organic environmental music of Berlin's FORESTER & KRAMER in their first live performance anywhere, and JOSEFIN RUNSTEEN & ANDREAZ HEDÉN who will premiere a duo set of warm meditative acoustic improvisations

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Berlin-based Joda Foerster and Niklas Kramer create an “acousmatic environmental ambiance”. Their first LP, entitled HABITAT, was released April 2021 on the legendary Leaving Records.

Habitat, an environmental music collaboration by Berlin based composer Niklas Kramer and percussionist Joda Foerster, is inspired by the drawings of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. Each of the eight tracks represents a room in an imaginary building.  

In Habitat the duo layers, loops and merges sonic textures and patterns into fluid blocks without the restraint of statics. African log drum, Bolivian chajchas, vibraphone, kalimba and various other percussion instruments are processed, pitched, harmonized and filtered through modular synth and script based sample cutting to form a collage of asynchronous layers.

By using acoustic instruments and expanding their sound into abstract shapes, Habitat evokes a vague intimacy, a curious state of comfort in the unknown.

The two musicians Josefin Runsteen (violin) and Andreaz Hedén (piano), will this evening premiere an improvised duo set. The music will be led by a hand of warm meditative acoustic improvisations, inevitably affected by the reverence the cathedral of Eric Ericssonhallen convey. Some electronic elements might appear but they will not rehearse or prepare anything before the concert in order to let the music give birth to itself.Josefin Runsteen is a Swedish multi musician (violin, drums/percussion, vocals) composer and arranger in a wide range of genres. She has worked with artists like Ane Brun, Loney Dear, Fire! Orchestera, Mariam the Believer and in 2019 she won the Swedish National Radios award ”Jazzkatten”. Besides all collaborations she has released two solo albums: ”Thank God the Plague is Over” 2020 together with Charles Spearin (CA) and ”HANA - Three Bodies (Original Soundtrack)” 2021.

Andreaz Hedén is a Swedish pianist and composer, active in the jazz, freeform, modern classical, church music, ambient and indie-pop - scene. He has recorded one jazz trio album "Who’s beautiful", and one solopiano-album "If I could top one heart from breaking" and the EP, ”Liminal Spaces”. He has composed, arranged and performed an orchestral work, "Polaric" together with the Swedish Wind Ensemble. He is also a part of the bands Modern Fantazias (Hans Ek), Serious Coffe (featuring Mike Stern and Lew Solof) and has toured with Tomas Andersson Wij and Jonathan Johansson.

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SUGGESTIONS FOR ENJOYING THIS EVENT

Bring something to sit / recline on from home
Turn off / put away your phone.
Remove shoes + uncomfortable clothing.
Applause is not necessary.
Relax. Sleep if you wish.

As we navigate this new era of being together, we want to provide a worry free and comfortable environment for our audience and the artists. With this in mind we ask that those who attend be vaccinated. This is on the honor system, so please take into consideration. Many thanks, as as always we look forward to seeing you.


Lumen Project is a non-profit organization creating immersive experiences, employing sound / light / and space to inspire awe and stillness.


With support from and thanks to:
Stockholms stad
Musikverket
Viriditas Foundation

Illustration by Maja Zetterberg

Graphics by Caroline Igel

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