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The Svédületes! year 2004 was full of Swedish-Hungarian meetings (randevúk) in such diverse cultural fields as interactive art, poetry, film, dance and new circus. The aim with the Svédületes! project was to offer the Hungarian audience a glimpse of what is happening on the contemporary Swedish cultural scene, but just as important was to create a platform for co-operation between artists from Hungary and Sweden.
This music event at Trafó (where two Swedish guest performances were staged successfully in 2004, Cirkus Cirkör and Moose Dance Company), should not be seen as the end of Svédületes!, but rather as the beginning of a deepened relation. We have chosen to focus on contemporary pop music this time, and a meeting between three Swedish and Hungarian bands. Furthermore we have chosen three bands that differ from each other in style, but are all fronted by women. We are not trying to be politically correct here, but rather to present good music that is universal and knows no reservations.
The Tiny, as its name suggests, is a small band of three with a truly original sound. The line-up consists of cello, double bass and piano/organ, all creating a background for the inimitable voice of singer Ellekari Larson. It's beautiful, acoustic, melancholic lo-fi pop that hints at Kate Bush, Stina Nordenstam and Björk. The Tiny has toured the UK and the US and was supporting act for Ed Harcourt on his Swedish tour in fall 2004. www.thetiny.net
Egy Kiss Erzsi Zene Behind the label of \virtual world music\ you should imagine a happy jam session: full of emotion, free associations, improvisations with and of the moment - by the performance of musicians coming from the world of jazz. There is a variety of folk, and drum and bass motives, but you may hear darker tones of ballad - like tales, or sunny bright chansons, or rock songs of the 70's, as well. You may experience the variety of melodies through the wordless singing language, which expresses itself in quotation marks, deludes you in illusion, but communicates from the 21st century. And this \language\ is characteristic only of this group. http://www.kisserzsi.hu www.adform.hu
The Concretes, on the other hand is not as small, the band has actually eight members, among them a horn section. Their music is difficult to label but has been characterized as “mix of Monkees pop, southern soul, scando-folk and chamber music” – with a touch of a Velvet Underground edge! The Concretes are many, and this is perhaps why their sound is so original and versatile. Lately, they have toured intensively in Scandinavia, the US and the UK, where their latest album was highly acclaimed. They also run their own record label. www.lickingfingers.net