| Stefan Wistrand encountered
free jazz through the duo he had in the late 70's with drummer Peter
Olsen. In 1978 they released a cassette album "Duo" on composer
Leo Nilsson's label Studio Viarp. Olsen & Wistrand still works as
a duo. During the 80's Wistrand was active on the Swedish alternative
rock scene, touring Sweden and Scandinavia and recording three albums
with rock group Memento Mori. In the 90's mainly active in
Nods Off, but also with other improvisational groups. He participated
in FRIM's (The Association of Free Improvised Music) improvisation festival
"Sounds 99" at Fylkingen, Stockholm in autumn 1999, where
he among others performed with bassist Tuomo Haapala, drummer
Peeter Uuskyla and trumpeter Tommy Adolfsson. He has
also acted as soloist at poetry readings in co-operation with poet Tomas
Haglund and initiated different projects with young improvising
musicians such as "the big band" the Memento Creative
Orchestra, the free improvising units Fundamental Form
and Two Sounds Ensemble, the last one a duo with pianist Joakim
Simonsson (CD "Inversions" released in 2004). Fundamental
Form has performed with Chicagoan cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm
and participated in 2000 and 2001 in FRIM's "Spring Flood"-festival
at Fylkingen, Stockholm. The band also performed at the creative music
festival "Perspectives 2004" curated by saxophonist Mats Gustafsson
in Västerås, Sweden. In 2002-2003 Wistrand played on soundtracks
by film composer Thomas Rydell, among them the music for the
Swedish motion picture "Hot Dog" by director Alexandra-Therese
Keining and featuring actors Marika Lagercrantz and Johanna Sällström.
Since 2003 also a member of post punk rock group You Dawg!.
In 2006 Wistrand collaborated with artist Anton Engvall in
the multimedia exhibition "Bruised Sounds", which was shown
at Galleri Jepsen in Eskilstuna. Peter Olsen has played with pianist Per Henrik Wallin and saxophonist Lars-Göran Ulander in Wallin's 70's trio. During the 80's he was a member of Swedish rock group Lolita Pop. Also in the 80's and 90's member of American guitarist Richard Lloyd's (ex-Television) European group, doing gigs both in Scandinavia and the USA. He has recorded albums with all the above mentioned. During 2004 Peter Olsen produced a CD, "The Stockholm Tapes" on Ayler Records, consisting of unreleased liverecordings from 1975 to 1977 by the Per Henrik Wallin Trio.
Daniel Carlsson plays
with improvising electronic duo Metamusik and progressive rock
group the Curtain. In spring 2004 the Curtain released
their debut album "New Sound Made" (including some reed contributions
from Stefan Wistrand). He is also a member of above mentioned improvising
group Fundamental Form, where he plays laptop & samples.
He has also experience from playing free improvised music in the ensembles
CCR and the Memento Creative Orchestra. |