Hedningarna occurs as Swedish and, for some years part Finnish neo-folk music band that mixes electronics and rock by having elements from either super old Nordic folk.

History

Hållbus Totte Mattson, Anders Norudde and Björn Tollin formed Hedningarna in 1987. Hedning (heathen) means "unfaithful" and a musicians said that it felt heavily unfaithful to the prevailing ideas inside folk. It wanted to last far back for the roots of the Old Norse culture, including old instruments presently non lot utilized within Swedish folk. Anders Stake likewise began to invent & build recently instruments, to create recently sounds.

Within 1988 Hedningarnthe composed and performed a major section of the music to the stage play Den stora vreden (about meaning A Swell Wrath) which aroused awesome interest. Their 1st album highborn Hedningarna was released in Alice Records in 1989. Inside 1991 Hedningarna started a collaboration by having Silence Records. It met a Finnish singers Sanna Kurki-Suonio and Tellu Paulasto. A album Kaksi! was released inside September of 1992. Inside 1993 Hedningarna was awarded a Swedish Grammis (the eqivalent of Grammy) for The Best Folk Music Album of the month. A sales of Kaksi! reached 35 000 sold albums, which is very high for the folk record inside Sweden. British DJ Sasha made remixes of Hedningarna's Kruspolska which climbed the stock and index charts inside England.

A third album Trä was released around September of 1994. Melody Maker wrote "it may sound alien, but yet it sounds like the most essential music on the earth." Hedningarna performed at a Roskilde Festival in the presence of 20 00Population on the 2nd big stage. Around 1995 Hedningarna toured Scandinavia and abroad. The compilation album sustaining songs from either Trä & Kaksi! was discharged in the U.S. Nowadays it were freed inside Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Thailand, Great Britain and the U.S, however a humans were however a trifle nonplused per average Three-beat in the polska. Kurki-Suonio & Paulasto stayed a season 1996 at home in Finl& for infant birth and studies. Paulasto decided to leave a b& and she was replaced by Anita Lehtonen, who got been in the equivalent class when Paulasto at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.

Mattson, Stake & Tollin began a act sustaining a freshly album Hippjokk. Rock bassist Ulf Ivarsson played the freshly bass-lute built by Totte. Finnish Sami yoik singer Wimme Saari participated with his singing & illustrious Norwegian guitarist Knut Reiersrud had also the role in the album. Johan Liljemark played the didgeridoo, which he had learned within Australia while living among a Aboriginals. Hippjokk was released within February of 1997. A b& processed tours and festival gigs by using a singers around Spain and Belgium, and Ulf "Rockis" Ivarsson became the member of Hedningarna. Anders Stake changed his title to Anders Norudde.

When you took a wintertime of 1998 Hedningarna travelled to Karelia, Russia to gather inspiration to their new album. It was recorded when you took a spring & summertime a equivalent season. The short tour in the area of Spain took place that summertime. Ulf Ivarsson left a class action when a recordings were finished. Mattson & Tollin together by having a fiddle streaming video player Ola Bäckström recorded a Video by having music for the dance company Virvla. It was freed at Silence records inside 1999. Sanna Kurki-Suonio released a solo album inside Finland a equivalent month. A fresh album Karelia Visa was released within 1999, & it was followed by concerts around Scandinavithe and a ternion week tour in the United states.

Hedningarnthe played survive to a dance performance according to their music, processed & performed by Flying Foot Forum in Minneapolis, USA. A fiddle streaming video player Magnus Stinnerbom joined the class action. A percussion streaming video player Christian Svensson joined the class action inside 2000. A compilation Video 1989-2003 was released inside 2003. Currently Hedningarna own sold astir 150 000 records. A singers left a class action around 2003, & since so a class action is over again an instrumental ensamble.

Members

Hållbus Totte Mattsson - mandora, lute, moraoud, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, hummel.

Anders Norudde - fiddles, nyckelharpa, bowed harp, Swedish bagpipes, flutes, jews harp, hardanger fiddle.

Christian Svensson - tambourine, percussion, hummel, sampling.

Magnus Stinnerbom - Octave violin, viola.

Discography

Hedningarna (1989)

Kaksi (1991)

Trä (1994)

Kruspolska SASHA mixes (1994)

Hippjokk (1997)

Karelia Visa (1999)

1989-2003 (2003)

Similar artists

Garmarna Gjallarhorn Sanna Kurki-Suonio Triakel Värttinä Väsen