https://sirikarlsson.com Sirikarlsson Fri, 02 May 2025 07:46:55 +0000 https://sirikarlsson.com en https://sirikarlsson.com/MUSIC-VIDEOS Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:50:47 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/MUSIC-VIDEOS MUSIC &amp; VIDEOS https://sirikarlsson.com/Stockholm-Ouagadougou Fri, 02 May 2025 07:46:55 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/Stockholm-Ouagadougou &lt; Stockholm-Ouagadougou Grammis nominated 2026! Stockholm–Ouagadougou is our new album – a collaboration with Solo Dja Kabaco, the legendary griot and national icon from Burkina Faso.&nbsp; It’s a tribute to long-standing friendship, resistance, and the freedom to create without borders.&nbsp; Available on streaming sites.&nbsp; buy cassette here: https://shop.aloaded.com/sv-se/products/siri-karlsson-solo-dja-kabaco-stockholm-ouagadougou https://sirikarlsson.com/Live-In-Nasaker Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:41:44 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/Live-In-Nasaker &lt; Live In Näsåker – Siri Karlssons 7th album out now on casette and digital Buy casette here:https://shop.aloaded.com/sv-se/products/copy-of-seesaw-clippership <img width="1600" height="1600" width_o="1600" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64daa153ce5900b7df5e58c311af447fcb530edb8b8d53f39a73cfbccd75f72b/Live-In-Nasaker-omslagsbild-digitalt.png" data-mid="220000766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64daa153ce5900b7df5e58c311af447fcb530edb8b8d53f39a73cfbccd75f72b/Live-In-Nasaker-omslagsbild-digitalt.png" /> heter https://sirikarlsson.com/100-DB Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:54:03 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/100-DB &lt; 100 DB – Siri Karlssons 6th album Buy the LP here:https://www.aloadedshop.com/product/siri-karlsson-horror-vacuihttps://sirikarlsson.bandcamp.com/album/100-db <img width="875" height="883" width_o="875" height_o="883" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2212fb6e25bd3cc491c42c0000ff1d8e0aee4d97d826578ad76ed7f63804c27/SKMK2_purple_low-res.jpeg" data-mid="151637436" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/875/i/f2212fb6e25bd3cc491c42c0000ff1d8e0aee4d97d826578ad76ed7f63804c27/SKMK2_purple_low-res.jpeg" /> Reviews Siri Karlsson - 100 DB &nbsp; “Sjätte albumet skulle kunna beskrivas som en nordisk voodoo eller John Bauer-punk.” Gradvall, DI June 2022“The sixth album could be described as Nordic voodoo or John Bauer-punk”. Gradvall, DI June 2022heter https://sirikarlsson.com/HORROR-VACUI Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:16:31 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/HORROR-VACUI <img width="1358" height="1920" width_o="1358" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35a63e4f3a432beb20a01c36ff7ff21faa282d6a2043f4c7ea98682001204273/Press-1-Siri-Karlsson-Horror-Vacui-lowres.jpg" data-mid="54667996" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35a63e4f3a432beb20a01c36ff7ff21faa282d6a2043f4c7ea98682001204273/Press-1-Siri-Karlsson-Horror-Vacui-lowres.jpg" /> Horror Vacui – Siri Karlssons 5th album Buy the album here:https://www.aloadedshop.com/product/siri-karlsson-horror-vacui Inspired by 14- and 1500-centuries map makers they paint a new world map of undiscovered territories. In 2018 Siri Karlsson premiered the piece Horror Vacui (fear of emptiness), a close to 20 minutes long piece commissioned by the Swedish Radio to be performed at the SR/P2 international electronic music festival Art’s Birthday Party in Stockholm. The duo was inspired by the 14- and 1500 centuries map makers who filled and decorated unknown territories with images from their imagination and myths. The piece developed into a full length album. Horror Vacui is released November 8 on vinyl and digital streaming world wide. Siri Karlsson deep dives into electronic soundscapes with its odd setting of synths, keyed fiddle, saxophone and voice. In Horror Vacui also accompanied by Jonna Löfgren on drums (Glasvegas) and Mats Äleklint on trombone (Rising star in Downbeat). The visual artist and musician Per Byström has interpreted the musical soundscape and illustrated a world map of Horror Vacui for the cover. ”To us Horror Vacui is as much a piece of art as an album – a sanctuary for exploration of emotions, textures, sound, noise. The music demands attention and good listening” says Maria Arnqvist and Cecilia Österholm who constitute Siri Karlsson. ”It was challenging to write a 20 minutes coherent piece, which was the commission. We are used to a song format. But when we landed in the idea of a world map, discovering new territories, our creativity was unleashed. We dived deep into the underground to face lava creatures, struggled in storms, travelled through calm waters to new continents and mythical parties. Per Byström (Melbourne), who illustrated our map has really captured our environments and together we have created our own world.” ”In 2018 Maria and Cecilia contacted me from the other side of the world wondering if I’d be interested in drawing a map for their band @thesirikarlsson. I was already a fan but from the moment I heard the new recordings this went from being work to an obsession. They wanted something similar to the illustrations of #henricusmartellus and Juan de la Cosa...y’know, the expert cartographers of the 1400s and 1500s. No pressure at all!” Writes Per Byström Reviews Siri Karlsson - A dazzling masterpiece “Horror Vacui” means “fear of emptiness” and the duo Maria Arnqvist and Cecilia Österholm who form the band Siri Karlsson have this time been inspired by the cartography of the 15th and 16th century. The construction of soundscapes and empty places on the map to be filled is the basis for the incredibly experimental music, a mixture of traditional folk music, psych, pop, noise and jazz. Heavy rhythms are broken by screams, beautiful melodies on the key harp are followed by the howling saxophone. Although I am a friend of (music) order who prefers verse and chorus, it is impossible not to be dazzled by the vision here, the crossing of many borders, the artful and uncompromising exploration. The music rumbles and vibrates, and is felt as much as it is heard. In the same spirit as the drone masters Sunn O))) the music penetrates into the skeleton and bone marrow." Frida Lindström, VF "The TV serie Chernobyl and the movie Joker have one thing in common. The sense of doom is enhanced by dull tones from a cello being manipulated; the boundary between music and static electricity is blurred. The composer is the same in both cases, the Icelandic cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir. The Swedish experimental folk music duo Siri Karlsson (no one in the duo is called Siri, no one is named Karlsson) acts in the same spirit and shows on their new album that they are worth equally large international assignments. Cecilia Österholm has the key fiddle as the main instrument, Maria Arnqvist alto saxophone, but it is not possible to guess it by the sounds they create, with the support of grey, mossy synthesizers. Jan Gradvall DI Siri Karlsson turns into avant-garde Goth folk Duon Siri Karlsson's new album is inspired by maps from the 15th and 16th centuries. At that time, places that were not known where drawn out of images from the imagination. And on "Horror Vacui" - fear of void - Cecilia Österholm and Maria Arnqvist travel through overgrown forests and over foggy mountains to discover new soundscapes. So it sounds anyway. No one listening would guess that the main instruments are key fiddle and alto saxophone. Siri Karlsson is moving farther away from folk music. Possibly it is a kind of avant-garde Goth folk. "Underjorden" (the underground) could be one of Thåström's most experimental Berlin moments. The eighteen minute long title track is a wildly grueling journey with pulsating synths, marching drums and gargling trombone. And all of a sudden, the dark mood is broken with the rock 'n' roll in the wild and crazy song "The party". Pooh! Dagens Nyheter Dagnes Nyheter https://sirikarlsson.com/LUMEN-PROJECT-LIVE Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:35:03 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/LUMEN-PROJECT-LIVE The piece 'Lay us highLy'Lay us high’ was specially written by Siri Karlsson for this drone festival.This concert was part of Lumen Transmission, a longform experience with sound and image // to disconnect // connect to // to participate // immerse in performances from NYC // STOCKHOLM // BEIRUT // PARIS // REYKJAVÍK // BOVALLSTRAND // MALMÖ with MARIAM THE BELIEVER // FANTA YAYO // SHIDA SHAHABI &amp; LINNEA OLSSON // KINLAW // SARA PARKMAN &amp; HAMPUS NORÉN // BORGAR MAGNASON // SIRI KARLSSON &amp; JONNA LÖFGREN // YOUMNA SABA // MARIA W HORN // SUBCHAMBER ENSMBLE // LUMEN VOICES // JAD ATOUI // ANTHONY SAHYOUN // LAMINE CISSOKHO // CARA TOLMIE // AGHILI/KARLSSON:: CREDITS :: Direction and editing: Erik Sandberg / Studio KupolAdditional editing and assembly: Nathan LarsonProduced by Lumen Project in Sweden - Lina Enqvist, Maria Lyth, and Nathan LarsonDirection and editing: Erik Sandberg / Studio Kupol Set &amp; light design: Tove Berglund Light technician: Luka Curk Sound recording and mixing: Anton Sundell Camera operation: Erik Sandberg, David Palmberg and Nathan Larson Thanks to: Eric Ericsonhallen, MDT Stockholm, Katarina Henryson, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre Lumen Voices consists of Lisa Holmgren, Vilma Ogenblad, Paula Wegman, Marco Carlson, Joel Henryson, Christian Rutemark, Bo Nilsson, Christian Holst, Katarina Henryson https://sirikarlsson.com/THE-PARTY Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:58:21 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/THE-PARTY The Party - a single from Siri Karlsson 5th album Horror Vacui is an islan do euforic, surreal party mood, hedonism and pure fun and joy. Illustration by Per Byström https://sirikarlsson.com/REMIX-of-Agent-Side-Grinder Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:41:05 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/REMIX-of-Agent-Side-Grinder We made a remix of “Wounded Star” from&nbsp;highly appraised album “A/X” by Swedish electronic blast furnace Agent Side Grinder. Revies Review in Synthpop Fanatic: “they turn “Wounded Star” inside out with an intense, chamber-driven echo that makes it feel like a Halloween anthem.” Review in Gaffa: TheThe most inspiring remixes are made by Siri Karlsson and Hidden Operator. &nbsp; spotify:track:4q6sAkZeZmi3mj5R3SK6er https://sirikarlsson.com/THE-PARTY-VIDEO Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:37:12 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/THE-PARTY-VIDEO ke a fun pThe Party - video by artist Eva Arnqvist. Shot during a summer day in the south of Sweden.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What happens when we let go, lose control? It can almost be seen as a provocation today in a society increasingly obsessed with placing things in boxes, black or white, which the entire album, Horror Vacui, the fear of emptiness, is dealing with, and a protest against. To inspire imagination and desire, to dare to experiment, play - crazy rock’n’roll simply. Eva Arnqvist Dec 2019 https://sirikarlsson.com/TRESPASSING Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:55:29 +0000 Sirikarlsson https://sirikarlsson.com/TRESPASSING