Sylfide / Folk at Montmartre at Jazzhus Montmartre

Based on the Nordic folk music’s calmness and homeliness, and with a sensitivity that tries to contain our modern chaotic world, Sylfide examines what place folk music has in today’s society. The quartet borrows from the Nordic folk music’s simple, modal idioms and adds danceable everyday-poetry, whilst proximity and honesty is the focal point always. The repertoire consists of both newly written melodies and songs, and interpretations of Nordic danceable melodies with added lyrics. Sylfide tries, with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments, to give their interpretation of how folk music, songwriting and aspheric soundscapes can be united in the Nordic music tradition. ...

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Based on the Nordic folk music’s calmness and homeliness, and with a sensitivity that tries to contain our modern chaotic world, Sylfide examines what place folk music has in today’s society. The quartet borrows from the Nordic folk music’s simple, modal idioms and adds danceable everyday-poetry, whilst proximity and honesty is the focal point always. The repertoire consists of both newly written melodies and songs, and interpretations of Nordic danceable melodies with added lyrics. Sylfide tries, with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments, to give their interpretation of how folk music, songwriting and aspheric soundscapes can be united in the Nordic music tradition.

Med afsæt i den nordiske folkemusiks rolighed og hjemlighed samt en sensitivitet, der prøver at rumme den moderne kaotiske verden, undersøger Sylfide, hvilken plads folkemusikken har i dag. Kvartetten låner fra den nordiske folkemusiks enkle modale tonesprog og tilføjer dansant hverdagspoesi, mens nærhed og ærlighed hele tiden er i fokus. På repertoiret findes både nyskrevne melodier og sange, samt fortolkninger af nordiske dansemelodier tilsat lyrik. Sylfide prøver med en blanding af akustiske og elektriske instrumenter at give sit bud på, hvordan folkemusik, sangskrivning og sfæriske klangflader kan forenes og indskrives i den nordiske musiktradition.

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