About 35 years ago, the group Tors Hammare/Thor's Hammer was formed. It is a constellation that has fanatically clung to the premise that the music of the collective is more important than its combined components. Everyone or no-one is the soloist.
Jonny Wartel and Lars Larsson - woodwinds
Gunnar Backman - fretted and fretless guitar, banjo, live loops and samples
Pål Christensson - double bass
Henrik Wartel on drums
They excavate, in the cellars of their minds, a music that is curious and experimental. This music uses the breadth and width of tonality, timbre, and their special "cupboard" of sounds.
"Melancholic without any categorical statements. The intensity is below the surface. it invites one to listen without pre-judgement."
"This is gifted music that communicates with its audiences and is filled with joy and musicality. The musicians seem to have total control over their means of expression."
1. Rekreation svit 09:41
2. Art species // the Art of medium swing 01:14
3. Sleipner 1,2 13:37
4. Va!(Tinnitus) 06:13
5. Art species // the Art of Ballads 01:14
6. Sleipner 5,4 14:02
7. Calm 1 12:41
8. E-mir 03:17
9. Art species // the Art of uptempo swing 00:35
10. Nors 06:00
11. Art species // the Art of Bossa Nova 01:10
12. Calm 2 03:35
