Footprint Records (2025)

03/01/2025

SILENT ARROW takes us on a journey into a world of divine chaos and sublime creativity. 🎶

Prepare to be captivated by the free-flying vocals of Lindha Kallerdahl and the masterful saxophone of Thomas Gustafsson!

The duo, joined by Anders Kjellberg on drums and Owe Almgren on bass, creates a mesmerizing blend of spontaneous improvisation, playful melodies, and complex soundscapes that push the boundaries of jazz.

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/SilentArrow

27/12/2024

The first-ever Swedish Christmas oratorio is brought to life by an incredible ensemble of musicians! 🌟🎄

With soprano Helena Ek, Sofia Vokalensemble, the treble choir from Stockholms Musikgymnasium, Capella Nordica, and conductor Bengt Ollén, this beautiful oratorio tells the Christmas story through the inspired music of Fredrik Sixten, who draws upon Swedish folk tunes to bring a unique sound to this timeless narrative.

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/FredrikSixtenEttSvensktJuloratorium

20/12/2024

A BRIGHT STAR SHINETH is an atmospheric celebration of Christmas music from throughout Europe, from the Sixteenth Century to the present day.

Embark on a musical journey this Christmas, from France to Iceland, passing through England, Wales, Ireland, and Sweden! 🌍🎄

This beautiful recording features traditional songs in stunning arrangements by Åke Hillerud and John Rutter, alongside original compositions by iconic composers like Francis Poulenc, Thomas Tallis and Morten Lauridsen. An international and inspiring collection of holiday music!

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/ABrightStarShineth

13/12/2024

Celebrate Saint Lucia with THE SWEDISH CHAMBER CHOIR – one of the jewels in the crown of Sweden’s unmatched choral tradition.

The album SO FAIR AND BRIGHT is like a Christmas smörgåsbord, where everyone can find at least some of their favourite dishes, while being tempted to try some intriguing novelties as well.

This is a must-have Christmas album, wherever you’re celebrating! 🕯🕯🕯

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/SoFairAndBright

06/12/2024

SIMULTAN KRIPPENSPIEL – CHRISTMAS ACCORDING TO DADA is an amazing version of the Gospel of Luke by the Swedish composer Pär Olofsson, for 12 voices, an instrumental ensemble and pre-recorded sound effects.

This piece is based on a manuscript by Hugo Ball, prepared for his Grand Soirée in the early summer of 1916. Astonishingly, one of the acts was a Nativity play: Simultan Krippenspiel – Concert Bruitiste.

The script consisted of one page of the traditional story of the birth of Christ from the Gospel of Luke, while the following page had lines for the familiar characters of Joseph, Mary, the Angel, the Shepherds, and soon – in gibberish. Sound and light effects were spelled out onomatopoetically and were performed by the actors with their voices or by using props.

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/SimultanKrippenspiel

29/11/2024

A SPOTLESS ROSE is a solemn and beautifully crafted CD featuring a blend of classical and new Nordic Christmas music. ✨

This collection touches on the themes of Advent, the birth of Jesus, and the Virgin Mary, performed by the award-winning choir SOFIA VOKALENSEMBLE.

One of the highlights of the album is Silent Night, arranged by Fredrik Sixten, where he adds a hauntingly beautiful melody called Mary’s Lullaby to a poem by Bo Setterlind.

Get your Christmas spirit here:
https://fanlink.tv/ASpotlessRose

22/11/2024

GRANDMOTHER’S DANCE is a playful album filled with modern and traditional music from the Middle East and Scandinavia. The repertoire consists of Arabic music, sufi meditational music and Nordic traditional music.

The Arabic lute, the oud, embraces and challenges the saxophone and the bass in the brilliant TRIO SAMARA.

Listen and enjoy here:
https://fanlink.tv/GrandmothersDance

15/11/2024

ARKEN är ett musikäventyr för alla små och stora barn. 🌊

Noaks ark har lättat ankar och kvar på stranden står en samling egensinniga djur. För att klara sig undan den stora floden behövs mod, uppfinningsrikedom och en stor dos samarbetsvilja. Nu gäller det att bygga en egen båt, att lära sig styra och inte minst att skaffa mat. Detta utan att decimera besättningen, för det är FÖRBJUDET att äta varandra.

Lyssna på en blöt och otroligt underhållande musiksaga här:
https://fanlink.tv/Arken

08/11/2024

NAOKO SAKATA TRIO plays remarkable lyrical improvisation music with great attitude and maturity.

The album DREAMING TREE contains original compositions with contributions from all three group members. The mood varies between beautiful, wild and contemplative.

Listen to playful and extraordinary jazz music here:
https://fanlink.tv/DreamingTree

04/11/2024

TURBULENS is music for the hard core modern jazz enthusiast. A crossover project where 10 art music composers wrote music for 10 music reading improvisation musicians. 🌪🎶

The creators envisaged an encounter between art music and improvised music where the result would be more than a genre fusion – the intention was to derive the benefits of the unique skills of each group, the composers and the improvisers, to create new music through hybridisation. And it worked!

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/Turbulens

25/10/2024

Composer Anders Hultqvist found that some of the Swedish singer-songwriter Olle Adolphson’s songs and poems, in a natural way, could be inserted into the traditional mass for the dead.

In this requiem – TIME PASSES IN THE TREES – Hultqvist has consequently joined Adolphson’s songs with old Gregorian melodies and self-penned material. The lyrics deal with the passing of time, mortality and remembrance, often with nature as a backdrop.

The piece is performed by the Rilke Ensemble from Göteborg with the chamber orchestra Musica Vitae from Växjö.

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/TimePassesInTheTrees

18/10/2024

WALLPAPER STORIES is the debut album from the duo Josef & Erika, filled with pristine melodies, influenced by jazz and pop.

This album gives us virtuoso, sensitive and unique interpretations as well as the duo’s own songs and conversational improvisations, occasionally seasoned with vocal harmony or steel guitar, trumpet and bass clarinet.

Listen to fun and playful jazz music here:
https://fanlink.tv/WallpaperStories

11/10/2024

The witty Swedish poet and musician Carl Michael Bellman never ceases to fascinate.

The album MOVITZ is a wonderful tribute to Bellman’s most colourful character: Movitz.

His fortunes and misfortunes are presented by the expressive voice of Mikael Samuelson, accompanied by Bengan Jansson on accordion and Björn Ståbi on violin.

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/Movitz

04/10/2024

This astonishing music is devoted entirely to baroque master Dieterich Buxtehude.

Six pieces are presented; from intimate solo cantatas to the grand Benedicam Dominum for double choir. All music is taken from the Düben Collection in Uppsala.

Swedish press and radio have greatly praised this CD: “This is how baroque music should be performed.” (Göteborgs-Posten) 👏👏

Listen to acclaimed baroque music here:
https://fanlink.tv/DieterichBuxtehude

27/09/2024

Percussionist and jazz pianist Christian Jormin and his trio play music that is contemplative and meditative. But it never lacks focus or meaning.

On the album SOL SALUTIS you will find warmth, spirit, curiosity and inventiveness.

Six of the ten tracks are Christian Jormin’s own compositions, the rest are improvisations on choral melodies. The trio, which came together in the 1990’s, features – apart from Christian Jormin – the bassist Mattias Grönroos and Magnus Boqvist on drums.

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26/09/2024

Percussionist and jazz pianist Christian Jormin and his trio play music that is contemplative and meditative. But it never lacks focus or meaning.

On the album SOL SALUTIS you will find warmth, spirit, curiosity and inventiveness.

Six of the ten tracks are Christian Jormin’s own compositions, the rest are improvisations on choral melodies. The trio, which came together in the 1990’s, features – apart from Christian Jormin – the bassist Mattias Grönroos and Magnus Boqvist on drums.

Listen to here:
https://fanlink.tv/SolSalutis

20/09/2024

Karlsson Barock is possibly the most prominent string ensemble for Baroque music in Northern Europe. On this album, TWO ORCHESTRAL SUITES, THREE ARIAS, they explore the remarkable music by Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and Händel.

Göran Karlsson is one of Scandinavia’s leading early music harpsichordists and conductors. He has an impeccable sense of style and form, along with a flair for colorful interpretations and bold contrasts, that has made the world of music sit up and pay attention.

Add Helena Ek to the mixture, a Swedish soprano with an impressively extensive repertoire that spans from early music to contemporary, and musical magic has been created. 🎶💥

Listen here:
https://fanlink.tv/TwoOrchestralSuitesThreeArias

13/09/2024

THE SVANHOLM SINGERS has become known inside Sweden and beyond for its unique sound: refined, joyous, razor-sharp and ultra-flexible. 🎶

In SVANHOLM EXCLUSIVE, conductor Sofia Söderberg and her 20 male singers present the fruits of their quest to expand the male-voice choir repertoire with a selection of works written especially for the ensemble.

This highly engaging, atmospheric collection takes its inspiration from choral foundation stones, including traditional Swedish folk song and Gregorian chant. But everything we hear is new, literally and expressively–direct, accessible and delivered in the choir’s uniquely charismatic style.

Listen to one of Sweden’s most remarkable vocal ensembles here:
https://fanlink.tv/SvanholmExclusive

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