consists of three musicians: Marie Selander, vocals, Lise-Lotte Norelius, drums, and Cecilia Wennerström, baritone saxophone. The music of the group is influenced by world music, folk music, jazz, blues and free form.
SNOW at Ääniä Festival in Finland 2000. Photo © The Sibelius Academy.
Last events for S NO W:
We toured to Wales in June -99 for the Poetry Fest in Aberystwyth to
perform Marie Selanders´composition Ilmatar / Blåst-Tuuli-Wind based on the poem of
Finnish poet and author Eira Stenberg. This music & poetry performance was
also played in
Helsinki the same year and in Stockholm the following year.
We released our first record, "The transparent
cat" (era0011 Einicken Records) in January -00.
In September -00 we returned to Finland to play at the world music festival
Ääniä Festival at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Buy the CD "The transparent cat" from
Einnicken Records!
Reviews of "The Transparent Cat":
"A unique release, though, worth looking into."
Jason Bivins (Cadence) USA
"...dovt, tungt slagverk... rytande och drillande barytonsax...tokig och vacker röst... Det är en underbar lättnad att höra musik som inte är inställsam. ...Denna musik känns fri från schabloner vilket är sällsynt."
"...dark, heavy percussion...roaring and trilling baritone saxophone...crazy and beautiful voice...It is a wonderful relief to hear music that doesn't bother to flatter. ...This music feels as if it is free from set patterns which is rare."
Ingmar Glanzelius, DN På Stan 00-06-30.
"Tillsammans skapar de personlig och uttrycksfull blandmusik. Barytonsax parat med Selanders röstimprovisationer ger en egenartad inramning till de poetiska texterna av bl.a. Rawia Morra och Ann Jäderlund."
"Together they make a personal and expressive mix of music.Baritone saxophone as a solo instrument combined with Selander's voice improvisations creates a unique framing to the poetic lyrics of f.i. Rawia Morra and Ann Jäderlund."
Ulf Thelander, Orkesterjournalen - Om Jazz 5-2000.