Devour Music

Sven-Åke Johansson is one of the heroes of the European free jazz scene of the 1960s. Now in his 80s, he remains active in a wide variety of contexts and collaborations.

Johansson has been working with Jan Jelinek, a kindred spirit in the field of electronic music, since 2017. The pair’s core concept is to confront Johansson’s drum playing, made up of simple, flowing, organically proliferating figures, with Jelinek’s modular synthesizer: the assumed regularity of machines with the small deficits of human action.

The duo combines two generations and two tonal languages that are linked by a shared sensibility. Johansson is imbued with the anarchist spirit of jazz and trusts in obscure, even absurd ideas, while Jelinek understands how to constantly recontextualize the micro-textures of rhythm and sound.

• JOHA'NSSON & JELINEK @ A L'ARME! Festival 2024 | Radialsystem, Berlin | 2024
• A series by @berta.berlin and A L’ARME! Festival.

Watch all concert films here: https://www.alarmefestival.de/concert-films-alarme

1. Performer:
   SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON (SE/DE) - DRUMS
   JAN JELINEK (DE) - MODULAR SYNTH
2. More about JOHANSSON & JELINEK:&br /> ▶ On Bandcamp: https://svenakejohanssonjanjelinek.bandcamp.com/
   ▶ On Web: https://faitiche.de/products/with-sven-ake-johansson-faitiche-edition-no-1
3. Tracklist
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4. Credits:
   Date: 10.08.2023
   Location: Radialsystem
   Promoter: A L’ARME! Festival (Louis Rastig & Karina Mertin)
   Video: Beat Halberschmidt
   Light & Projections: ROBERT STROP
   Recording: ROY CARROLL, MAREILE TRILLHAAS
   Mix & Mastering: Beat Halberschmidt

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