Hialosa
Scanian Very Old Pop
The sound of violins in three octaves, feet stomping and intense voices, a journey through dance music, spirituality, dreams and death. The music is based on traditional music material, fragments, songs and new compositions. Traditional, disruptive and honest. Songs about life and death, remembrance of a past, looking towards the future. In the middle of the pandemic lookdown in 2020, three experienced folk musicians from the southern Swedish region of Skane (Scania) met for the first time. They shared a vision of creating a new sound for their local tradition and presenting it to an international audience. After digging in old manuscripts and composing new material they started to work with two dramaturgs Maria Clauss och Claes Peter Hellwig (Professor in creative processes).