Four brand-new live videos from Åsa’s music course are now available to stream. The videos were recorded by the bands themselves as part of the course’s promotion module.

Throughout the academic year, participants in the course work on three ten-week touring projects: Free genre, Promotion module, and Interpret an artist/group/album.

Each project focuses strongly on concept and rearrangement, and concludes with a studio recording and a week-long tour.

Live in the studio
During the promotion module, each of the course bands records one song as a “live session” in the studio. They receive support with mixing and editing from Åsa’s sound and studio teacher, Gunnar Hjorth.

This year’s promotion videos can now be watched and listened to on Åsa’s YouTube channel, @asafolkhogskola2526, or by clicking the pictures below.

Kronologi explores different perspectives on time and how we relate to what has been and what is yet to come. Their music spans many genres, with roots in fusion, taking the listener on a journey through time—shifting between nostalgia and dystopia, hope and despair.

Kronologi consists of: Jenny Appelquist – vocals, Alicia Eklund – saxophone, Hjalmar Nilsen – guitar, Hannes Löfström – keys, Damjan Dimkovski – bass, Joakim Fränne – drums.

Cinema breathes new life into well-known hits from the silver screen, with inventive arrangements influenced by jazz, rock, soul and funk. This crossover between the visual and the auditory is not to be missed!

Cinema consists of: Matilda Gramenius – vocals, Maria Sanchez Hansen – piano, Samuel Lejonclou – woodwinds, Charlie Jansson – guitar, Olle Dahlin – bass, Olle Hammarberg – drums.

Väx Upp! invites you to a funky, rocky and soulful moment – from life’s first breath to its last. With a selection of songs reflecting different phases of life, the listener is taken on a musical journey through life’s drama.

Väx Upp! consists of: Majken Cederholm – vocals, Jonatan Öhrn – saxophone, Klara Sahlin – guitar, Martin Lundkvist – piano, Pontus Niklasson – bass, Benjamin Sidibeh Zetterlund – drums.

Systemet steps far outside the usual musician’s mantra and interprets the periodic table of elements. Their music is a blend of many mixed components – a highly genre-diverse set.

Systemet consists of: Ella Almfors – vocals, Theodor Björk – keys, guitar and vocals, Isa Eklund Richard – clarinet, Philip Weejs – guitar, Oliver Eriksson – bass, Oscar Pettersson – drums.

Text and photos: Music course & Henrik Wising