Artist description Sintram is a successful mix of musicians and music from two Swedish counties; each with its own characteristic musical expression: Värmland, the county of deep forests and bewildering music, and Västerbotten; the county of vast areas and bewitching sentimentality. In these isolated areas, people have been playing and dancing the music through generations. Now, their music is brought into the 21st century by Sintram, carefully but independently interpreted by three musicians of today.

Music Style Folkmusic

Musical Influences All those who were before us - the fiddlers of the old times as well as many of the musicians of today. Of course our sideprojects and the bands we're a part of: Imma, Otyg, Salta Saxar, Mors Osculi (M.O soon on MP3.com!).

Similar Artists Frifot, Triptyk, Hedningarna, Garmarna, Groupa, Väsen, Harv, Burträskara', Ale Möller, Otyg

Artist History All these coincidens to make us whole...It all starts in Umeå 1999. Daniel had been playing with fiddler Maria Larsson now and then as a duo and progress was fine. Then, in summer 2000 - while Maria is down in her hometown Årjäng in Värmland over the holidays - Daniel meets Åsa Johansson at folkfestival Urkult and they connect musically. Another duo was born, but when Maria got back from her summerstay they all got together and jammed at the lovely "Fröken Fjällströms Café" in Umeå. Sparks, flames, thunderbolts and an uncanny musical telepathy bonded these three persons into one - the one called SINTRAM. So, two duos merge in a very natural way into a trio. Sintram is certainly a strange equation: 2+2 = 3 in this case - but still the outcome seems to be _more_ than the sum of it's parts...well, you get the picture... ;)

Group Members Daniel Fredriksson: mandola, willow flute Åsa Johansson: saxophones, traditional flutes Maria Larsson: fiddle

Instruments Mandola, saxophones, fiddle, flutes

Location Umea, Västerbotten - Sweden

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