CD release!

23rd September, 2011

Founded 2007, the chamber ensemble Norrbotten NEO has been driven by an ambition to give a voice to the present. How does our time sound?
The American author Ben Marcus made a sensational debut in 1996 with his novel The Age of wire and String.  The novel describes a world which defies the laws of physics and language but finds its own set of rules in a new logical existence.
The last decades Modern Science with the String- and Chaos Theory has given us a peek into new worlds beyond our imagination. In a similar way Spaceflights and Communications Technology has forever changed our views about time and space.e breakthroughs stance-f nature
Deformed structures call for deformed expressions. Contemporary Art Music has long foreseen those broadened perspectives where established set of musical rules and laws has given away to new means of expression.
The home of NNEO is Studio Acusticum, situated in the small town of Piteå in the far north of Sweden.  On site - linked to the School of Music and Luleå University of Technology - a number of concert halls and studios aimed for Sound Technic, Video-, Radio and TV production could be find. Linked to artistic research and research within Sound Technology and Acoustics, the environment provides a milieu that enables NNEO with different means to achieve the vision of giving a voice to our time- The Age of Wire and String

Petter Sundkvist, Artistic Director

Film music!

16th September, 2011

In september, Norrbotten NEO will be recording music for two different film productions.

Mannen från Fredrikafors is a documentary by Staffan Nygren which is a finely tuned portrait of a man who lived close to nature. The music is written by Staffan and Andreas Hedlund who recently graduated from composition class in Piteå.

The second film Jordgubbsvirvel is a dance film in a short format by Britta Nordström about a six year old girl's painful memories of abuse from her grandfather. The music was written by composer Johan Ramström.