‘Sjunger För Varandra’ (which translates to “Singing for each other”) is a brilliant new work by Swedish composer Marta Forsberg, and her third release on Warm Winters Ltd. It follows works released on labels such as XKatedral, SUPERPANG and thanatosis. Marta Forsberg is a graduate of EMS in Stockholm, and a collaborator of many Swedish contemporary aritsts such as Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro or Kajsa Magnarsson.
‘Sjunger För Varandra’ is both an exploration of Marta Forsberg's roots and memories, as well a work which perhaps opens a new chapter in the composer’s remarkable creative practice. The piece – presented as an intro, outro and 4 parts – is built around recordings of Marta Forsberg’s brother Tomasz singing in a tunnel underneath train tracks in central Härnösand. These tunnel recordings of a melody for five male voices (all sung by him), combined with studio recordings of his voice, as well as voice snippets of various conversations, electronics and strings by Marta Forsberg and percussions by Bex Burch are moulded into a characteristically compelling and powerful composition. Like Forsberg’s previous works on Warm Winters Ltd., ‘Sjunger För Varandra’ is impactful and striking, positioned somewhere between choral music, contemporary minimalism and electronic music.