Press voices about Residues and some of the compositions on the CD: "on Jesper Nordin’s Residues are milestones that are impossible to pass by for the lover of contemporary music. There is rock and traditional influences in this music, as well as jazz, but especially a thorough understanding of the most abstract principles, in short – most revolutionary. All in all this becomes what we have awaited in the contemporary music, a music of today..." Christophe le Gall ResMusica, France "If any composer in Sweden has managed to fulfill all expectations of a music taking influence and nerve from different genres, it’s Jesper Nordin. But the captivating drone stays with you, the underlaying sound that gives such a strong authentic character to Nordins music, no matter how present it is. This is a key cd album for the Swedish music of 2000’s first decade." Erik Wallrup Nutida Musik, Sweden "The music has an exhilaration hardy, primeval feel. The Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (2003) cultivates a keenly heard microtonal patois, obviously influenced by folk music. Sleep Now In The Fire (2001) is a caterwauling saxophone concerto that acknowledges – without imitating – the spirit of free jazz. The second disc focuses on chamber and vocal works. The delicate tones on Inevitabilini (2002) for solo recorder are deftly realised by Anna Petrini, while Calm Like A Bomb (2000) is a frenzied ten minutes of in-your-face electronica." Philip Clark The Wire, UK "Calm Like a Bomb (2000) for violin and tape, by Swedish composer Jesper Nordin, was programme music of and for our time, living up to its name. Disturbing and visceral, this work for electronic violin was Guernica set to music: aggressive, agonized, unsubtle." J H Stape ReviewVancouver, Canada "an electronically produced accompaniment develops an overwhelming crescendo of Armageddon-size proportions. Violinist Graeme Jennings, a newcomer to the ensemble, displayed his impressive skills" By Jeff Dunn San Francisco Classical Voice, USA "For me however, the best composition by far, was the "Invisible Mantra" by Jesper Nordin (b. 1971, Sweden). The ultimate atmospheric sound! Beautiful use of glissandi and drones. Without any specific reference, the spirit of Ligeti was present. Music that comes from a deep and intimate knowledge of the material and the medium." Constantinos Lignos ISCM 2007 report from www.iscm.nl Biography Jesper Nordin (born in 1971 in Stockholm) is a leading Swedish composer, and one who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. His music, with its powerful emotional impact and traces of traditional Swedish folk music, rock music and improvised music, is broadcast and performed throughout the world. He has collaborated with conductors like Kent Nagano, Daniel Harding and Pierre-André Valade. His orchestral pieces have been played by such orchestras as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel and the Swedish and Finnish radio orchestras. He is also included in the repertoires of several of the world’s foremost contemporary music ensembles, amongst them ASKO-ensemblen, Ensemble Itineraire, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He was composer-in-residence for Swedish Radio’s serious music station (P2) between 2004 and 2006. Jesper Nordin has also had huge success with his iOS app Gestrument that is based on his own composition technique. It is used worldwide to create music in genres ranging from Electronica and Techno to Jazz Impro and Contemporary Classical music. For more info see www.gestrument.com. His music has been performed at numerous festivals, including ISCM, Gaudeamus, Musiques en Scène, Ultima, Stockholm New Music, Tokyo Summer Music Festival and Archipel. In 2010 he received the Grand Christ Johnson Prize for being “a sound magician, who explores and expands the acoustic space with originality and an uncompromising curiosity” (Royal Swedish Academy of Music). He has also been awarded the Lesser Christ Johnson Prize and received a recommendation at UNESCO’s Rostrum. His piece calm like a bomb has won multiple awards in composition competitions around Europe and the USA. Nordin studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm for Pär Lindgren, Bent Sørensen and William Brunson, before taking further studies at IRCAM for Philippe Leroux and others. He subsequently was invited to be a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough and worked in the CCRMA studio. His music is published by Edition Peters, Frankfurt. More information at www.jespernordin.com CD 1 Orchestral works [1] Residues (2006) 17.10  Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Niklas Willén Laporte instruments – Jean-François Laporte Publ: Edition Peters, Frankfurt [2] Double Concerto (2003) 20.57  Violin – Daniel Frankel Cello – Åsa Åkerberg Västerås Sinfonietta Conductor – Eivind Aadland Publ: Edition Peters, Frankfurt [3] sleep now in the fire (2001) 18.11 Alto saxophone – Rolf-Erik Nystrøm  Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra  Conductor – Niklas Willén Publ: Swedish Music Information Centre, manuscript [4] Arv (2004) 16.17 Trondheim Symphony Orchestra  Conductor – Eivind Aadland Publ: Edition Peters, Frankfurt All orchestral works recorded live Total length CD 1 - 72.38 CD2 Miscellaneous works [1] calm like a bomb (2000) 10.13 Violin – Daniel Frankel Electronics  Sound sources: Sofia Karlsson, Fredrik Lindqvist and Daniel Frankel  Publ: Edition Suecia, Stockholm. [2] inevitabilini (2002) 4.29 Recorder – Anna Petrini Publ: Moeck Verlag [3] Invisible Mantra (2005) 12.24  Swedish Radio Choir  Conductor – Andreas Hanson  Publ: Edition Peters, Frankfurt [4] Vintage (2003) 10.20 Percussion – Niklas Brommare Live electronics Sound sources from the Swedish Radio Archive [5] Frozen still (2002) 12.25 Piano – Oskar Ekberg Publ: Edition Peters, Frankfurt [6] Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel (2005) 19.33  Text and voice – Märta Tikkanen Sound sources: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Mats Rondin Hägerstens Chamber Choir Conductor – Kerstin Börjeson All other instruments, vocal solos and live electronics by Improvisationsgruppen Altaír (Javier Herbozo, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jesper Nordin, Petra Werner Kjellberg) Total length CD 2 - 69.28 Recording facts: Residues Producer: Cynthia Zetterqvist  Recording Engineer: Rune Andréasson Double Concerto Producer: Cynthia Zetterqvist  Recording Engineer: Rune Andréasson sleep now in the fire Producer: Cynthia Zetterqvist  Recording Engineer: Rune Sundvall Arv Producer: Anikken Sunde  Recording Engineers: Torbjørn Bjerkan, Morten Lyen  With the kind permission of NRK calm like a bomb Producer: Michael Engström  Recording Engineer: Tor Sigvardson inevitabilini Producer: Michael Engström  Recording Engineer: Anders Hägglöf Invisible Mantra Producer: Michael Engström  Recording Engineer: Sylve Sjöberg Vintage Recording Engineer: Sebastien Naves  With the kind permission of IRCAM Frozen still Producer: Michael Engström  Recording Engineer: Tor Sigvardson Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel Producers: Ann-Charlotte Larsson, Jan B. Larsson  Recording Engineers: Maurice Mogard, Ian Cederholm Additional Mixing and Editing: Jesper Nordin  Post Production Engineer: Tommy Dahlman  Executive Producer: Michael Engström Commentaries: Jesper Nordin  Translation: Cynthia Zetterqvist Graphic design: Anna Sahlin  Photo: Mikael Grönberg, Mattias Ahlm  Coordinator: Annabelle Jönsson For further information about the music and the musicians: www.jespernordin.com