ReSurge

The ensemble ReSurge was formed 2003 by Bröndum and Ullen. In 2004 ReSurge expanded to a quartet with the addition of Sandell and Åkerhielm. ReSurge performs new music that lives on the edge of notated structures - improvisation - acoustic ensemble playing and live electronics.

Lars - Jonna - Ulf
Lisa
at EMS studio

ReSurge is:

Ulf Åkerhielm: Contrabass. Åkerhielm has performed with the jazzgroups Brus-trio, Miljövårdsverket, and Kvickroot. Åkerhielm has played for 8 years with Swedish Radio Symphonic Orchestra.

Jonna Sandell - violin. Sandell is classically educated violinist. She is member of the Great Learning Orchestra, the free-improvisation group Yxoid, and the performance group KEL.

Lisa Ullén - piano. Ullén is educated at the Royal Music Acadamy in Stockholm and at Chapel Hill University, NC, USA. Ullén has performed with the Great Learning Orchestra and the trio Inner Out.

Lars Brondum - composer, guitarist and electronics. Lars has a Bachelors degree in classical guitar, a Masters in Music degree and PhD in composition & music theory at the University of Pittsburgh. Bröndum has performed in several new music festivals in USA. His compositions has been performed in Sweden, UK, USA and Mexico.

ExSurge

The duo ExSurge works with free improvisation and with live electronics.  ExSurge is an offshoot from ReSurge - a smaller forum for trying out different approaches, sounds and an invitation to play with other musicians.
CD's can be purchased at: Disorder Productions

ExSurge is:

ExSurge in action at festival Vågform in Gävle (photo by Irene Sahlin)

New CD!  CODA - a series of live recordings from 2006

ReSurge & ExSurge concert dates:

March 20, 2003	Stockholms Musikkonservatorium, Stockholm
June 8, 2003	Rålectronika '03 at Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm
October 24, 2003	Elsvets (EMS concert) at Fylkingen, Stockholm
October 27, 2003	ExSurge performs at SEKT -  Nalen, Stockholm
February, 20, 2004	"The Soul in the Machine" premier, Fylkingen, Stockholm
May 30, 2004	EMS Elektronisk Pingst, Rålambshovsparken & Fylkingen
June 5, 2004	ReSurge CD release & concert, Fylkingen, Stockolm
October 12, 2004	ReSurge - school concert, Rytmus, Stockholm,
February 4, 2005	ExSurge x 4 - an evening of improv (with guests), Fylkingen, Stockolm
May 12, 2005	ExSurge - improv at Cafe Aguieli, Blecktornsgränd 9, Stockholm
May 28, 2005	ExSurge at EMS  ElektråPark Electronic music festival, Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm
June 4, 2005	ReSurge premier of the Sound Structure Project, Fylkingen, Stockolm
Aug 7, 2005	ExSurge at Festival Vågform, Gävle.
Oct, 29, 2005	ExSurge performs at Fylkingen, 7 PM Fylkingen, Stockholm
Nov, 21, 2005	ReSurge performs Soundstructures & CD release, 7 PM Fylkingen
Feb, 22, 2006	ReSurge at Cafe Aguieli, Blecktornsgränd 9, Stockholm
April 1, 2006	ExSurge plays at RANK Nätverkskonsert, free admission 7 PM
April 16, 2006	ExSurge + David Linnros records at Fylkingen,  7 PM, free admission, Fylkingen,
May 20, 2006	ReSurge consert, Premiere of works by Bröndum & Ullén, 7 PM Fylkingen, Stockholm
June 4, 2006	ExSurge plays at ElektRålis EAM festival, Rålambshovsparken amfitheatre, 13.00-18.00
Aug 6, 2006	ExSurge plays at IDKA's Vågformsfestival 2006 in Gävle
August 1-30, 2006	Lars Bröndum featured (in august) on webradio at http://www.seams.nu/broadcast.asp
August 12, 2006	ExSurge CODA CD release & concert at Fylkingen 7 PM
October 19, 2006	ReSurge at Fylkingen, 7 PM
November 23, 2006	x 2 -1+2    Ulf Åkerhielm, Lars Bröndum & Jonna Sandell performs at  Fylkingen, 7 PM

CDs by ReSurge

Sound Structures 

Reviewed at:  http://home.swipnet.se/sonoloco23/resurge/structures.html

The Soul in the Machine

A quote from Sonoloco Record Reviews:

ReSurge; The Soul in the Machine... The word that comes to mind with immediacy and force is CLARITY. There is a clarity throughout this CD that normally is reserved for Morton Feldman or Stockhausen, who - albeit their extreme differences - have CLARITY in common; musical and intellectual clarity. Despite the obvious complexity of Stockhausen's pieces and the hidden complexity inside Feldman's simplicity, light and transparency is a common trait for those cultural gurus. The next word that comes tumbling out of my ReSurge listening is inspiration, piggy-backing on the word beauty, or vice versa! It is easy to feel the joy and creativity of the members of this ensemble, which, paired with a talent that doesn't hold back, makes this one of the most important Swedish releases in quite a few years.

Read the entire review on: http://home.swipnet.se/sonoloco17/resurge/soulmachine1.html

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