Jazz meets electro: The Swedish jazz singer Anna Kruse has teamed up with producer Anna Lidell in a cross-border collaboration. In the autumn, they will release the EP Edith Electro – a collaboration of songs from Kruse’s solo albums, each of which has garnered great critical acclaim. The EP interprets the poet Edith Södergran’s sensuous lyricism in an innovative fusion of jazz and electronic beats. The first single “Höst” was released on all streaming services on May 27, 2022.
Swedish poetry in eclectic disguise ”Den nakna träden står omkring ditt hus och släppa in himmel och luft utan änd, de nakna träden stiga ned till stranden och spegla sig i vattnet”
(The bare trees stand around your house and let in heaven and air without end, the bare trees descend to the beach and reflect in the water)
sings Anna Kruse empathetically with her dark sounding vocals. At first listening, you become infected by the playful and pulsating accompaniment, which sets the mood. The music draws threads to many different genres, and therefore becomes wholly its own.
The words come from the poem “Höst” and were written by the Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergran (1892-1923), and have been translated into over 50 languages. The music that frames them is created in a unique collaboration between the Swedish composer and jazz singer Anna Kruse and producer and artist Anna Lidell. Five musically eclectic gems under the heading Edith Electro. Edith Södergran’s words are given new life in a modern, electronic disguise that pushes boundaries.
Breathtaking and sensual vocal performance “Magnetic, breathtaking and moving” and “a significant contribution to Nordic art and culture“. This is how Anna Kruse’s music has been described by GAFFA’s Ivan Rod, and the new single “Höst” is no exception. The song was originally released on Kruse’s album Champagne Fötter (2013). With the help of Anna Lidell’s crisp musical universe, the music is opened so that the listener disappears into the vocals and the words. A feeling of freedom that Anna Kruse herself feels when she sings:
“’Höst’ gives me a feeling of being right where I am and being content to just be there. The text moves me for a reason that I cannot quite put a finger on. I can feel the scent of a bonfire, maybe I have a cup of coffee in my hand. My kids run around and have found the last flowers of the summer, which they bring regularly,” she says.
