Særingfest: Fire!
1 ticket – 4 concerts!
When Fire! takes the stage, it's not just a concert – it's a force field.
Swedish band Fire! has been a central driving force in European improv and jazz rock for many years. Now the band, with the legends Mats Gustaffson og Johan Berthling, taken a step further. With Maria Portugal on drums and vocals, the expression opens up in new directions – rawer, darker and more unpredictable.
The starting point is still free improvisation, but filtered through heavy riffs, repetitive structures and a suggestive drive. Here, brutal rock meets open soundscapes, doom, noise and groove – in an expression that is both physical and deeply listening.
Brazilian Portugal adds a new dimension, and together they build up long, intense sequences where repetition, silence and explosive energy alternate in waves.
As Gustafsson himself says:
"The riffs will always be the KEY. The riffs will always be. The RIFFS!”
Fire! draws inspiration from everything from Sunn O))), Albert Ayler, Shellac, PJ Harvey, Archie Shepp and Os Mutantes – but it is primarily in the meeting between these that something new arises.
A universe of its own. A power of its own.
Mats Gustafsson – baritone saxophone and flutes
Johan Berthling – bass
Mariá Portugal – drums and vocals
Concert schedule at Særingfesten:
- Truck Rural
- Hans Kjorstad / Ernst Reijseger
- Maren Sofie Nyland Johansen
- Fire!
Availability at Smeltehytta: Seated concerts. Good accessibility and HC toilet.
Photographers collage: Hans Christian Graaner / Peter Gannushkin / Schorle
