When Strøm goes for a drive, we go quite fast! At least in our minds… the car luckily stays within the speed limit. It was a nice drive though, with lovely nature, arctic evening sun and our own easter music, which you get to hear here!
Boo! Hope we didn’t scare you too much… we’re not scary, really, we just sound like it. Anyways, this is our very own nice little nature video with dark gray metal music to set the mood. If you absolutely do not like this sort of music, there’s a special “enjoy the nice pictures”-button that looks like a tiny speaker Se the video here
It required several trips out into the cold and dark winterscape of the north… with deep snow as well (it wasn’t as frightening as it sounds, despite us getting lost a tiny bit), but here you can finally see the results… the newest video of Strøm! It’s called Midwinter Hope, and in the dark, cold winter, that might be just what we need. We hope it can give you a spark of light in an otherwise quite dark time …
When we make music, it usually happens like this. Peter’s kids have gone to bed and fallen asleep. He sends smoke signals to Markus. The air is clean. After about 5 minutes, Markus comes walking through the primeval forest with a guitar case and an amp. “Hello” “Hello”, and in to Peter’s office we go.
After a brief handling of the cable mess of the night, it’s ready, set and go! Usually, what follows is several hours of musical flow and advanced improvisation within the realms of metal, rock and punk, with the occasional whatever else we feel like playing. Only interrupted by some quick dialogs of coughing fits and joking comments. We’re good at that. What’s so amazing with this is that we never know in advance where the musical journey goes, but that we trust eachother as companions on the journey. And there were many of these journeys. Many exciting bits of sound have popped up along the way.
There is something unique about music that is created in the moment. The recorder has become a constant presence in these musical journeys. So, we’ve decided to share highligts from what we call “The Strøm Sessions” with you. The first taste is something that’s a little outside of the boundaries of metal. Hear for yourself…..
Here’s our new song and video. The name, “Speed Mode”, has nothing to do with traffic safety or driving. (Markus doesn’t even have a licence and Peter drives like like an autopilot … We’re really more the “taking nice walks” type). Still, there is some good speed here, as we felt like making a speedmetal song. Both the video and the music are almost traveling at the speed of light! All musical stunts were performed by professional amateurs. Don’t try this at home! Check out the video here