Atlantis.
The Theodicy dilemma.
Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan.
These are some of the world’s biggest mysteries. Sollerön is arguably Sweden’s equivalent of Atlantis, except it has not sunken into the sea yet. For an artist, a place like this serves as a never-drying well of inspiration. No wonder Futurum achieved such success in recording their album Sundet here. The songs got so popular that Sollerön even named some of the villages after Futurum’s tunes, making the band one of the more influential in later years.
Mattias Jonsson and Sæmundur Grettisson originally met at a scuba diver’s party in their native town, Uppsala, many years ago. In 2013, they decided to form a duo, mainly based on their shared love for Boquerones (a Spanish version of the Swedish “sill”). Later, they found they shared a taste in music as well, with influences spanning from Bo Hansson to Jean-Michel Jarre, Herbie Hancock, Eric B. & Rakim, and Tom Waits.
The band’s primary purpose, however, is to explore the world of synthesizers. Futurum are not afraid to jump on the rocky wagon that follows whatever twists the songs may take, opening up for improvisations and jams that can last for hours and hours.
The future is unwritten, but if the bird that whispers in my ear is as serious as she seems, I believe that slower, more psychedelic, and funkier territories are waiting just around the corner.
Written by Everett E. Strauss