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    Fire! Orchestra

    Scandinavian free jazz/experimental/psychedelic/noise/free improv ensemble with a rotating cast, active since January 2012 and exclusively signed by a Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. Fire! Orchestra was formed by core members of Fire! supergroup Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin and debuted at the Rune Grammofon concert venue in Stockholm, Sweden. This concert was released as the orchestra's first album, Exit! CD/LP, in January 2013.


    Between 2014 and 2016, the ensemble produced two more studio albums and one live release. In the fall of 2017, Fire! Orchestra began rehearsing and researching a compositional structure with a brand-new acoustic line-up that emphasized strings and clarinets. In September 2018, Fire! Orchestra performed at Rune Grammofon as part of Sacrum Profanum Festival, invited by a renowned Polish conductor and composer Krzysztof Penderecki. The concert was subsequently released on Actions CD/LP in February 2020.

    In January 2019, the orchestra recorded a new album at Rune Grammofon in Stockholm, released as Arrival CD/2xLP by Rune Grammofon in May of the same year.

    Original line-up (2012)
    Mats Gustafsson — tenor sax, live electronics, conduction
    Anna Högberg — alto sax
    Fredrik Ljungkvist — baritone sax, clarinet
    Christer Bothén — bass clarinet, guimbri
    Jonas Kullhammar — bass sax
    Elin Larsson — tenor sax
    Mats Äleklint — trombone
    Emil Strandberg — trumpet
    Magnus Broo — trumpet
    Niklas Barnö — trumpet
    Per Åke Holmlander — tuba
    Mariam Wallentin — voice
    Sofia Jernberg — voice
    Emil Svanängen — voice, guitar
    Andreas Söderström — guitar
    David Stackenäs — guitar
    Sören Runolf — guitar
    Joachim Nordwall — electronics
    Tomas Hallonsten — organ
    Sten Sandell — piano, electronics
    Johan Berthling — electric bass
    Dan Berglund — bass
    Joe Williamson — bass
    Joel Grip — bass
    Andreas Werliin — drums
    Johan Holmegard — drums
    Raymond Strid — drums
    [url=https://discogs.com/artist/507659]Thomas "Mera" Gartz[/url] — drums

    Arrival! "acoustic" line-up (2017)
    Mats Gustafsson — baritone sax
    Per 'Texas' Johansson — contrabass and bass clarinets
    Christer Bothén — contrabass and bass clarinets
    Isak Hedtjärn — Bb clarinet
    Susana Santos Silva — trumpet
    Mariam Wallentin — voice
    Sofia Jernberg — voice
    Anna Lindal — violin
    Josefin Runsteen — violin
    Katt Hernandez — violin
    Leo Svensson — cello
    Alexander Zethson — piano
    Mikael Werliin — sound
    Johan Berthling — basses
    Andreas Werliin — drums

    Live line-up (September 2018)
    Mats Gustafsson — baritone sax and conduction
    Per 'Texas' Johansson — tenor sax, clarinet and flute
    Anna Högberg — alto sax
    Christer Bothén — bass clarinet
    Goran Kajfes — trumpet
    Niklas Barnö — trumpet
    Susana Santos Silva — trumpet
    Per Åke Holmlander — tuba
    Maria Bertel — trombone
    Alexander Zethson — Hammond organ
    Reine Fiske — guitar
    Elsa Bergman — double bass
    Torbjörn Zetterberg — electric bass
    Andreas Werliin — drums

    Céline Grangey — live sound

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