- Hållbus Totte Mattson
Hållbus Totte Mattson (usually known simply as Totte Mattson) is a
multi-instrumentalist folkmusician fromDalarna ,Sweden . Mattson's instruments include thelute , baroque lute,mandora , bass mandora, hummel,classical guitar ,baroque guitar Mora-oud ,accordion , Swedish dulcimer,hurdy gurdy and vocals.Mattson was a founding member in 1980 of the seminal Swedish folk ensemble "Groupa" along with
Mats Edén . In 1987, Mattson, Anders Stake (nowAnders Norudde ) and percussionistBjörn Tollin formed the bandHedningarna in order to explore the possibilities of developing a new musical style based on elements of traditional music. The group wrote and played a major part of the music to theatre project "Den stora vreden" (rough translation: "The Great Wrath") at Gävleborgs folkteater (the county theatre of Gävleborg), first time performed in 1988, that attracted much attention. A fairly large portion of the music on their first record was originally performed in that play.Mattson has also participated in the Swedish musical and dance ensemble "Boot" with
Ola Bäckström (viola d'amore ,bouzouki ) and Björn Tollin (percussion ).In 1999, Mattson and
Stefan Brisland-Ferner ofGarmarna began collaborating on a musical project that would involve a novel use of hurdy gurdies, which would expand on the idea that the hurdy gurdy was the medieval equivalent of a synthesizer. In 2005, they released their first album under the name "Hurdy-Gurdy", titled "Prototyp." The album consists of twelve traditional and original songs, played entirely on two Swedish hurdy gurdies by Brisland-Ferner and Mattson. Specialized recording and computer editing techniques were used to produce a number of unique musical effects.Groups
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Groupa
*Hedningarna
*BootDiscography
*Av Bara Farten (with Groupa), 1982
*Vildhonung (with Groupa), 1985
*Utan Sans (with Groupa), 1989
*Hedningarna (with Hedningarna), 1989
*Månskratt (with Groupa and Lena Willemark), 1990
*Kaksi (with Hedningarna), 1991
*Trä (with Hedningarna), 1994
*Kruspolska: SASHA mixes, 1994
*Hippjokk (with Hedningarna), 1997
*Karelia Visa (with Hedningarna), 1999
*Virvla (with Boot), 1999
*1989-2003 (with Hedningarna), 2003
*Prototyp (Hurdy-Gurdy, with Stefan Brisland-Ferner), 2005
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