Malin Wättring
Malin Wättring has been working as a professional saxophonist & composer on the modern jazz scene for the past 10 years. She has released 3 albums with her own music, worked with some of Sweden's finest jazz & improvisational musicians and she has won several awards for her artistic work, including Composer of the Year at the Swedish Radio Jazz Cat Gala 2017 & the Stena scholarship 2019.
On March 25, 2022, Malin Wättring will release the first album where she sings and plays guitar on PACAYA records! The album is called Songs of Wounds & Healing and Malin has put together a brand new band for the project consisting of several up & coming musicians such as Olimpia Dynarek (Olimpias Orkan), Maria Dahlin (Fartyg 6) & Johanna Ekholm (Trio Ramberget). The music can be described as indie rock with strong singer songwriter roots, colored by grunge, jazz and improvisational music. It is intimacy and raw power in symbiosis! The lyrics are deeply personal but at the same time universal and deal with topics such as forgiveness, the search for truth and authenticity and the dilemma of both wanting to have and letting go of control in life. The album was recorded at Elementstudion in Gothenburg between November 2020 and February 2021.
Malin about the album:
“Some may find it strange that I completely change genre, instrument and expression with this album. But for me, this is the next natural step on my creative path. I experience that I create from the same source as when I write and play jazz & improvisational music. The core is the same, the music is coming from within me, from my longing and desire to explore, create, express myself and to meet others in that process. The eight tracks on the album have been written in parallel with the jazz compositions I wrote over the past 10 years. The project has come to mean a lot to me and I’ve wanted to give it time to grow and develop in an organic way. It felt ready to record at about the same time as the pandemic swept the over world. I am so happy and proud to finally be able to share this music with you! ”
Visit Malins webpage below to place your order of Songs of Wounds and Healing on a beautiful 12" vinyl!
Malin Wättring - lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, saxophone, synth & whistle
Olimpia Dynarek - piano
Johanna Ekholm - electric & double bass
Maria Dahlin - drums & percussion
Elisabet Wättring - violin & viola
Lovisa Samuelsson - cello
Hannah Shermis - vocals
Hannah Tolf - vocals
Karin Verbaan - vocals
Rasmus Persson - Toccante Zenert & vocals
Oskar Karlsson - sound engineer, co-producer and electric bass at Dancer
Releases on PACAYA records
Songs of Wounds and Healing (2022)