| Release Date: | 05/06/2026 |
| Format: | LP Black |
| Label: | Act |
| Catalogue Number: | ACTLP9257-1 |
Swedish Folk Modern is for the first time on vinyl!
As part of a new series by ACT: past is present
Timeless recordings that don’t just live on, they continue to speak in the now.
The original masters have been newly remastered for vinyl, honoring the artistic vision of the recordings while revealing renewed clarity, depth and dynamic range in the analog medium.
/ Milestone albums on vinyl for the first time
/ Exclusively curated by ACT
/ Limited and hand-numbered
/ Remastered for vinyl
/ Premium 180g pressing
/ Exclusively commissioned liner notes for this edition
/ including obi strip from premium art paper for collectors
/ Custom-designed labels and inner sleeves inspired by the original artwork
The first album of the past is present series vividly embodies its philosophy: Swedish Folk Modern brings together Esbjörn Svensson and Nils Landgren, two of Europe's most influential jazz musicians, in a rare and deeply intimate setting. With great sensitivity, Svensson and Landgren improvise on Swedish folk songs: pieces about love and sorrow, from the fields and from the church, that are familiar to almost everyone in Sweden.
Swedish Folk Modern is not only an exceptional album by two musicians who understand each other instinctively. It is also a moving testament to the extraordinary range of stories that can be told through the vocabulary of jazz.
Together with its follow-up Layers of Light, and alongside the posthumously released solo album HOME.S., it is one of the only recordings to feature Esbjörn Svensson, who passed away on June 14, as a leader outside his legendary trio e.s.t. A rare jewel in the crown of European jazz history, now on vinyl for the very first time.
Tracklist:
Polska From Dorotea
Ballad From Leksand
Swedish Folk Song
Vastanvind
Ganglat From Appelbo
Hymn
Lullaby For the North
Visa From Utanmyra
Folk Tune Revisited
Quiet Reflections
Nordic Twilight
Epilogue Swedish Folk