HYDRAS DREAM

Hydras Dream is a special collaboration between the Swedish musicians Anna von Hausswolff and Matti Bye. The concept behind this project is to interpret stories, movies and myths into musical landscapes. For their debut album "The Little Match Girl", von Hausswolff and Bye construed the beautiful and melancholic story by H.C. Andersen of the same title. Asked about the reason for this particular choice, the two musicians state: "It was her tragic faith in the winter's cold that inspired us. She is freezing to death with no money and no comfort, she is all alone, dreaming of a warmer place. When death strikes her she is filled with magical illusions and dreams. Oddly enough, hypothermia and death are the only two comfort zones we experience in this story. Sad but beautiful." The music of Hydras Dream is mostly made through improvisation and by using repetitious patterns and melodies.

Anna von Hausswolff — Vocals, organs & synthesizers
Matti Bye — Piano, organs & live electronics

PREVIOUS CONCERTS

Live at The Rewire Festival, The Hague, Netherlands; November 7, 2014

"The Passion of Joan of Arc" at Filmhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; December 5-6, 2014