Eric Forsmark
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About 2 years ago, I got this crazy idea to facilitate 101 musicians worldwide to co-create a 55 min long piece and make a film capturing the artists performing it. And also showing enigmatic and poetic images of the planet at the same time. Many highly talented artists have joined forces with me along the way. At the moment, we have 70 mins of original music created by 82 musicians from 39 countries. I have been playing drums & percussion all my life. Sometimes professionally, but more often driven by passion. I grew up partly in Laponia, Sweden and Liberia. Since then, I have lived in Ireland, Spain and now in southern Italy for more than a decade. And this rather new initiative sounds like an impossible project. And sometimes it feels like it is. But the truth is that it just takes a little bit longer than I first envisioned. We now have ongoing collaborations in most parts of the globe. We even have artists participating from Kiribati, which is the group of Islands farthest away from any continent. For them it is extra important to be seen and heard, because their nation of 100.000 inhabitants will be the first to disappear due to rising sea levels. And it is of course not only that nature and humans already experience the severe impact by climate change. So, it has become this “peaceful army” of amazing musicians, film makers, photographers, graphic artists & technicians, indicating that people can collaborate across all borders and spark inspiration and hope. Day-by-day we are expanding the scope and involving. Every morning when some new stems arrive in my inbox is like an adventure. You never know exactly how it will sound and this makes it such a great adventure. Some areas are a bit less represented still. So, we are presently looking for exceptional musicians in Japan, Australia, Greenland, Tibet and the Antarctic who are kindly willing to add their flavor to this World Fusion initiative. For me 101 Flame of Inspiration has become the air that I breathe and the spark that lights up my day. 101 • Trailer with short clips of various artists: https://vimeo.com/568818395
Eric Forsmark
Eric Forsmark
About 2 years ago, I got this crazy idea to facilitate 101 musicians worldwide to co-create a 55 min long piece and make a film capturing the artists performing it. And also showing enigmatic and poetic images of the planet at the same time. Many highly talented artists have joined forces with me along the way. At the moment, we have 70 mins of original music created by 82 musicians from 39 countries. I have been playing drums & percussion all my life. Sometimes professionally, but more often driven by passion. I grew up partly in Laponia, Sweden and Liberia. Since then, I have lived in Ireland, Spain and now in southern Italy for more than a decade. And this rather new initiative sounds like an impossible project. And sometimes it feels like it is. But the truth is that it just takes a little bit longer than I first envisioned. We now have ongoing collaborations in most parts of the globe. We even have artists participating from Kiribati, which is the group of Islands farthest away from any continent. For them it is extra important to be seen and heard, because their nation of 100.000 inhabitants will be the first to disappear due to rising sea levels. And it is of course not only that nature and humans already experience the severe impact by climate change. So, it has become this “peaceful army” of amazing musicians, film makers, photographers, graphic artists & technicians, indicating that people can collaborate across all borders and spark inspiration and hope. Day-by-day we are expanding the scope and involving. Every morning when some new stems arrive in my inbox is like an adventure. You never know exactly how it will sound and this makes it such a great adventure. Some areas are a bit less represented still. So, we are presently looking for exceptional musicians in Japan, Australia, Greenland, Tibet and the Antarctic who are kindly willing to add their flavor to this World Fusion initiative. For me 101 Flame of Inspiration has become the air that I breathe and the spark that lights up my day. 101 • Trailer with short clips of various artists: https://vimeo.com/568818395