Come with Tzeitel on a dream journey
To places that maybe don’t exist
Except in our minds,
Where past and present live side by side.
This record was dreamed up before the pandemic distorted time and
space in its unforgettable way. Those were long, slow years that
seemed suddenly to be over in a second.
Klezmer music has survived through many eras. It has been passed on
from each generation to the next, accompanying Jews as they fled
from their homes to escape pogroms, wars and oppression - later to
spread its sounds throughout the world. The music will always carry
with it the stories of those who have passed it on over the years, in a
never-ending process. We pay tribute to this timelessness by adding
our own stories. Where present and past meet, the common factor is
humanity. The theme is life itself, with all its ups and downs, sorrow,
joy, celebration, longing and nostalgia.
We visit various places on our journey: places we long to return to or
to leave; places we may never see again; both the real physical places
and those we visit in our minds.
Drömfärden is Tzeitels fourth record. It includes both traditional and
newly-composed music in equal measure, all arranged by the group
itself. The new material is based on the tonality and feel of klezmer,
though often inspired by other influences.
Tzeitel is a Swedish trio born of its members'collective
desire to immerse themselves more and more deeply
in klezmer music with its fantastic abundance of tunes,
rhythms, sounds and powerful emotions.
The group has spent more than fifteen years exploring
klezmer and its borderlands, and they have found a
unique place of their own in this broad musical
landscape, in which traditional tunes rub shoulders
with newly-created music.
Over the years Tzeitel has established itself as one of
the foremost klezmer groups in Sweden, giving
hundreds of concerts in Scandinavia. Their magnetic
stage presence and personal contact with their
audience leave nobody unmoved.
Among those who have inspired them are: Kroke,
Crakow Klezmer Band, John Zorn & Masada String
Trio, Alicia Svigals, Astor Piazzolla