1900 - An audiovisual concert

An audiovisual triumph without precedent – ​​Upsala Nya Tidning

Hypnotic as the progress and devastation of the last century whizzes by – Dagens Nyheter

A stunningly harmonious whole – Västerbottens-Kuriren

I have never seen a more epic and well-crafted fusion of music and image – Hymn

Some of the best I have ever seen in my entire life – GAFFA

A magnificent exposé of the history of ideas over an entire century – Borås Tidning

Incomparably good. Straight to the heart – Falu-Kuriren

 

Behind the name 1900 hides the versatile composer, artist and sound artist Christian Gabel. Using old-fashioned recording equipment and an unbeatable sense of minimalist melodies, he revisits and reworks the previous century in noisy sound collages. In 2018, ten years after the self-titled debut album, the Orion Theater was taken over to perform the music on stage for the first time. A concert series that today is almost considered a classic.

The 1900 project has become an unlikely success story where many people have taken the instrumental music to their hearts. The song Den minsta av segrar has even become a bit of a hit that has frequently appeared on various TV programs. The debut was followed in 2016 by the album Tekno, which also used collages of sounds and melodies captured with analog tape recorders to create a world all its own. A world that fully comes into its own on stage. But with his audiovisual concert, Gabel has created a format where film meets music in a hypnotic flow. In the spring of 2024, a third 1900 album, Kontragarde, was released. An album that thematically revolves around artistic creation in general and the idea of ​​avant-garde in particular. In the fall of 2025, a return visit will be made to the Dramaten in Stockholm. The two evenings on the national stage are part of a tour that will also make an impact in Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Lund, Umeå, Piteå and Copenhagen.