Finally the third album!

<p><em><strong>(*Svensk text i slutet av sidan)</strong></em></p> <p><br /> <strong>This fundraiser will be used to finance the following projects:</strong></p> <p><strong>- Finalizing Eskelina&rsquo;s third album</strong></p> <p><strong>- A round trip to Sweden to record Eskelinas vocals and backing vocals by her friends and colleagues Anna Alerstedt and Marie Nilsson.</strong></p> <p><strong>- To film this trip and recording process, making a documentary and a music video</strong></p> <p><strong>- Photography for the illustration of album launch</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662180/42472068_10156563706751760_540175150599897088_n-1588238493.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>It is now almost 14 years to the day when I left Sweden to move to France.</strong></p> <p>My journey there has gone from making a living as a street musician in the south west, by way of fantastic encounters, aquaintances and experiences to having performed on venues all over France, and later on Quebec, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Switzerland.</p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/660650/1FE23192-2BA4-4001-854A-3E32951AE824-1587549931.JPG" width="100%" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2012&nbsp;I and four amazing colleagues and musicians founded a small record company, by which we have released our two previous albums. As of now, I am finalizing my third album in French.&nbsp;As was the case in the first two, Florent Vintrigner is the main lyricist, Nans Vincent has contributed with two songs, and the music is composed in part by Christophe Bastien, and in part by me.<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662173/28577608_10156073510691760_7217920002915650156_n-1588238118.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>This time, our goal is to record parts of the album in Sweden.</p> <p>For 8 years I have had the pleasure of working with la chanson francaise. Learning how to sing in french and to become one of the perfomers who keep this tradition going, has been one of my greatest adventures and a great pride. Now I feel it is time to take on the challenge to invite a part of my own swedish culture into &quot;La chanson francaise&quot;.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662177/37311682_10156401345846760_3583413110519627776_o-1588238289.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I have asked my two friends of more than 20 years, Anna Alerstedt and Marie Nilsson to contribute with their amazing voices, and they have accepted. When not studying to become a nurse, Anna Alerstedt is an acomplished lyricist to performers such as Viktoria Tolstoy. And when not working as a music teacher, Marie Nilsson&nbsp;is on tour as a performer herself, recently having released her third solo album.&nbsp;</p> <p>We have spent many of our young and not-so-young years singing together, and few things feel more natural and inspiring than having these two along for the ride!</p> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="281" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fsm5hABrLi4w%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dsm5hABrLi4w&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fsm5hABrLi4w%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=8b7d8dd6504d41af9a77662672aabc2a&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" title="YouTube embed" width="500"></iframe></div> <p>So, the Idea is for myself, my producer S&eacute;bastien Collinet and a camera man, to hop on a plane, go to Blekinge, Sweden, record vocals, along with Anna and Marie, film this process for a documentary, and if opportunity arises, make a music video.</p> <p><strong>With your support, I can finally do something I have dreamed of for almost 14 years: build a bridge between my two countries!</strong></p> <p><strong>Eskelina&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Denna insamling kommer anv&auml;ndas till f&ouml;ljande projekt:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>-Finalisera Eskelinas tredje album</strong></li> <li><strong>-Resa tur och retur till Sverige f&ouml;r att spela in Eskelinas s&aring;ng och k&ouml;r av hennes v&auml;nner och kollegor Anna Alerstedt&nbsp;och Marie Nilsson.&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>-Filma denna resa och detta arbete, g&ouml;ra ett reportage och en musikvideo.&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>-Ta foton f&ouml;r att illustrera lanceringen av skivan.&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662201/19944511_10155399782441760_2078363167085315627_o-1588240558.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p><strong>Det &auml;r nu n&auml;stan exakt 14 &aring;r sedan jag l&auml;mnade Sverige och flyttade till Frankrike.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Min resa d&auml;r har g&aring;tt fr&aring;n att tj&auml;na mitt levebr&ouml;d genom att spela p&aring; gatan i sydv&auml;stra Frankrike, via fantastiska m&ouml;ten, bekantskaper, l&auml;rdomar, erfarenheter, till att ha spelat p&aring; scener i hela Frankrike och senare spela i Quebec, Tyskland, Ungern, Norge och Schweiz. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/660650/1FE23192-2BA4-4001-854A-3E32951AE824-1587549931.JPG" width="100%" /></p> <p>2012&nbsp;skapade jag tillsammans med fyra fantastiska kollegor och musiker ett litet skivbolag, p&aring; vilket vi gett ut v&aring;ra tv&aring; senaste skivor.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jag h&aring;ller i detta nu p&aring; att f&auml;rdigst&auml;lla mitt tredje album p&aring; franska. &nbsp;</p> <p>Liksom p&aring; de f&ouml;rsta tv&aring;, &auml;r det Florent Vintrigner som skrivit de flesta texterna och Christophe Bastien har komponerat en stor del av musiken, den andra delen &auml;r det jag som har komponerat.&nbsp;</p> <p>Denna g&aring;ng har vi som m&aring;ls&auml;ttning att spela in en del av skivan i Sverige.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662173/28577608_10156073510691760_7217920002915650156_n-1588238118.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>Jag har i 8 &aring;rs tid haft gl&auml;djen att arbeta med den franska visan, &laquo;&nbsp;La chanson fran&ccedil;aise&nbsp;&raquo;. &nbsp;</p> <p>Att l&auml;ra mig att sjunga p&aring; franska och att vara en av de artister som f&ouml;r vidare denna tradition har varit ett av mitt livs st&ouml;rsta &auml;ventyr och stoltheter. &nbsp;Nu k&auml;nner jag mig redo att axla utmaningen att bjuda in en del av min svenska kultur i den franska visan.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/662177/37311682_10156401345846760_3583413110519627776_o-1588238289.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jag har bett mina tv&aring; v&auml;nner sedan mer &auml;n 20 &aring;r tillbaka Anna Alerstedt och Marie Nilsson att bidra med sina fantastiska r&ouml;ster, och de har tackat ja.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="281" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fsm5hABrLi4w%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dsm5hABrLi4w&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fsm5hABrLi4w%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=8b7d8dd6504d41af9a77662672aabc2a&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" title="YouTube embed" width="500"></iframe></p> <p>Anna Alerstedt&nbsp;som n&auml;r hon inte studerar till sjuksk&ouml;terska skriver texter till bland annat Viktoria Tolsto&iuml; och Marie Nilsson som n&auml;r hon inte jobbar som musikl&auml;rarinna &auml;r ute och turnerar och har nyligen gett ut sitt tredje album.&nbsp;</p> <p>Vi har spenderat m&aring;nga av v&aring;ra unga och mindre unga &aring;r att sjunga tillsammans och f&aring; saker k&auml;nns mer sj&auml;lvklara och inspirerande &auml;n att ha dessa tv&aring; med p&aring; resan!&nbsp;</p> <p>Id&eacute;en &auml;r s&aring;ledes att packa in min kreativa producent S&eacute;bastien Colllinet och en kameraman i ett plan och &aring;ka till Blekinge, spela in Annas och Maries k&ouml;rer och min s&aring;ng p&aring; franska och att filma allt detta f&ouml;r att g&ouml;ra ett reportage, och, om tillf&auml;lle gives och inspiration infaller: en musikvideo.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Med er hj&auml;lp kan jag &auml;ntligen g&ouml;ra n&aring;got jag dr&ouml;mt om under n&auml;stan 14 &aring;rs tid; att, genom musiken, bygga en bro mellan mina tv&aring; l&auml;nder!&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Eskelina&nbsp;</strong></p>