Januar 2008: New album "Body Electric" is available now, CD and download. You can preview the tracks in the Media section.

Read this wonderful review written by Mik Aidt in "Djembe", a Danish World Music Magazine: In Danish - In English

For information on how to buy the thing, please CLICK HERE.

The Dawa project has excisted since 1996, developing a unique blend of acoustic and electronic sound. Sonic inspiration comes from both the afro- and asian world scene as from the power of the electronic music scene. Dawa has been working with great musicians such as percussionist Steen Raahauge and guitarist and sitar-player Henrik Andersen. Dawa has also been working with famous world music artists such as: Kora player Basiro Suso (Gambia) and Tibetan chant-master Ani Choying Drolma. World famous Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur appears on the new CD "Body Electric", blessing two tracks with her amazing univers of acoustic sounds.  

Søren Frieboe (b. 1959) is a singer, musician, composer and teacher specialized in jazz and worldmusic, schooled at the department of Musicology, University of Aarhus (1987), and in USA with jazsinger Mark Murphy. Søren has traveled in South-amerika, Africa and Asia studying ethnic music-tradition. He has for many years experimented with extended voice-technics, such as overtone-singing. He plays on many instruments from all over the world; koto, flutes, didgerido, tibetan instruments and african percussion.
Performed among others with: The Danish Radio Bigband, Butch Lacy, Billy Cobham, Tom Harrel.
Recorded with: Ensemble NEW, Billy Cobham, Majbritte Ulrikkeholm, Jens Viggo Fjord and Kåre Gade.
Latest recordings: "Æ nynner en vis", award-winning folk-recording. (Go' Danish folk music, 2003). "Turn,turn,turn", Soloproject (Dawasound, 2004 ), "Rising from love", Majbritte Ulrikkeholm. (Fønix, 2005), "Songs of the Earth", a duo project with Majbritte Ulrikkeholm (Natural Surroundings, 2007).
Click here for further informations on Søren's workshops.
For further informations: soren@dawa.dk

Niels Ulbrandt (b. 1965) is schooled at Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen as a pianist specialising in electronic music. Niels works as a pianist, composer and sound designer and engineer. Niels Ulbrandt's tonality is based within the harmonics and improvisation of modern jazz. In live performances Mr. Ulbrandt makes use of two laptops, making it possible for him to create a varied electronic orchestration, always following the intuitive flow in the band.
He is part of the electronic folk-project LystensTone who in 2007 released the CD "Vild", praised by the critics, and he has performed worldwide with worldmusic artist and BBC nomineé Aida Nadeem, among other live-electronic projects. He even plays jazz once in a while. He teaches piano and electronic music at Aarhus Musikskole and has composed music for film and radio. He is now creating sonic identity and branding for companys in his studio, Lydzonen. Niels is a member of the Danish composers union DJBFA. For further information on Niels visit:
lystenstone.dk
lydzonen.dk
ulbrandt.com
livepianist.dk