Last week I were at the Frizon Festival and listened to great music and met many old friends of mine. Frizon takes place every year at Torp, 25 km south of the city of Örebro and attracts about 4000 people every year.

I lived in a tent, ate food from a Primus LP gas stove and showered in icy water. But it is a festival, right? The programme was filled with different activities, such as morning meeting with worship and studies, seminars and lectures (including Magnus Tunehag from Linköping) and, of course, music in the evening! Every night started with a huge concerto with a featured band in the main building (the barn) and a roaring crowd of several thousand people standing before the stage. The concerto would end around midnight, the same time as the music started to play from various stages around the festival area. The musical genres varied from heavy rock music to soft and sentimental acoustic and vocal styles, to funk and jazz.

One of the best artists on stage was Andreaz Hedén Trio, a jazz pianist backed up by a double bass and drums. Featuring a style similar to Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, they made my day by playing incredible and intense indie music. I am fascinated by the pure skill of this type of jazz pianists, and Andreaz Hedén is in the top league.

Other great musicians were The Tiny, Loney Dear, Blindside, Silence the Foe, Anderson and Jonas Ottoson Band.

I also tried to race with a pocket motorbike (minimoto) but I think I was just too tall for them. There was no way I could put my feet in the correct position, so I had to stretch them forward on the bike. I also fell quite badly the first lap and hit my knee.

Frizon was a very good experience, and I am looking forward to the next year already.