Simon Hassle, Swedish songwriter, releases his first single "Now is here" featuring Chief Oren Lyons in the "Ice melting speech"

Simon Hassle, Swedish songwriter, releases his first single "Now is here" in unique collaboration with Chief Oren Lyons featuring his well-known "Ice melting speech" addressing climate change. 

The collaboration between Simon and Chief Oren Lyons in the song Now is here became a reality after a performance by Simon at the Stockholm Globe Forum Congress in 2010, where Chief Lyons was in the audience. The speech is known by many as "The Ice is Melting" speech. In August 2000 Oren R. Lyons adressed the Millennium Peace Summit in the United Nations General Assembly hall. The song Now is here contributes in spreading the important message of Oren R. Lyons and the indigenous people of the world.

"Music is my language to express my deepest feelings. I feel true and present in a way that is difficult to explain, but to me singing is even easier than speaking. That's why music has become such a decisive part of me", says Hassle. 

Simon Hassle started a close cooperation with the Swedish songwriter Emanuel Olsson at Cosmos Studios in 2010. They are now working on Simon's first album and the song Now is here is the first single ready to be presented to a larger audience.

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About Simon Hassle

Simon Hassle (b. 1990) is a Swedish songwriter born in Stockholm. He grew up with his family in in Waxholm outside Stockholm, before moving to the city of Katrineholm.

Simon's parents claim that driving more than two hours with baby Simon in the car, was an unbearable experience as the child was constantly experimenting with different sounds that his vocal cords could produce. When he was only two years old everyone around him knew he was going to be a singer.

After primary school in music classes he entered three years preparatory education at De Geer upper secondary school in the city of Norrkoping to become a professional musician. Since leaving school Simon has been working on his career in Sweden, doing gigs at many different places. He has been quite successful, making a living from his music and participating in several TV-shows representing genres like barber shop, gospel and musical. 2009 he became the youngest member of the very well known gospel chorus "One Voice", led by Gabriel Forss. 

Looking for his own musical identity, Simon started a close cooperation with the Swedish songwriter Emanuel Olsson at Cosmos Studios, early 2010. They are working on Simon's first album and the song Now is here is the first single ready to be presented to a larger audience.

About Cheif Oren R. Lyons


Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations, Iroquois Confederacy Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, New York. Member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Oren Lyons is recognized not only in the United States and Canada but internationally as an eloquent and respected spokesperson on behalf of Native peoples. He is a sought-after international lecturer or participant in forums in a variety of areas, including not only American Indian traditions, but Indian law and history, human rights, environment and interfaith dialogue, and has received numerous honors and awards.

Chief Lyons is a tenured professor of American Studies at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Through his educational efforts, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution in 1992 that formally acknowledges the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy to the development of the United States Constitution. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders, an annual council of traditional grassroots leadership of the major Indian nations of North America.

Chief Lyons has authored numerous books including Exiled in the Land of the Free; Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution; as well as Voice of Indigenous Peoples (1992), and Native People Address the United Nations (1994).

Since january 2008 Oren R. Lyons is Chairman of PLANTAGON International AB.

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