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Lars Hollmer: With Floury Hands (Sketches)

Read "With Floury Hands (Sketches)" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il fisarmonicista svedese Lars Hollmer, scomparso prematuramente alla fine del 2008 a soli 60 anni, è stato tra i fondatori del movimento “Rock in Opposition" sul finire degli anni '70, che raccoglieva un collettivo di musicisti e gruppi dell'area progressive europea alla ricerca di un'alternativa all'industria musicale dell'epoca. Il suo gruppo, Samla Mammas Manna, vi si trovò insieme a Henry Cow, Stormy Six, Univers Zero e Etron Fou Leloublan, e con molti di questi musicisti (Fred Frith in particolare) Hollmer ...

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Lars Hollmer: Viandra

Read "Viandra" reviewed by John Kelman


Swedish multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of one of the earliest Rock in Opposition (RIO) groups, Samla Mammas Manna, Lars Hollmer has always been a melodic contrast to the oftentimes (but not always) more outré explorations of companion groups like Henry Cow, Art Zoyd and Univers Zéro. Living in a universe of his own making, Hollmer's 2005 performance at Victoriaville, Canada's FIMAV festival drew heavily on his Scandinavian roots and there's no mistaking Hollmer's origins on Viandra. Still, it's a far more ...


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