Lars Hollmer is a rather unique composer from Sweden. Primarily an accordionist but he also knows is way around a keyboard.
His music explores traditional folk but delves into the realms of progressive rock. He can be quite experimental at times, and this song in particular as its title suggests incorporates elements of Samba.
A friend turned me onto his work when I told him about my love for the sound of accordions.
Thereโs something very special about accordion music to me. As a teenager my family lived next to a Swiss guy. He was a timber framer and would employ and often host other Swiss builders with an expertise in the method.
Some times they would have parties on weekends and bust out the accordion singing loudly and drunkenly throughout the night.
I always enjoyed opening my window and tuning in to the affair like a regularly scheduled radio program. I think it fed my need for escapism and my desire to be somewhere else. I could imagine I wasnโt really in the same boring old place but far off in foreign lands - not just my rowdy neighbours next door, but all of Switzerland just outside my window.
