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Karusell Musik

MFMV 16
2007

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Ännu Ingen Pelle (2002), 2m21s [excerpt]
Track 1 from Karusell Musik
CD: Monsieur Fauteux (2007) MFMV 16
1 March 2009
By Stéphane Fougère in Traverses #25 (France), March 1, 2009

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1 March 2008
By Pierre Durr in Revue & Corrigée #75 (France), March 1, 2008

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1 December 2007
By Henryk Palczewski in Informator “Ars” 2 #47 (Poland), December 1, 2007

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1 November 2007
By Alessandro Achilli in Musica Jazz #63:11 (Italy), November 1, 2007

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L’ensemble canadese — un po’ banda da strada e un po’ orchestrina da ballo — affronta il repertorio del tastierista e fisarmonicista svedese con un piede nel folk scandinavo e uno nell’avantprog. Come forse era naturale, le melodie già di per sé più festose e struggenti (Inte Quanta, Boeves Psalm, Simfågeldans e tante altre) ispirano anche gli arrangiamenti più fantasiosi e articolati tra quelli scritti dal sassofonista Jean Derome per una ventina di scanzonati musicisti — professionisti, dilettanti e jazzisti della scena di Montréal — che si dividono tra ottoni, ance, flauti, chitarre, banjo, fisarmoniche, violini, grancassa e rullante.

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1 November 2007
By Vincenzo Giorgio in Wonderous Stories (Italy), November 1, 2007

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“Davvero un disco delizioso.”

Dell’ottimo Lars Hollmer, compositore e tastierista svedese, “svezzato” da Fred Frith a rock in opposition e avanguardia nonché irresistibilmente attratto dalla fisarmonica e dal folk nordico (i suoi incredibili Samla Mammas Manna esordirono nel lontano 1971 con un miscuglio esplosivo fatto di rock, jazz, musica popolare svedese e frankzappa….) abbiamo già parlato su WS cinque anni fa in occasione dell’uscita di Sola. Karusell Musik costituisce l’occasione per poterne assaporare più da vicino il suo lato può etnico, quello che abbiamo ammirato in opere come Vandelmassa o Utsikter con il ricco “valore aggiunto” della variopinta Fanfare Pourpour, sterminato combo canadese diretto dal grande fiatista Jean Derome (qui anche in veste di arrangiatore) che annovera musicisti del calibro di Marie-Soleil Belanger (violoncello) e Normand Guibeault (contrabbasso). In altre parole: il ricco songbook hollmeriano rivisitato dalla sensibilità francofona di Derome & Co. Diciassette tracce tutte pregne di impeto danzante inaugurate dall’atmosfera circense di Annu Ingen Pelle (non a caso un album precedente del Nostro si intitolava proprio The Siberian Circus da cui diversi brani sono qui rivisitati) e corroborate dalla ‘roteante’ Änte Flöttar ja te sjöss, gustoso esempio di “liscio nordico” cadenzato da quella voce così tipicamente “composta” di Lars a disegnarne un suggestivo contrasto. Struggente la lieve solennità di Arvevals così come le argute dissonanze dell’omonima Karusell Musik con quei suoi riferimenti impastati di klezemer e Kurt Weill. Poi c’è la contagiosa e squinternata giocosità di Inte Quanta, le cadenze epico-free di Cirkus, Eyeliner con quel suo andamento felliniano e la commovente dolcezza di Boeves Psalm a cui, rispetto all’originale, l’arrangiamento arabescato di Derome aggiunge uno svagato sapore à la Penguin Cafè Orchestra. Davvero un disco delizioso.

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6 August 2007
By Dolf Mulder in Vital #588 (Netherlands), August 6, 2007

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“In one word: this is a fantastic cd!”

In one word: this is a fantastic cd! Hollmer and Fanfare Pourpour would have fitted perfectly in the program of the resurrected RIO-festival last april in France. Between the dark - but more then excellent!! - music of Guapo, Présent and others, their positive and uplifting music would have been a great contribution. Why linking this Karusell with RIO? Well, Lars Hollmer with Samla Mammas Manna, was one of the groups involved in the RIO-network in the early 80s, as were Stormy Six, Étron Fou, Univers Zero, Henry Cow, etc. RIO had its function in creating a global audience for these groups. Now, so many years later, we can say this was a success. Accordionplayer Lars Hollmer made friends in Canada (Jean Derome, a.o.), and travels the world with his Accordion Tribe. But before that Hollmer made several great solo-albums in the 80s and 90s. From these lps come most of the compositions that we hear on Karusell Musik. Great tunes, all inspired on Swedish folk music. Jean Derome did a great job in arranging them for the fanfare. Fanfare Pourpour are some 20 musicians playing a diversity of wind instruments of course, but also several string instruments (mandoline, guitar, banjo, violin) plus percussion. And accordion not to forget, one of them played by Lars Hollmer himself who also sings on several pieces. The pieces were rehearsed and recorded with Lars Hollmer during a week in October 2006. They must have had a lot of fun, as the Fanfare gives way to a very joyous interpretation of Hollmer’s pieces. They embraced his music with great enthusiasm. For Hollmer it is the second time that his super melodic tunes are interpreted by musicians somewhere else on this planet. In 2000 he recorded with a group of japanese musicians (Global Home Project). Fanfare Pourpour has a history going back to the 70s, but since they are working together with musicians from the impro scene, they release every now and then a cd. The first one in 1999 (Tout le monde), the second one (Le bal) in 2004 with compositions by band members. And now the irresistible Karusell Musik, a very successful collaboration. Chapeau!

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