muzycy: Bratko Bibic - Lars Hollmer - Maria Kalaniemi - Guy Klucevsek - Otto Lechner

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2006 is the 10th anniversary of the Accordion Tribe, a collective of five of
the world's most distinctive and innovative contemporary accordionists: Bratko Bibic (Slovenia),
Lars Hollmer (Sweden), Maria Kalaniemi (Finland), Guy Klucevsek (USA) and Otto Lechner (Austria).
Individually, they are celebrated locally and internationally as adventurers in classical, jazz,
folk and avant-garde music circles. Collectively, they have created a multi-dimensional new vehicle
for accordion music exploration and entertainment, featuring solos and combinations, new
compositions and collaborative arrangements. Accordion Tribe have recently enjoyed greater exposure
with the release of the award winning documentary film Accordion Tribe - Music Travels.


April 28th sees the release of the third Accordion Tribe album, Lunghorn Twist. Recorded in
Lars Hollmer's Chickenhouse studio, Uppsala, Sweden in November 2005, "Lunghorn Twist" showcases the
band at their most adventurous and eclectic. The five musicians convened with almost twenty new
pieces, some in completed form, others in raw state. The band chemistry kicked in immediately upon
arriving to the studio and the music gushed forth for ten days, taking unexpected twists, turns and
directions. Over seventy minutes of music was eventually produced from the sessions. Lars Hollmer,
in a super-human effort, spent over one month assembling, editing, mixing and preparing the album
for final release. The result is the band's most challenging, compelling and brain-contorting music
to date. In "Lunghorn Twist", the distinctive personality of each musician is clearly heard while
various mixtures of personalities and styles in many of the pieces opens new windows to accordion
exploration, in composition, arrangement and performance. The Accordion Tribe hereby presents one of .......
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