It was my great pleasure to play in this group. We played and lived our music in our own unique way, travelling and living in a big Swedish ex-post bus – oh, how we danced! – yes, the bus was moving! 😉 … where our lifestyle transcended fashions and borders. ‚Von Zamla‘ succeeded, with its typically European flair, anticipating the idea of intercultural exchange.
(See discography L.P. ‚No Make Up‘ and the CD ‚Von Zamla – live 1983‘, produced by Lars Hollmer / krax and Wolfgang Salomon / Chance Productions, and released by Cuneiform records U.S.A. 2001).
Sample: von Zamla / Antsong; 1:00 min
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Glücklicherweise konnte ich mit Hilfe der „Waybackmachine“ das von Lars Hollmer akribisch geführte Archiv seiner alten Homepage „www.Krax.de” im Netz finden. Hier ein Auszug…
Lars, Mårten, Hans, Michel, W.S. , Eino
1980 Erstes Telephonat mit Lars in Uppsala on „Midsommar“1980 ...First German tour of ZAMLA. Organized by WOLFGANG SALOMON from the Würzburg based group MUNJU…
1982…Because of good reception of ZAMLARANAMMA by RIO groups, a six man band is formed by LH and Haapala. with MICHEL BERCKMANS, (ex. Univers Zero) on bassoon and oboe, WOLFGANG SALOMON (MUNJU) on bass HANS LOUHELAINEN (keyboards) and BILL ÖHRSTRÖM (Ramlösa kvällar) on perc. and rehearses in the CHlCKENHOUSE. Autumn: VON ZAMLA tour Sweden with ART ZOYD. Bill Öhrström leaves and is replaced by MÅRTEN TISELIUS on drums…
1983…Big and successful tours for VON ZAMLA: Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden and Holland… mit einem Konzert im legendären Melkweg / Amsterdam
1984…Release of the second VON ZAMLA album NO MAKE UP .Two long VON ZAMLA tours in Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium… VON ZAMLA play an important concert at the Maison de la Culture in Reims, France and perform on TV in Sweden. Autumn: Last tour of the original VON ZAMLA in Germany. After that the group split up…
1985… A new version of VON ZAMLA with LH. Haapala, Wolfgang Salomon, Kalle Eriksson and Hasse Bruniusson tour Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, and then split up. LH temporarily leaves the CHlCKENHOUSE and moves to VENDEL, north of Uppsala. He decides to form a group which will play music from his solo albums plus new material… …Lars Hollmer and Wolfgang Salomon continue to work together on music for theatre. (e.g. Kein Prinz für Mirandella). and music for ballet. (eg. FAUST) for the Stadttheater Würzburg. MUNJU performs FAUST in Germany ..
1986…Together with Wolfgang Salomon LH writes music for the play Lord of the flies, based on the novel by William Golding…. Sehr kreative „Vendelzeit“ > The Map, Pregnant Tango, Pazific Edelweiss.
1987…L.H and Wolfgang Salomon tour Swedish schools as a duo, playing their music and demonstrating their recording techniques…
1989… then in August through Germany. Switzerland and Austria. ln autumn Michel Berckmans. (ex von Zamla). Wolfgang Salomon. LH. and EDDIE RÜDEL (MUNJU). form “MUSIC OVER DISTANCE (MOD). in Würzburg and play concerts in Germany. .
For the Stadttheater Würzburg Wolfgang Salomon and LH collaborate on the music for the ballet Alice in Wonderland, which opens in October
1994 LH travels to Würzburg, Germany in the autumn to help Wolfgang Salomon recording his soloproject PETER PAN …
1996 In October Wolfgang Salomon visits LH in Uppsala and participates in several recordings for coming projects…
1999…Lars Hollmer is awarded the Swedish Grammy Award for ANDETAG (Krax 10). LH travels to Wolfgang Salomon in Germany to finish the live record 2 „von Zamla 1983“ to be released by Cuneiform records USA…
2000…January. Recordings with Santiago Jimenez in the Chickenhouse for LH.s new CD UTSIKTER. In February the group Utsikter makes a tour in Sweden, with four concerts. April: LH travels to Würzburg Germany for playing and make two performances with Wolfgang Salomon and make Accordion workshops there during the Swedish week in Würzburg.3-9 april. Tomas Arnesen jumps off the group Utsikter and Wolfgang Salomon replaces him just before the Russian tour with Utsikter in late April. St. Petersburg at the SKIF festival, and Moscow, (The Chinese pilot)…
2001…May. UTSIKTER: (LH. Michel Berckmans. Wolfgang Salomon. Santiago Jimenez, and Matti Andersson) play at the Ring Ring festival in Belgrade and in Novi Sad. Serbia. contacts is made with among others Boris Kovac in Novi Sad…
…To be continued…… ( Leider verstarb Lars Hollmer am 27.12.2008
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