Bella Italia
Die Konzertreisen Anfang der 80iger in Italien gehörten zu den Highlights in Munjus Bandgeschichte. Nach der Veröffentlichung der 3.L.P. „Brot&Spiele“ gab es die ersten Kontakte zu „Materiali Sonori“ einem Veranstaltungskollektiv aus San Giovanni Valdarno, das die Munju-tourneen in Italien ermöglichte. Giampiero Bigazzi, Luciano Trevisan und Claudio de Rocco sorgten u.a. auch für die vielen Radiointerviews bei der aufkommenden Privatradioszene, und damit für gut besuchte Konzerte.
telefonare si… pronto… va bene…
Bei diesen Radio-features hatten wir Ukulele und verschiedene kleine Instrumente dabei. Anstatt dem üblichen Frage und Antwortspiel spielten wir kleine musikalische Intermezzi live in die offenen Mikrophone hinein und überraschten damit die Radiomacher. Das kam bei den Radiosendern sehr gut an. Auch das italienische Publikum schätzte unsere virtuose Art der „Musikperformance“ und den spielerischen Umgang mit den Instrumenten. Die italienischen Fans und wir hatten eine gute Zeit.
Dez.1980, 1. Italientour, nach 6 Konzerten in Norditalien mussten wir die Konzertreihe in Firenze wegen eines Erdbebens in der Gegend von Neapel abbrechen!
April 1981, Fortsetzung der Tour mit einigen Solidaritäts- Konzerten „per i terremotati“. 10 Konzerte in Süditalien, u.a Palermo, Catania , Messina und Napoli.
Dieter Kaudel ( git.) Fred Lamberson (sax ) Thomas Römer ( drums ) Wolfgang Salomon ( bass )
Juni 1982, Open- Air- Festivals in Trio-Besetzung: Dieter, Thomas und Wolfgang in Salo am Lago di Garda, und Castello di Galliate / Novara.
Soundcheck : Salo/ Lago di Garda v.l. Gunni, Thomas, Luciano Trevisan, Wolfgang, Dieter,
April 1985, kleine Tour mit Thomas Römer (dr.) ,Wolfgang Salomon (bass), Edi Ruedelle (git ) und Anders Kummer ( git ) mit einem legendären Abschlusskonzert am 4.April 1985 mitten im etruskischem Tuffstein bei Sorano am Lago di Bolsena . Im Publikum gab es ein Wiedersehen mit vielen Auswanderern, die uns von früheren Konzerten in der BRD. kannten. Die Nacht endete mit unserem Italo-Hit „Basta Pasta , Viva la Pizza!“ bei dem der Refrain von Allen mitgesungen wurde und „una canzone exotica bavarese, – Springt der Hirsch übern Bach“, einem Volkslied aus Bayern.
Im Jahr 2017 schrieb Antonello Cresti aus Firenze:
Dear friends,We are writing you as part of the working team of the forthcoming italian book “Solchi Sperimentali Germania” a volume about german underground rock in the seventies. The book will be published in 2018 by Crac Edizioni.. The volume will be the first one in Italy in its genre and we would like to create something different from any previous publication. If you are up for the interview please let us know how and when you wish to be contacted and we’ll be very happy to do it. Thanks a lot – Antonello
Solchi sperimentali. Kraut.
15 anni di germaniche musiche altre (1968-1983) 2018, ISBN 8897389465
Interview Antonello Cresti und Wolfgang Salomon excerpt from “Solchi Sperimentali Kraut”
A.C. –Would you like to tell us about your musical/cultural training at the beginning of your career?
W.S. – I visited “Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium” music-school. Piano or violin were the only instruments, which were allowed at school in the early 60ties! Guitar, or even drums were considered as “devil-instruments”. In fact, there were only few teachers who really influenced my musical career.- We picked up the blues-licks of the live-bands from England or U.S.A. They were performing at local “army-clubs” in our region. These ”lessons” we learned on the street or during jam-sessions with on-the-road-musicians…
A.C. – One main ingredient of your music is the „ethnic“ influence. Is this fascination coming just from a musical approach or is it a way to express your love for other cultures/ways of life?
W.S. –The fascination for “ethnic -music” was more than just a fashion or a nice color in a composition. I shared the love for other cultures/ways of life together with Lars Hollmer from Sweden, Michel Berckmans from Belgium, Santiago Jimenez from Cuba and many fantastic outstanding musicians I had the honour and the pleasure to play with. You can find examples, if you click “TheSalomonMusic” on youtube “Von Zamla –Akarondo”…
A.C.– Which is in your opinion the best album of Munju, would you explain your choice to our readers?
W.S. – My favorite L.P. from Munju-times is still the 4th album „Le perfectionniste“. Everybody of us learned a new instrument. As special guest we had a friend von Zamla , Michel Berckmans on the bassoon. It was a very good period for Munju back there in the 80ties. New doors were opening up for all members of the band…
A.C.-The expression “krautrock”, a misleading and ridiculous one, has been created to describe the incredibile musical scene of Germany in the seventies. I could imagine better ways to describe that flux of creativity, but at least it gives the evidence of something born to be in a space and in a time. Why german music has been so influential over the years?
W.S. – Probably the expression “Krautrock” was invented by the anglo-american music industry. For Munju I can say, that we never took care about these strange labels. We were belonging to the post Can- Kraftwerk-generation and to the independent music-movement, anticipating the ideas of cultural exchange. Yes some structures of the movement were adapted by a new generation of musicians and bands, not only in Germany…
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Glücklicherweise konnte ich mit Hilfe der „Waybackmachine“ das von Lars akribisch geführte Archiv seiner alten Homepage „www.Krax.de” im Netz finden und einiges wiederentdecken, das ich dem Lauf der Jahre nicht mehr genau zuordnen konnte.
Writings from the Chickenhouse Archives.
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 BERCKMANNS, (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… Foto: Kerstin Karlsson
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… ( Foto vom “Blutpudding” )
1989… then in August through Germany. Switzerland and Austria. ln autumn Michel Berkmanns. (ex von Zamla). Wolfgang Salomon. LH. and EDDIE RüDEL (MUNJU). form “MUSIC OVER DISTANCE (MOD). in Würzburg and play concerts in Germany. . ( Foto vom Plakat )
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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Nützliche Links:
Wolfgang Salomon www.youtube.com/user/TheSalomonMusic
Liese Salomon Buchhändlerin www.knodt.de
munju www.munjumusic.com/
nummer zeitschrift für kultur in Würzburg www.nummer-zk.de
Theater am Neunerplatz www.neunerplatz.de
Ballett Eisenach www.ballett-eisenach.de
Theater Meiningen Ballettseiten www.staatstheater-meiningen.de
Christine Ruppert Filmproduzentin, www.tatfilm.de
Thomas Heinemann Kinderbuchautor und Filmproduzent superneun.com
Tanja Meding Filmproduzentin www.ziegler-film.com
Volker Heller Postadr : Tonstudio nassau Spießlestraße 8, 97990 Weikersheim
Ali Lionnet Tonstudio www.jam-productions.eu
Andreas Leidel Blauberg GmbH Agentur für Kommunikation www.blauberg.de
Uli Velte Grafiker Kontakt office@velte-design.de
H.G. Schneider Candela Kontakt hammondo@t-online.de
Eduard Rüdel Musiker und Lichtdesigner www.ruedell-lichtdesign.de
Frank-Markus Barwasser www.pelzig.de
Markus Czygan Theaterleiter www.neues-schauspiel-leipzig.de
Peter Haas Akkordeon, Video-Workshops Berlin www.petermhaas.de
Dieter Kaudel Musiker, Tonabnehmersysteme USA, Oregon www.kksound.com
Burkard Schmidl Klanggärtner www.klanggarten.de
Rich Schwab Musiker und Buchautor, Köln www.richschwab.de
Christoph Weinhart Komponist, Pianist Kontakt christoph.weinhart@t-online.de
Rehan Syed Gitarre und Musikunterricht, Würzburg www.rehansyed.com
Angelika Summa bildende Künstlerin, Würzburg www.angelika-summa.de
Katrin Heyer siehe einige Fotos auf dieser Web-page www.katrinheyer.de
Jazzini Jörg Meister www.jazzini-wuerzburg.de
Afrika Festival Stephan Oschmann www.africafestival.org
Scotty Riggins Kollege Uku -workshop www.scottyriggins.com
Brüko Ukulelen handmade Ukulelen-Hersteller www.brueko.de
Ukulele shop Berlin da hängt der Himmel voller Ukulelen www.leleland.com
Thommi Neubauer Musikladen, Darstadt b. Ochsenfurt www.musikbutik.de
Stadt Würzburg Kontakt info.kultur@stadt-wuerzburg.de
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