released September 22, 1999

Michel Berckmans Bassoon, Oboe
Eino Haapala Guitar
Lars Hollmer Piano, Organ, Korg, Accordion
Hans Loelv Piano, Organ, Korg, Melodica
Wolfgang Salomon Bass
Mårten Tiselius Drums


This record is the result of a collaboration between Krax/Chance Productions, Cuneiform Records, and Radio Bremen. The music comes from two live concerts in Germany, which took place in Bremen on March 8th and in Hildesheim on March 10th in 1983. The Bremen concert was recorded and broadcast by Radio Bremen. It was engineered at Radio Bremen by Dietram Köster, with sound assistance by Eva Malmquist and Jürgen Kuntze. Chief engineer was Renate Wolters and the producers were Peter Schulze and Volker Steppat. The Hildesheim concert was recorded by ourselves on a multitrack recorder we had brought along on tour. Both concerts were edited and mixed by Lars Hollmer, with the assistance of Wolfgang Salomon, in the Chickenhouse during November ‘98 and January ‘99. The final mix was mastered by Andreas Balaskas together with Hollmer and Salomon in Würzburg, Germany in February ‘99. Live mix and sound for all the concerts was by Eric Faes, who had also engineered the Hildesheim tape.

1983 was the year before “Big Brother”. It was a time pre-midi and even pre-computer for the average person. The Cold War was flourishing, as were Reagan and Thatcher; Perestrojka was nowhere in sight. Impenetrable borders stood between East and West Europe. Another time...
We travelled and lived in a big Swedish [former] postal/passenger bus. Carried all the equipment ourselves, including the PA, up and down on the stages every day. We were Very Strong! And equally enthusiastic. We played on Yamaha grand electric piano, Hohner Symfonic organ, Korg Polyphonic ensemble keyboard, Epiphone guitar, Schecter bass, Hohner accordion, Hohner melodica, Drums, homemade plate, glockenspiel, metal pin-filled cans, triangle, bells, bassoon, oboe, English horn, Casio home keyboard, bottles of different kinds, ring modulator, distortion, octavider pedals, Mesa Boogie, Hiwatt and Peavey amps, a strange PA system, Soundcraft live mixer...and we had TREMENDOUS FUN!! – Lars Hollmer