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Ale Möller Band Djef Djel (Amigo) Well, nothing that has ever come from the hands of Ale Möller has been anything less than brilliant, in my opinion, and this one continues his exploration of the Swedish ethos in the global continuum. This time around, it is just the band, a now well-seasoned sextet of musicians from all over the planet, in sync with each others ideas and exploring new applications of their roots. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, of course Listen: Sail Minore Tis Avgis Adona Jiggan

It’s been three years since the release of their Swedish Grammy winning debut album Bodjal. Since then The Ale Möller Band has toured domestically as well as abroad adding new material, on stage, in rehearsal studios and hotel rooms, as they have travelled. In the autumn of 2006 the new songs beckoned to be recorded and the band entered the famed Atlantis Studio (Abba etc) to record their second album. Contrary to Bodjal where AMB invited quite a few guests the new album Djef Djel focuses on the core of the six piece AMB band. Around the magnificent rhythm section of Mexican master percussionist Rafael Sida Huizar and Canadian bass virtuoso Sebastién Dubé, bandleader Ale Möller, with customary multi arsenal of assorted instruments (this time including a Lazy Susan), Swedish master fiddler Magnus Stinnerbom and the two vocalists Maria Stellas of Greek origin and Mamadou Sene from Senegal weave their magic into usual homogenous AMB groove. During the past several years, the main focus of Ale Möller’s musical creativity has revolved around a clear premise where, in a series of noteworthy projects, he has worked with the meeting between musicians from different cultures and traditions. In the Ale Möller Band ­ a diverse, colorful group of musicians ­ the nucleus of the participants from these projects are reunited. It is the quintessence of Stockholm Folk Big Band, World Music Laboratory and the various constellations that brought about the fantastic evenings in the tent at the Falun Folkmusic Festival. A super band that has already won a large audience through last year’s intensive touring. Musicians: Ale Möller: mandola, accordion, flutes, shawm (skalmeja), cow horn etc. Maria Stellas: Swedish-Greek singer and dancer. As a singer she has specialized in older Greek songs, primarily from the Rembetika repertoire of the early 1900s. Her dancing is the oriental dance “Raqs Sharki” (or belly dance). Mamadou Sene: singer and acrobatic dancer from Senegal. Before moving to Sweden he was a soloist in the Senegalese National Ballet. Magnus Stinnerbom: young master fiddle player from Värmland who specializes in polskor from Jössehärad, as well as music from the Swedish-Norwegian border area. Member of folk music groups Harv and Hedningarna. Sebastién Dubé: double bass player from Quebec, Canada, who is both classically trained and a virtuoso jazz musician. Currently also plays with The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, based in Örebro. Rafael Sida Huizar: Mexican percussionist who came to Sweden in the 1970s as a member of a Mexican rock band. A percussionist with a profound knowledge of Afro-Cuban and Latin drum traditions.

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