Samo Salamon & Hasse Poulsen /  Record Cover Design

String Dancers

Recorded in June and July 2020
Mixing and mastering by Samo Salamon
Produced by Hasse Poulsen & Samo Salamon
Artwork by Christian Kirk-Jensen / Danish Pastry Design
www.poulsen.fr /// www.samosalamon.com /// info@taktars.sl

When the first lockdown in March occurred, I was faced with the fact that my creative side
wanted to work despite the cancellation of all concerts. I thought of the options and suddenly
the idea of long-distance improvisation popped up.
Hasse has been one of my favorite improvisers for years, having played with so many
incredible musicians and creating so much great music. I e-mailed him to ask if he would do an
improvised album and he said yeah! and let’s also compose, as well as freely improvise… I have
been combining complex composition and free improvisation for years, so I loved the idea.
Basically we co-wrote the music… everything was so natural, it seemed as if we had played
together for years… it was so easy to improvise with Hasse, such a great player! I’m very happy
and privileged that we were able to do this record. Hope to do it live on stage soon!!!!
Samo

and then in the middle of the confinement a mail suddenly turned up from a Slovenian
guitarist: ”how about making a few improvisations together?”
I looked up who he was, and saw that he played with many great musicians and since I also
want to be a great musician, I had to play with him as well. ”How about using compositions?»
He wrote ”great” or something to that extent and five minutes later I sent him a few recent
compositions to see how he would respond.
Another seven minutes later he sent me some revised versions back along with some of his own
compositions and by sunset we had started the recordings.
I am really amazed at the result and at how easy it is to work with Samo. He takes the music
one step further, and then another. He makes everything possible.
Hasse