Sola

The Profile

SOLA is the collaborative project associated with Swedish musician Lars Hollmer; the album credited to "SOLA: Lars Hollmer's Global Home Project" was produced in 2002 and features Japanese collaborators named in the available review. Hollmer was active from the late 1960s until 2008 and is associated with Samla Mammas Manna, Looping Home Orchestra and Accordion Tribe.

Lars Hollmer (Swedish) died in 2008. He was an accordionist and a member of Samla Mammas Manna; he led and participated in projects such as Looping Home Orchestra and Accordion Tribe. The 2002 SOLA record grew from a 1999 invitation to play in Japan and features collaborators including Wataru Ohkuma, Tatsuya Yoshida, Kazuto Shimizu, Hiromichi Sakamoto, Yuriko Mukoujima and Kei Fushimi (as listed in the review).

The available review praises Lars Hollmer's melodic sensitivity and frames SOLA as a collaborative 2002 project recorded with Japanese musicians. The writing highlights Hollmer's long career (late 1960s–2008), his connections to Samla Mammas Manna, Looping Home Orchestra and Accordion Tribe, and situates the music within rock in opposition and Zeuhl-inflected experimental progressive rock.