Letting yourself get into Streif is like taking a dive into a melting pot of cultures. Sometimes it sounds as if the lost world of the eastern Jewish Schtetl has again come to life, with “Bessleiken” making the baltic shake with euphonium, accordeon, and percussion until, with drum...
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Letting yourself get into Streif is like taking a dive into a melting pot of cultures. Sometimes it sounds as if the lost world of the eastern Jewish Schtetl has again come to life, with “Bessleiken” making the baltic shake with euphonium, accordeon, and percussion until, with drum rolls and the sounding of the clarinet, if finally takes you back to the North (“Klarinettlaat Etter”). The traditional ways and irresistible harmonies are enchanting, and they are, thanks to Streif, magnificently optimized without losing their authenticity or essence. The nordic winter, carefree, wraps itself around the burning heat of the equator or finds warmth in the smokey jazz cellars of Manhattan with the sacral “Hjemlandslokke”.
Bewitchingly beautiful to spite the freezing cold
Georg Reiss
clarinet, tarogato, saxophone
Tom Karlsrud
akkordion, euphonium
Torbjørn Økland
guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, trumpet
Birger Mistereggen
percussion, marimba, drums
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