Tandem

Three years after “Thrill Box” the two now found their way into the studio, again. In “Tandem” they are to be heard exploring and expoiting all the sound possibilities of their instruments. "I hear Vincent's playing less and less as an accordion, and more as an orchestra with thousands of possibilities," says Wollny. Their stylistic palette does indeed range widely. There is the mysterious, suspense-laden Björk Classic "Hunter. " They play the piece voted by the listeners of the BBC Today Programme by a wide margin as “The Saddest Music Ever Written,” Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” which the film-absorbed Wollny first encountered in the soundtrack of Oliver Stone’s "Platoon." There is the anthemic "4th of July" by Sufjan Stevens, a songwriter much admired by Wollny. The up-tempo number "Vignette" by Gary Peacock is perhaps the only "classic" jazz tune on the album. The duo also plays a beautiful piece ("Song Yet Untitled") by the Swiss vocal soloist (and new ACT artist) Andreas Schaerer, which is steeped in his typically subliminal humour.