Luumu is the band of pianist and singer Adina Friis. She tells stories packed
into songs. A socially critical fairy tale and criticism of world events wrapped
in spherical sounds. But some are also personal stories, sometimes
melancholic or with a pinch of irony, about her own life or the life around her.
Floating, dreamy and yet down-to-earth, the four musicians combine the
sounds of lyrical jazz with folk and an archaic undertone from Scandinavia
and Ireland with the music of the 60s/70s and, if you close your eyes, it
could be film music from your own individual or imagined story.
The members of Luumu have created their very own world of sound
together.
The band around composer, singer and pianist Adina Friis, double bassist
Simon Iten and drummer Andy Schelker has existed since 2012 and has
played well over a hundred concerts on small and large stages in
Switzerland, Denmark and Europe. Since...

Luumu is the band of pianist and singer Adina Friis. She tells stories packed
into songs. A socially critical fairy tale and criticism of world events wrapped
in spherical sounds. But some are also personal stories, sometimes
melancholic or with a pinch of irony, about her own life or the life around her.
Floating, dreamy and yet down-to-earth, the four musicians combine the
sounds of lyrical jazz with folk and an archaic undertone from Scandinavia
and Ireland with the music of the 60s/70s and, if you close your eyes, it
could be film music from your own individual or imagined story.
The members of Luumu have created their very own world of sound
together.
The band around composer, singer and pianist Adina Friis, double bassist
Simon Iten and drummer Andy Schelker has existed since 2012 and has
played well over a hundred concerts on small and large stages in
Switzerland, Denmark and Europe. Since 2023, they have expanded the
band into a quartet and brought in Spanish violinist Gabriel Miranda. The
enchanted world of Luumu has been captured in several animated videos,
which have been shown at film festivals around the world.
The band's live concerts are particularly characterised by their ability to
create surprising moments and take the audience out of their everyday lives
for a moment with a great deal of energy and liveliness...

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