BIOGRAPHY
Högsommarmännen (a.k.a. HSM or the High Summer Men in UK or the Indian Summer Men in US) are a accordion based group formed in june 2002 by Skinner, Spinnner, Bulf & Bony from Bulftown in Sweden.
The biograpy go backwards from present to the beginning...
In june 2009 HSM released the new album Kallt som Fan i Köpenhamn with five new songs.
In 2008 HSM played live around the world, but no new good music was released.
In august 2007 HSM released the new EP Från Bulftown till Savannen with three new songs that they composed with their homemade electric accordions.
In january 2006 the band released an updated version of the collection CD Kattgulds Kollektionen, but with a Plus into the name, this version was only released in Bulftown because people in Bulftown don't have money to buy all great albums with HSM. So here they got all great albums on one CD for the price of one.
In december 2006 the band released the new EP Spännade Kärleks Kontakt, a single with three great songs made for dirty dancing.
The EP Kosken Meditation was released in march 2005, and this single was sold to the fans when HSM did some live performance in Bulftown, Luleå and Boden (in Sweden).
In september 2005 the band released the collection CD called Kattgulds Kollektionen, a collection of all songs recorded by the band during 2002 and 2005, this CD was a success for new fans who never had heard HSM before.
The band released the chritmas EP God Jul från Bulftown in december 2005 and this little piece was the number one christmas record at the radio station in Bulftown.
In June 2004 Uncle Baffen changed the name on his record company from 'BSSB Records' to 'Bulftown Records'.
HSM released a very limited collection CD in august 2004 (only in Bulftown for very very ner friends) called The Ultimate Dance Collection. (This CD has no new tracks!)
In october 2004 the two new members 'Ticos Ullbroder' and 'Urkulla Mjältbrand' joined the band. Bulf and Spinner met them both in Bulftown in the lokal pub. Both 'Ticos' and 'Urkulla' are very talented musicians.
Högsommarmännen released the album Glesbyggdssynthen (The sparsely-populated area synth) in december 2004. This album was called a masterpiece by the fans and it is one of the best albums by the band.
In June 2003 Högsommarmännen met Spjelker in the lokal pub in Bulftown, and two days later he was a new member in the band, in July 2003 HSM started to record the album Dragspelets Makt (The power of the accordion) and in august 2003 it was finished.
The story begin in Bulftown in Sweden (a little town not found on any map, but it exist, believe it or not!!) The two members Bulf and Bony had both been playing and making music since they were kids. Bulf was strongly influenced by drum n´bass & techno, since he had heard some great stuff at his uncles house (Uncle Baffen the elder), Bulf and Bony met at a lokal pub in april 2002, and decided to make some music that did not sound like the ordinary crap that you can hear on the radio everyday! Bulf and Bony mixed Harmonica and electronic beats together like it had never been done before.
Early in june 2002 they teamed up with the two brothers Skinner and Spinner who also were great musicians (that had toured around the country a lot under the name SkinSpin). Skinner and Spinner were so amazed when they heard the result from Bulf and Bony that they wanted be part of the band, The music was so brilliant, that all other music sounded like horseshit!
Later in june 2002 they all finaly could make it happen! Now they were all together with their instruments, writing songs all day long, Skinner and Spinner mixed in electric accordions into the drum n´bass, techno & pop style, and finaly Högsommarmännen was created and the first album Electric Light Accordion was recorded at 'BSSB Records' in October 2002.
Högsommarmännen also released the 78'rpm single Workout in Paris in hard vinyl in october, only in a limited release in Bulftown. But this masterpiece was a complete radio hit, so it was also released world wide!
Högsommarmännen's music can be downloaded for free at soundclick