Katalog nr 84 - Velkommen til Etnisk Musikklubb

MÅNEDENS ALBUM:
BALKANSK PROFIL
3-709 Isaac's dry tree -
ODESA KLEZMER BAND
3-710 Feketeto - CIMBALIBAND
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Odessa Klezmer Band was formed in 1998 by wellknown
figures of Hungarian folk-, world-, jazz and
rock music. They discovered the folk music of Eastern-
European Jews in the course of their work, - partly
while collecting folk music in the Carpathian Basin,
and partly while composing music for films, theatre
and dance performances. As musicians, they were
stunned by the beauty of the tunes, the uniqueness of
performance, and by the peculiar instrumental
ornamentation, which has a characteristic atmosphere
- sometimes bitter, sometimes humorous and joking,
or, at times, even ironic. They were also impressed by
the ability with which the Jewish village performers
could transform the music motifs of the people living
beside them into their world of musical images, and
last but not least by the playful and sometimes
meditative improvisational skill which is manifest in
their performance.
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CimbaliBand is not a typical folk music group. Not one of
the many, whose sound and style we might have become
accustomed to. We have already heard Balkan music
played in many ways: very authentic, very modern or electric,
and mostly dominated by either brass or stringed
instruments. The formation of CimbaliBand, fronted by
the pairing of cimbalom and accordion, can be regarded
as a pioneering enterprise. The harmony of these two
instruments - together with vocals, violin, tambura, double
bass and darbuka - helps to create sound which springs
from a deeply rooted tradition yet is born at the very present.
This fresh and dynamic music of today, played on entirely
acoustic instruments, manages to captive even those who
otherwise do not have an affinity for folk music.
Balázs Unger - cimbalom, viola, vocals
Weretics Szlobodán - accordion, vocals
Eszter Szita - vocals
Gellért Boda - violin, viola
GergQ Unger - guitar, vocals
Krisztián Rodek - tambura-viola, darbuka, vocals
Péter Pataj - double bass