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- Date Released: November 15, 2005
- Genre: International
- Style: Eastern Europe
- Label: Topic / IODA
A valuable document of early Balkan music.
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We Say...
One of those pesky eMusic selections that nearly demands liner notes, Blowers from the Balkans presents four distinct sets of Balkan music over its 25 tracks: Romanian-style dances, peasant tunes, clarinet-led Greek pieces and music from the Ottoman-Greek cafés. While the substandard sound quality is sometimes distracting, there are highlights: on “Dura, Dura” you can hear the singer's lips buzz on the d’s as she gives life to the Romanian standard, while each of the unaccompanied peasant songs are full of impassioned and playful soloing on bagpipe or lute. Perhaps best is the blaring clarinet of “Trygona” that slowly leads a plodding sing-along. Blowers is both a valuable document of early Balkan music and as vital-sounding as any modern recording.
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They Say...
Exploration of roots is inevitably a good thing as music develops and takes on new colors; it enables listeners to go back and look at the starting point. And with a new Balkan music emerging, Blowers from the Balkans gives the opportunity to examine at least a few of the origins of this music as performed on wind instruments. Culled from Romania, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, and Albania, the cuts are divided into four sections, although the definitions are a little fluid. The Ottoman-Greek café music category, for example, shows influences from other areas, most notably Turkey. But these vintage tracks show similarities as much as differences, which makes them worthwhile as an academic listening experience. There's also the pleasure in having everything laid out, with good liner notes, as a guide through at least one part of the maze of Balkan music.
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| 01. |  |
Chindia - Dusk (Romanian style music)
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3:35 |
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| 02. | |
Stalingrad (Romanian style music)
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3:40 |
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| 03. | |
Invertita dela Chicago (Romanian style music)
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3:02 |
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| 04. | |
Hategana (Romanian style music)
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3:10 |
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| 05. | |
Invartita din Indiana Harbor (Romanian style music)
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3:11 |
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| 06. | |
Dura, dura - Glide along (Romanian style music)
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2:38 |
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| 07. | |
Cavalul (Romanian style music)
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3:06 |
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| 08. | |
Sarba lui Fanica Luca (Romanian style music)
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3:03 |
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| 09. | |
Invartita cu strigari - invirtita with shouts (Romanian style music) |
3:04 |
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| 10. | |
Snoshti minaha prez selo turtsi - drugovertsi - Last night the infidel Turks passed through the village
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3:11 |
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| 11. | |
Panayot Vonka dumashe - Panayot advises Vonka (Peasant music)
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3:16 |
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| 12. | |
Valle - kapisseshte - Dance (Peasant music)
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2:55 |
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| 13. | |
Pare me kai mena barba - Take me with you, uncle (Greek clarinet music) |
3:16 |
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| 14. | |
Syrtos mesogeitikos - Mesogeian syrtos (Greek clarinet music) |
3:22 |
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| 15. | |
Dyosmos ki' vasilikos - Mint and basil (Greek clarinet music) |
3:20 |
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| 16. | |
Kritiko syrto - Cretan syrtos (Greek clarinet music)
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2:35 |
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| 17. | |
Mana mou stelleis mia grafi - Mother, you send me a letter (Greek clarinet music)
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2:49 |
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| 18. | |
Palii kleftes - Old klephts (Greek clarinet music)
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3:06 |
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| 19. | |
Trygona - Turtle dove (Greek clarinet music)
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3:04 |
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| 20. | |
O Zaharias - Zacharias (Greek clarinet music)
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3:08 |
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| 21. | |
Vohaitissa - Girl from Voha (Ottoman-Greek cafe music)
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3:24 |
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| 22. | |
I nosokoma - The Nurse (Ottoman-Greek cafe music)
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3:39 |
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| 23. | |
Zeibekiko (Ottoman-Greek cafe music)
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3:04 |
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| 24. | |
Tsirigotiko einai to nero - The Water is Tsirgiotic (Ottoman-Greek cafe music)
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3:05 |
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| 25. | |
Barba-Giannis - Uncle Yiannis (Ottoman-Greek cafe music)
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2:29 |
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25 Total Tracks, 78:12 Total Length
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Credits
- Tony Engle - Producer // Nikos Karakostas - Clarinet // Jack Towers - Transfers // Lazaros Rouvas - Laouto // Fanica Luca - Nai // Pekka Gronow - Transfers // Atanas Georgi Gergov - Bagpipes // Georgi Atanasov Kehaiov - Kaval // Paun Muscalagiu - Nai // P. Opingari - ? // Kostas Gadinis - Clarinet // Kyria Koula - Vocals
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