Musikk Fra Hybridene

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 49:21

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Peter Margasak

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Peter Margasak has been a staff music writer at the Chicago Reader, where he covers everything from jazz to world music to country, since 1995. He's also a regu...more »

04.22.11
They might be a novelty act — if they didn’t pull it off with such rigor and charm.
1997 | Label: Kirkelig Kulturverksted / Phonofile

This beguiling quintet channels severe stylistic and geographical dislocation, its quick-blink patchworks and high-octane breakdowns technically dazzling. Led by accordionist Stian Carstensten, the core of the band's music is breakneck Bulgarian wedding music — the sort popularized by the great clarinetist Ivo Papasov — and they've got a ringer in Bulgarian reedist Trifon Trifonov, the only non-Norwegian member. The band has a sure-fire grip on tradition, but drummer Jarle Vespestad and guitarist Nils Olav Johansen put their own Nordic spin on the proceedings. Farmers Market also includes wild descents into bebop, disco, funk, techno, punk rock, American country music and tango, among others; there are a couple of mind-bending medleys of hackneyed material (TV show themes, bossa nova, Van Halen's “Jump”) that completely transform the originals; they might be a novelty act if they didn't pull it off with such rigor and charm.

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Nigel108

and you can hear dozens of recognizable songs in this album. 007, the Flintstones, country, jazz... it's all here on this wacky but incredibly fun album.

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Like fast paced music with odd time signatures?

Shrooman777atAOL.com

This is one of the greatest cd's ever. Not "easy listening". North-eastern European Traditional/Jazz/Fusion. Very fast paced, lots of odd time signatures typical to the region, like 7's and 9's and 11's. Again, some of my absolute most favorite music, as in, if had to pick only 10 cd's to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be one of them.

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