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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Boban Markovic Orkestar ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Live in Belgrade: The Best Trumpet of Guca ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Piranha ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: CD-PIR1685 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ Genre........: World Music/Serbia/Gypsy/Brass ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Dec 22, 2002 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Oct 08, 2002 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripped.by...: Suncrest ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps 44.1 kHz Full Stereo░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ grabber.....: Exact Audio Copy 0.9 ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ encoder.....: Lame 3.92 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ no.of.tracks: 09 ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 66,9 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ playtime....: 48:38 min ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ URL.........: www.piranha.de ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ -01- Otpisani [06:42] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -02- Hava Naguila [03:33] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -03- Zajdi, Zajdi [03:05] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -04- Vodopad [03:10] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -05- Mesecina [04:59] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -06- Ring, Ring [05:49] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -07- Disco Dzumbus [03:53] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -08- Intro/cororo/branjski Cocek/nikolin Cocek [11:44] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -09- Ederlezi [05:43] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The year 2002 nearly ending, we'd still like to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ introduce one of the best world music records made ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ this year. From Serbia comes Boban Markovic and his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Gypsy Brass Band Orchestra, arguably the best brass ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ band on earth. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Info about the band ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ www.piranha.de ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ In a small town in Central Serbia, called Guca, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Festival of Brass Music" takes place annually ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ since 40 years. It's a competition to determine the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ best Brass musicians on Earth. More than 300.000 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ people grab the chance to listen to over 30 bands. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ And Boban Marcovic Orkestar are among the winners ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ every time, receiving the "best orchestra" award in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 2000 as well as "best trumpet" for the maestro ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ himself in 2001 - his 5th win. It was the first ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ time ever that a musician got the highest mark from ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ every jury member. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The reason for Markovics continuing success is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ evident: He is the best Serbian trumpeter, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reinventing "traditional" brass music with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ injections and adaptations of sounds from around ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the globe. His music is strongly influenced by the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ old traditions of the Roma. Just listen to his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ version of the Jewish classic Hava Naguila and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ you'll understand. The bands repertoire includes ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Gypsy grooves, chocheks and other dances, as well ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ as tunes from movies of Emir Kusturica, but also ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ new material, composed exclusively for the band. In ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ a mix of archaic jazz and light and sweet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Balkan-brass-sound Markovic became a king in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Balkans and now is one of the VIPs of the region. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The band performs on weddings, on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ open-air-festivals, in music academies or on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ classical concerts with the same power like the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ best rock bands. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ From the historical sight only the Gypsies kept the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ country's tradition of brass music alive, from the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ times of the Ottoman Empire through Tito's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ communist regime, right into Slobodan Milosevic's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ infamous reign. It is told, that during the war US ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ President Bill Clinton - enthusiastic saxophonist ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that he is - appreciated the Gypsy contribution and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mercifully spared Serbia further bombing. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Since Emir Kusturica's notorious Balkan film ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Underground" (1995), Gypsy-Serbian brass music ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ started to have powerful presence on the world ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music scene. The blasting of Gypsy brass made the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ film unforgettable, creating the frantic, surreal ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ atmosphere which the film is famous for. None other ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ than Boban Markovic and his orchestra supplied the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ most impressive tunes of the soundtrack. Boban ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Markovic Orkestar have played festivals and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ concerts in Greece, Belgium, Rumania Hungary, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Italy, Austria, Monaco, Germany, Spain, Slovenia, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Slovakia, Croatia, Czech Republic. They performed ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ at countless festivals as there are the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Interbalcanic Music Festival (1995), the Balkan ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Brass Band Meeting (1996/97), the West Ritam ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (1999), the Mediawave (2000), Plein Air (2000), ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Glatt & Verkehrt (2000), the 30th International New ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ jazz Festival in Moers, Linz Festival, Lent - ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Maribor, Praha Respect Festival, Pohoda festival in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Trencin, Weltenklang festival in St. Polten, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Kapolcs festival and Pepsi Sziget 2001 in Budapest ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ with more than 15.000 people in the audience. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ At Pepsi Sziget they played at the "World Music ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ stage" in front of 15.000 people. At the same time ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the concert of British group Oasis should start on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the main stage. But, as the whole audience was at ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the World Music stage to listen to the crazy Serbs, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Oasis were waiting 30 minutes until Boban's band ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ finished its concert. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ An album review by Michael Stone from Rootsworld ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ www.rootsworld.com/reviews/markovic-live.shtml ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Boban Markovic Orkestar ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Live in Belgrade: The Best Trumpet of Guca ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Piranha Records (www.piranha.de) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Ottoman military brass bands inspired Balkan Gypsy ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ players to a blistering musical repartee of their ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ own eclectic creation, hammered out with the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ devil-may-care Θlan of a marginalized ethnic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ minority certain of little else in a deceitful ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ world. In Tito's vanished Yugoslavia, at the Guca ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Brass Festival, Serbian brass royalty congregated ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ for an annual blowout. Cutting all contenders, it ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was there that Gypsy trumpeter Boban Markovic made ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ his name. Live in Belgrade captures all the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ strutting vitality of his band, complete with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Markovic's vocal interjections, the natural reverb ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of live sound and, hanging on every lyrical phrase, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the raucous appreciation of a passionate, knowing ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ audience. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The Orkestar's unassailable wall of brass includes ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ eight horn players, a saxophonist and two ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ percussionists. Of the nine tracks, seven are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ dazzling Markovic arrangements of traditional ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Serbian, Gypsy and Jewish dance tunes. "Otpisani" ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ opens with a menacing bass line and percussive horn ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ harmonies, over which Markovic's warbling trumpet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ casts a ska-like spell. "Hava Naguila" assumes a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ startling aura, arguably the dizziest oom-pah ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ flogging this well-traveled chestnut has ever ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ endured. "Ring, Ring" lays down a brassy coda to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Momcilo Kristic's other-worldly sax lines, in a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wailing, soaring attack that could be a snake ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ charmer's lung-splitting etude, set against ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Markovic's sustained exhalations and a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fundament-rocking brass foundation. Kristic's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ resonant reedy touch also weaves a redolent ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ counterpoint to Markovic's stately vocal on "Zajdi, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Zajdi," a sober ramble shifting suddenly into the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ thundering fanfare of "Vodopad." The album's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ longest track (nearly twelve minutes) is an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ energetic brass medley of Balkan Gypsy cocek ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ dances, levitated upon some outlandish sax and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ dead-on percussion to go. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Composer Goran Bregovic's "Mesecina" features ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Markovic's trilling, feathery vocals, sounding like ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ a funkadelic call to cosmic prayer, with an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ accelerating figure heading somewhere to the left ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bank of beyond. The band also reworks "Disco ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Dzumbus" (by sometimes-collaborator Lajk≤ FΘlix, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the Hungarian Gypsy violin sensation), the band's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ thumping, rapid-fire secret weapon to drive out the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ preening Templars of Saturday night pump-and-hump ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fever, once and for all. Heading out with a somber ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ traditional refrain, Markovic authenticates a rare ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ artistry, layering one sublime and bittersweet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ phrase over another on "Ederlezi," a reverential ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ essay that inheres with all the understated musical ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sentiment, human misfortune and receding terror of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the late-breaking Balkan tragedy. Straight, no ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ chaser, this is the impossible virtuosity of a man ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ who has already tried everything else. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ---- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ JUST... another world. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun releases different kinds of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, world, jazz, chanson, ▓▌ ░ electro and much more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▄ ▓▌ ░ ground scene. 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