Vranjski San (Brass Menazeri)
StreetDate: 08/17/2010 (PFR018)
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1 Vranjski San  (5:06)
2 Hajde Fato (Come On, Fata)  (7:15)
3 Mikrokonstandinos (Little Constantive) / Zone Erotikos  (6:35)
4 Izgubljeno Jagnje (Lost Lamb)  (2:04)
5 Cocekahedron  (4:02)
6 Phirava, Daje (I Traveled, Mother)  (5:10)
7 Vranjanka  (4:36)
8 Mejra na Tabutu (Mejra in the Casket)  (3:36)
9 Hasan's Dream  (1:42)
10 E Davulja (The Drums)  (5:12)
11 Mandilatos (Handkerchief Dance)  (4:25)
11 Lal Lal Hothon Pe (On Red, Red Lips)  (4:44)
13 Izgubljeno Jagnje - Reprise  (1:11)
14 Kozarica Kolo (Goatherd Girl Kolo)  (3:53)
15 Opa Cupa Fly  (4:34)
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For over 10 years the Bay Area's "Best International Band" (2008 SF Weekly) Brass Menazeri has been on a mission to get people to dance. The reissue of their 2008 album Vranjski San (Vranje Dream) showcases the collective's exuberant, road-tightened, impeccably recorded sound and repertoire of traditional Balkan music with songs in Rromanes, Bosnian and Greek languages complemented by original compositions and Indian rhythms. Brazen arrangements, odd meters, riveting close harmonies are as alive with ecstatic celebration as with despairing laments, and are as old as mournful Ottoman-era melodies and as new as America's funk and Bollywood movie hits. Far from being a museum piece or a re-creation effort, Vranjski San is a piece of 21st century international music brought to you from the burgeoning Bay Area arts scene by Brass Menazeri and Porto Franco Records.
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