13 May 2008
Bratsch
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On Plein du Monde, Premier French Gypsy music band Bratsch are joined in a spirited set of songs by a host of guests including Algeria’s Khaled, Israel’s Nourith and France’s own Olivia Ruiz and Charles Aznavour.
The CD is a 30th anniversary celebration of the band that started out concentrating on Arabic and South African music, but soon shifted their focus to Gypsy Jazz, with frequent forays into Klezmer and the East European Gypsy music that gives the group their name (a Bratsch is a three-string fiddle with a flat bridge, used for chording in Hungary and Romania). Bratsch was further inspired by Jewish-American singer Theodore Bikel, who sings in many different European languages and styles. Iconoclasts to the end, they have only one formally trained musician and call their music pre-traditional. Fun and freedom are foremost as they enjoy the unlikely collaborations on their new CD.
Playlist
Playlist
1421
Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)
1423
CD Cut 2 - 'L'almée phénomène'
Nano Peylet/Francois Castiello, arr by Bratsch
All Rights Reserved
Abacaba Editions 0946 3870102 6 (Through EMI in France)
Bratsch - 'Plein Du Monde'
3:03
(Uptempo Gypsy swing with clarinet, fiddle and accordion features and vocals from Olivia Ruiz and Francois Castiello)
Segue
1426
CD Cut 1 - 'Songe D'Automne'
Django Reinhardt
EMI Publishing
Iris Music 30001970 (www.iris-music.com in Australia through: ( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution
www.savd.com.au
The Rosenberg Trio - 'Roots'
3:54
(Midtempo swing featuring Stochelo Rosenberg's lead guitar, and Bernhard Berkhout's clarinet)
1432
CD Cut 12 - 'La Goutte d'Eau'
Max Pantera and Charles Aznavour, arr by Bratsch
All Rights Reserved
Abacaba Editions 0946 3870102 6 (Through EMI in France)
Bratsch - 'Plein Du Monde'
3:02
(Charles sings this waltz song in his distinctive baritone, with violin and clarinet prominent in the backing)
Segue
1435
CD Cut 2 - 'Valse A Rosenberg'
Stochelo Rosenberg
Iris Music
Iris Music 30001970 (www.iris-music.com in Australia through: ( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution
www.savd.com.au
The Rosenberg Trio - 'Roots'
1:44
(Uptempo instrumental waltz for Gypsy Jazz trio featuring Stochelo Rosenberg's flying fingered-guitar)
1437
CD Cut 1 - 'Suite Pour Oud'
Thierry Robin
Pub Not Spec
Naïve WN 145107
Thierry Robin - 'Anita!'
9:15
(Solo oud improvisation by Thierry, who's then joined by accordionist Francis Varis and a percussionist in a medley of 3 pieces of quickening tempos)
Segue
1447
CD Cut 11 - 'Erjaii ya alf Leïla' (Mille et une nuits sans toi)
Khoury/Mansour-Assy Rahbany, arr Bratsch
La Voix de l'Orient
Abacaba Editions 0946 3870102 6 (Through EMI in France)
Bratsch - 'Plein Du Monde'
4:22
(Oud introduction by Vartan Arslanyan then Khaled's a tempo vocal into Arabic song in time with hand percussion, accordion and clarinet backing)
1452
CD Cut 1 - 'Rattlin' Bones'
Shane Nicholson & Kasey Chambers
Pub Not Spec
Liberation Music LMCD 0005 ( www.liberation.com.au )
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - 'Rattlin' Bones'
3:44
(Austral comp and perf: Dark-toned Appalachian modal song with banjo, heavy low percussion and Kasey and Shane's voices intertwining and trading lines)
1457
CD Cut 1 - 'Bilovengo'
Bratsch
All Rights Reserved
Abacaba Editions 0946 3870102 6 (Through EMI in France)
Bratsch - 'Plein Du Monde'
3:00
(Very fast version of this Bratsch standard, here sung by Algerian Rai singer Khaled)
Presenter
Lucky Oceans
Producer
Lucky Oceans
