Serbian War Songs, by zeitkratzer / SVETLANA SPAJIC / DRAGANA TOMIĆ / OBRAD MILIC

Serbian War Songs

by zeitkratzer / SVETLANA SPAJIC / DRAGANA TOMIĆ / OBRAD MILIC

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1.	When the clouds come from the sea 02:43	buy track
2.	Haven’t I told you my darling 01:16	buy track
3.	Assassination in Sarajevo 13:36	buy track
4.	Last night Đorđe went through Valjevo 01:04	buy track
5.	The battle at Mačkov kamen 04:11	buy track
6.	When I go to war 06:52	buy track
7.	Shvabo came 05:06	buy track
8.	There is no spring without water 06:08	buy track
9.	King Peter song 04:17	buy track
10.	The boat is sailing 05:12	buy track
11.	Salute to Živojin Mišić 04:33	buy track
12.	Encore 03:16	buy track

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zeitkratzer and its special guests SVETLANA SPAJIĆ (voice), DRAGANA TOMIĆ (voice) and OBRAD MILIĆ (voice, diple, gusle) present traditional Serbian songs from and about World War I.

Within its 20 years of existence, REINHOLD FRIEDL’s ensemble zeitkratzer has proved its interpretatory mastership on a wide range of fields such as contemporary / avant-garde composers, electronic artists, industrial underground – and, probably most surprising on this list, also in traditional music / folklore as documented on the two albums “Volksmusik” and “Neue Volksmusik” . For “Serbian War Songs”, a selection of traditional songs from and about World War I, the “modern composition supergroup” (THE WIRE) have invited some special guests: the renowned singers SVETLANA SPAJIĆ and DRAGANA TOMIĆ (who both worked a.o. with ROBERT WILSON) and the diple / gusle player OBRAD MILIĆ. REINHOLD FRIEDL and SVETLANA SPAJIĆ (probably the most acknowledged expert for traditional songs in Serbia) selected some traditional Serbian songs from and about World War I, and OBRAD MILIĆ contributes "Assassination In Sarajevo", a song in the classic epic form he had learnt from his father Bogdan, a famous gusla player at the beginning of the 20th century. Commissioned by Berlin’s Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, the performance was recorded and mixed by longtime zeitkratzer sound engineer MARTIN WURMNEST and mastered by MIKE GRINSER at D&M.

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directed by Reinhold Friedl

Frank Gratkowski, bassclarinet, clarinet I Hild Sofie Tafjord, french horn I Hilary Jeffery, trombone I Reinhold Friedl, piano I Maurice de Martin, drums, percussion I Lisa Marie Landgraf, violin I Burkhard Schlothauer, violin I Nora Krahl, violoncello I Ulrich Phillipp, doublebass
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special guests:
Svetlana Spajić, voice
Dragana Tomić, voice
Obrad Milić, voice, diple, gusle

recorded and mixed by Martin Wurmnest at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, January 16, 2016
produced by Reinhold Friedl
mastered by Mike Grinser at D&M, Berlin

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released June 16, 2017

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