RIENCD62
Konsonans Retro: A Podolian Affair
Tracks:
1. Moldavskaya Polka 3:42
2. Freylekhs No 5 2:58
Prelistening:
3. Bulgaryas 1:15
4. Kurka chubaturka 3:18
Prelistening:
5. Khusidl & Bulgaryas 3:55
6. Sher No 2 & Sher No 7 4:08
7. Podilska 2:28
8. Doina & Sher No 13 4:31
9. Moldavskiy Dans & Sirba 3:49
10. Noviy Sher & Hora 3:16
11. Oy u hayu pri Dunayu 3:04
12. Zagnitkiver Sher 2:02
13. Moldavskaya Hora 2:44
14. Shabes Nign 4:08
15. Khasitsky Freylekhs 1:35
16. Trombon Hora 3:01
17. Moldovenyaska 1:35
18. Khasitsky Tanets & Horo 4:15
Prelistening:
19. Akh ty dushechka 5:08
total time 61:36
All tracks traditional and arranged by Christian Dawid
Konsonans Retro:
Christian Dawid: clarinet, alto sax
Vasyl Baranovsky: trumpet, bayan (tracks 4, 11, 19)
Volodymyr Voronyuk: trumpet
Volodymyr Baranovsky: accordion
Vitaly Baranovsky: trombone
Oleksandr Voronyuk: tuba
Vyacheslav Baranovsky: baraban
Guy Schalom: drums
as guest: Gennadiy Fomin, clarinet (track 7)
Produced by Christian Dawid
Recorded by Studio M.A.R.T. in Kharkov, November 28-30, 2006
Recording Engineer: Sergey Kondratiev "Flanger"
Sound Technician: Gennadiy Fomin
Mixed and mastered by Jens Tröndle, Berlin
release date: 10th of March, 2007
It is
what it is: plain and rough music
full of strength, straightforward and uninhibited
clear and comforting as backyard-wodka
killing the worm of sorrow.
That's what it is.
The moment
you hear these brazen sounds
you're in it, deeply. No way out.
Music straight from the wide open spaces
out of the dust and the mud of daily life
where to laugh is to survive.
No delicacy
here, no finesse
it's not that kind of thing.
It is the beauty of the imperfect
music of the uncarved block
handed down from father to son
to ease the burden, to lift the spirit
to forget about time and the toll it takes.
These
unfinished sounds of Konsonans Retro
wrench you back to the real world
where life is a family affair.
Join the family.
PETER MÖRICKE
In the Southeast of Podolia, just a few
minutes from the Moldavian border, you'll find the Zagnitkiv village, home
of the Baranovskys, a family of musicians. For generations, a musical treasure
has been passed on here, a treasure, which reflects the ethnic fusion of the
region: Ukrainians played with Moldovans, with Jews, with Gypsies and Russians.
Wherever two wedding orchestras met, they passed on their own music and gained
something new.
Today the way is paved for international exchange, and Konsonans Retro starts
as an East-Western project. Besides the pure passion of playing they also
have a mission, since especially the Jewish part of the family repertoire
has become rare and valuable. Multi-instrumentalist Vasyl Baranovsky, the
eldest son of Moise and Maria, started to play the drum in his father's orchestra
at the age of four, and still remembers many pieces which are now perhaps
only known to him.
Today the Baranovsky brothers live not far from Zagnitkiv in the small town
of Kodyma, near to their cousins, who also play with the group. Their children
either go their own way or stay - some of them follow the family tradition
and become musicians. At high age, mother Maria remains in Zagnitkiv, where
she is still said to play the drum with high spirit.
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