Mēness dejas explained

Mēness dejas
Type:remix
Artist:Dzeltenie Pastnieki
Cover:DzelteniePastniekiMenessDejas.jpg
Released:December 1, 1995
Recorded:Dates not specified (Down in the Park Studio, Rīgas Skaņu Ierakstu Studija)
Genre:Synthpop
Length:47:53
Label:MicRec
Producer:Uģis Vītiņš, Ģirts Bišs
Prev Title:Sliekutēva vaļasprieks
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Kaķis
Next Year:2003

Mēness dejas is a 1995 album containing eight songs by Latvian band Dzeltenie Pastnieki as reinterpreted by Uģis Vītiņš. Originally found on four of the band's 1980s album releases, the songs have been re-arranged radically, and have had all the vocals re-recorded by the original vocalists.

Mēness dejas is notable as the band's first release on CD, and was done to meet the popular demand for a CD compilation of the band's hits. Thus, its concept could be compared to stopgap quasi-compilation releases from other synthpop artists like Kraftwerk's The Mix (1991) and Yello's 1980–1985 The New Mix in One Go (1986), both of which likewise contained newly recorded versions of previously released material.

Uģis Vītiņš went on to appear on the band's next album, Kaķis (2003) as well as played on Ingus Baušķenieks's solo tour (2004–2005). His brother Toms Vītiņš, who played bass and designed the cover, later also did the cover for the CD release of the album Alise.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Pastnieks trakais" – 5:52
  2. "Mēness deja" – 6:20
  3. "Kāpēc tu mani negribi" – 6:20
  4. "Rudens pastaiga (Rudens limits)" – 6:07

Side two

  1. "Svešā malā" (Svētki Rojā mix) – 6:32
  2. "Mana vasara aiziet (kā vēlējies)" – 6:17
  3. "Milžu cīņa" – 5:30
  4. "Jaunais gads" – 4:55

Credits

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogRef.
LatviaDecember 1, 1995Mikrofona ierakstiCDMRCD 047
cassetteMRCC 158
January 2007digital download[1] [2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://doremi.lv/Music/item/Mēness-Dejas Mēness Dejas at doremi.lv
  2. http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/music/d?id=20094151 'Doremi.lv' un digitālais mūzikas tirgus Latvijā atzīmē gada jubileju - DELFI