Samurai Over Serbia Explained
| Samurai Over Serbia |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Fishtank Ensemble |
| Cover: | Samurai Over Serbia.jpg |
| Released: | 2007 |
| Recorded: | The Lair Recording Studios |
| Genre: | Eastern European |
| Length: | 58:40 |
| Producer: | Douglas Smolens |
| Prev Title: | Super Raoul |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
Samurai Over Serbia is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007.[1] Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble's unconventional, but imaginative sound.[2] The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn."[3]
Track listing
- "Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09
- "Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59
- "Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30
- "Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06
- "Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38
- "Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58
- "Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45
- "Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52
- "Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55
- "Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16
- "Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33
- "Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23
- "Yasaburpo Bush" (traditional, arr. M. Penny) – 4:43
Personnel
- Fabrice Martinez - violin, violomba
- Ursula Knudson - vocals, violin, musical saw, banjolele, percussion
- Douglas Smolens (el Douje) - guitar
- Aaron Seeman (Duckmandu) - accordion
- Djordje Stijepovic - upright bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11
- Andy Zacharias - upright bass on tracks 3, 5–8, 10, 12
- Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, guitar
- Kevin Kmetz - additional shamisen tracks on track 4, guitar tracks on track 12
Notes
- http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/yugo_crazy/Content?oid=518239 Yugo Crazy, With a rollicking sound, Fishtank Ensemble swims upstream
- http://www.folkworks.org/content/view/35337/167/ TITLE: Samurai over Serbia By Joel Okida
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/01/NSSP109V90.DTL&type=music Fishtank Ensemble
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