Label: Blind Dog Records
Catalog#: BDRLP 002
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Yugoslavia
Released: 1990
DISCOGS OFFICIAL
A Makova Polja (Poppy Fields) 16:58
B Rani Jadi (Early Regrest) 16:00
1987年頃から90年台初期にかけてマケドニアで活動したグループLola V. Stainによるクワイエット・ヒップな初作。チターやバグパイプ系統をはじめとする民族楽器と、空を覆う雲のようなエレクトロニクスを織り交ぜた、哀感漂うスピリチュアルなサウンドは、80年代を通じて地中海北沿岸諸国で生じた静かなる民俗音響運動に通じるところがあります。グループ名はヌーヴォー・ロマンの作家Marguerite Duras（マルグリット・デュラス）の小説より。本作でギターやマンドリン、ヴォーカルを担当している中心人物Zlatko Oriđanski（ゾラン・スパソフスキ）は、別プロジェクトAnatasiaの一員として現在まで活動。東方正教会／ビザンティン聖歌やマケドニアの民族霊性とモダンなインストゥルメントのブレンドはこのグループでも継続され、Milčo Mančevski（ミルチョ・マンチェフスキ）監督による1994年作映画「Before the Rain, Pred dozhdot」のサウンドトラックで世界的にも認知されたそうです。
The music on this record is a great document of pre-war Yugoslavia. It was released on a Croatian label, Blind Dog, not to be confused with the Chicago blues label Blind Pig. The ethnic identities of four of the quintet's members might have been best described by the term Serbo-Croatian, an eventually discarded name for the mix of languages shared by much of what was once Yugoslavia. The fifth member is what really gives this group a distinct identity. He is Pece Atanasovski, a traditional Macedonian bagpiper and a few years on in the age department compared to the other bandmembers, judging from the photos. This group creates a blend of traditional and modern instruments, throwing in everything that comes to mind. It is not a totally unique concept, but it is one that is good for fine music whenever things click, as they certainly do here on the two side-long pieces. The combination of bagpipe and oboe is beautiful, and many of the percussion and electronic textures seem to foreshadow the post-rock movement that would come along a few years later. Of course, enjoyment of music is so much a matter of time and place, and perhaps no sensation could match the impact of hearing music like this in Sarajevo in 1990, only a matter of a year or more before a terrible war would split the country apart, making collaborative efforts between Serbians, Croatians, Bosnians, and Macedonians not impossible, but much more difficult. Yet there is plenty of majestical mystery residing in the grooves, and fans of world music fusions can keep this in mind anytime they want to embark on a quest for something next to impossible to find. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi - ARTISTdirect
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