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Bal-kan For most people, the word ‘Balkan’ summons up strong associations: ethnic diversity, discord, disunity, violence, war. But what about music? Expansive, steeped in pain, breaking out in wild, uneven rhythms, which frequently develop into racing delirium. Forceful moods for the rather moderate, braced middle-European. These are associations, which allow us to equally identify a multi-coloured spectrum with extreme parameters and abrupt transitions as well as being able to (but not necessarily!) feed a whole range of clichés. Nenad Vasilić, who originates from Nis in Serbia and has predominantly been working in Austria over the past few years, regards the extremes from the remoteness of migration, but also with a proud undercurrent. Everything that is good is very good. All that is bad is extremely bad. Baklava is much sweeter than any bar of chocolate. Weddings last for 3 or 4 days, everything is bombastic, even those things that go wrong. Blood and Honey pieces Bal and Kan: the former is the Turkish word for “Honey”, the latter for “Blood”: Honey & Blood, the album’s title. Nenad Vasilić interprets these as symbols for the extremes of this region and its cultures, where north and south, east and west, the most diverse cultures and faiths come together, where there is an abundance of the shiny viscous, the rich, the sweet oozes and glows, or where dark blood saturates the earth and reddens the straw and stones. Wherever people are singing or playing music in the Balkans, you are always close to one or the other, says bass player, Nenad Vasilić. For this reason, he wrote and arranged “honey“ and “blood“ pieces, as if trying to say: beauty and joie de vivre are not available half price. Musiker :Vladimir Karparov - S. and T. Sax - Nedjalko Nedjalkov – Kaval /Nay Mario Vavti - Posaune - Armend Xhaferi – Guitar - Martin Lubenov - Accordion John Hollenbeck - Drums and Toys (Jazz Grammy winner from VS) Nenad Vasilic - Bass
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