Description

Tracklist:

1. Barabinska
2. Selo moje
3. Sara
4. The Bell Is Buzzing
5. How a Mountain Fairy Divided the Two Jaksic Brothers
6. Krajiska kontra
7. Ne spominji oci plave
8. O Nikola

“Gripping, like something ancient being born” – The Wire

“The connection between folk and improvised music, between traditional song and electric noise has been tried in recent years, but rarely as intensively and interestingly.” – Rolling Stone (DE)

This self-titled 2nd album from Gordan, the acclaimed transnational (Serbia/Germany/Austria) experimental trio, fuses traditional Balkan vocalizations with feedback, electronic sound generators, pulsing bass and hypnotic drumming.

Gordan mirrors the mysticism of legends and stories from the Balkan region, creating a music that stretches between expressiveness and abstraction; tradition and the avant-garde. The visceral vocals of Svetlana Spajic (Marina Abramovic, Lenhart Tapes, Antony and the Johnsons) are both rooted and deeply interpretive. In turn, drummer Andi Stecher (STECHER, Billy Bultheel, Orchestre Les Mangelepa) and Guido Mobius on bass and electronics, employ sonic strategies that steer the songs in inspired and unpredictable directions.