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Music from Austria

Agora - Nim Sofyan
$17.99
(cdRoots# yyy-sofyan)
"Agora" (Greek for market place) stands for Vienna as a city of music, where day by day musicians from very different countries create a new, common language of music. Six accomplished, versatile instrumentalists build bridges with their music. A basic element of the repertoire are songs from Turkey and Greece that Istanbul born singer and guitarist Alp Bora grew up with. In sophisticated arrangements and original compositions Paul Dangl and Johann Öttl weave this material to a harmonious stylistic whole using in many musical dialects. Listen

Jenseits vom Ende der Zeit - Ballycotton
$13.99
(cdRoots# yy-ballycotton)
The artists (guitars, violin, accordion, percussions, bass and overtone singing) say: "Instrumental compositions and sophisticated arrangements take the listener on the fantastical journey which immerses him into a world of legends and myths, pictures of an unforeseen world appear."

Chomus: Maultrommelimprovisationen aus dem siberischen Sacha-Jakutien - Various
$14.99
(cdRoots# yy-chomus)
Siberian chomus (tromp, or Jews harp)

Maultrommelimprovisationen - Free Harpin'
$14.99
(cdRoots# yy-freehaprin)
Improvisations for tromp (Jew's harp) based on music from around the world.

Chants, Hymns and Dances - Tsabropoulos and Lechner
$13.99
(cdRoots# ecm-1888)
Compositions by Gurdjieff and Vassilis Tsabropoulos, performed by pianist Tsabropoulos and Anja Lechner on violincello. the pieces are boundary crossing experiments in multi-cultural classicism and contemporary minimalism, often mournful, occasionally spritely.

gwundrig - Otto Lechner and Anne Bennent
$16.99
(cdRoots# ex-017)
Art songs and recited poetry for the theater from the works of Swiss writer Robert Walser, performed by actress Anne Bennent and avant-garde accordionist Otto Lechner.

Pandora's Box - Lakis and Achwach
$16.99
(cdRoots# ex-083)
Lakis Jordanopoulos, a Greek living in Vienna for 16 years, founder of the group, follows the classical leaders of the Rembetiko very closely on his first record 'Evros'. On this second record he develops more individuality and creates a sort of Neo-Rembetiko. With musicians from four nations he shows that there are no social or musical prejudice or barriers in music.

Xenos - Lakis and Achwach
$11.99
(cdRoots# ex-130)
Austria-based Greek musician Lakis Jordanopoulos´ songs are about uprooting and exile, like the songs of the Greek Rembetes, who learned to laugh and cry at the same time. The music he creates with the ensemble Achwach is the neo-Rembetiko of a Vienna-based international band, a music about happiness and sadness, love, loneliness and despair.

Almrauschen im Weltempfaenger - Broadlahn
$16.99
(cdRoots# ex-355)
Their name describes an avalanche, and their music can certainly stand up to the comparison. World music from Austria, folk music for the city, trad-dance rhythms'n'jazz, Alpine avant garde; whatever you use to describe it, it's an original concept that's yet to be matched in Austria.

Taxidi/Die Reise - Lakis and Achwach
$16.99
(cdRoots# ex-399)
Greek-Austrian musican Lakis and his ensemble Achwach prove the variety of their musical work. 'Die Reise' (the journey) is not only the CD's title, it is emblematic of their approach to music.

Live Vol.4 - Broadlahn
$16.99
(cdRoots# ex-485)
The Alpine folk-jazz experimenters in a live performance, with guests Otto Lechner and Bodo Hell.

Alpha - Alpcologne
$13.99
(cdRoots# wp-87148)
Probably a totally new concept to you, as it is to me: 3 alphorns and vocals. The concept of the band arises from its unusual instrumentation. The warm, rich sound of the 4-meter-long traditional instruments encounters the expressiveness and melodic flexibility of the voice. Like the explorers of past centuries, Alpcologne can experiment with its own sound - playing Folk, Ska, Tango, Mambo, Cajun, Bluegrass, and Oriental music; original compositions or reinterpretations. Unique, to say the least!