Golden Brass Summit / Fanfares en délire (2 CD set with full color booklet)
32.99

For fans of Gypsy brass bands like Fanfare Ciocarlia, this is a must-have set, from the recording archives of the annual summer festival in Guca, Serbia. It includes some well known names like Boban Marcovic and Milovan Babic, but the real treasure is in the wealth of classic sounds going back almost 40 years, recorded live and in the real spirit of dancing and community that are the earmarks of such performances. There is also a strong vocal component here, to get the full range of music form this most amazing festival. Featuring Boban Markovic, Dusan Radetic, Fejat Sejdic, Milan Nikolic, Nani Ajdinovic, Ljubisa Stamenkovic, Jovica Ajdarevic, Bakija Bakic, Slobodan Salijevic, Milovan Babic, Durmis Ismailovic, Ekrem Sajdic, Meka Ajdinoic, Sinisa Stankovic – all with their "orkestars" and Milicia Stosic, Paganke, Spasoje Jovic, Vica Choir, Vladan Baralic, Ferus Mustafov, Budimir Ilic, Aca Novkovic. This is a 2 CD set with an illustrated 30 page booklet of notes in German, English and French.

The record label writes:

Every summer, the town of Guca in Serbia hosts an amazing and utterly unique brass festival in which as many as four hundred brass bands - regional winners chosen from twice that number in previous heats - compete for the coveted prize of the Golden Trumpet. The festival attracts crowds of 300,000 and seals the fortunes of the winners - at least until the next competition comes around - because the best are in huge demand to play at the biggest weddings and other major celebrations. Most of the prizes are carried away by the virtuoso Gypsy musicians.

Golden Brass Summit is a retrospective survey of the finest work of the past forty years, selected from some 1300 recordings in the archives of the House of Culture in Guca. Many of these recordings have never been published before. This double CD is an anthology of musical styles ranging from emotive ballads with imaginative solo passages to the irresistible sound of the exhilarating Gypsy dance "Cocek". The album also includes some of the music that can be heard on the fringes of the festival: polyphonic singing, accordion, violin and flute - and young trumpet players who can hardly be seen behind their instrument. This is a musical rarity that will enthral not only lovers of brass bands and unusual Balkan rhythms. Featuring Boban Markovic, Dusan Radetic, Fejat Sejdic, Milan Nikolic, Nani Ajdinovic, Ljubisa Stamenkovic, Jovica Ajdarevic, Bakija Bakic, Slobodan Salijevic, Milovan Babic, Durmis Ismailovic, Ekrem Sajdic, Meka Ajdinoic, Sinisa Stankovic – all with their "orkestars" and Milicia Stosic, Paganke, Spasoje Jovic, Vica Choir, Vladan Baralic, Ferus Mustafov, Budimir Ilic, Aca Novkovic.

Double CD, two and a half hours playing time. Lavishly illustrated booklet with informative introductory text.

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