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Schäl Sick Brass Band
Majnoun
$17.99
Schäl Sick Brass Band is one of Germany's most famous (infamous) multi-culti bands, with influences from central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, north Africa and well beyond.
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Majnoun
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It was almost inevitable that a young German group would come up with the idea of using the sound of a pumping brass band to explore the music of other cultures. What perhaps was less certain was that the result would be such a thoroughly engaging collision of styles. With the trademarks of innovation and stylistic versatility oozing from every pore, the Schäl Sick Brass Band blends Bavarian brass with Persian folk then embark upon a tour around any other region that takes their fancy.
"Majnoun" has humour, wit, sadness, raucous moments of thigh-slapping abandon, tantalisingly rich textures, loose arrangements and a diverse range of songs and styles that sit together with more cohesiveness than a gathering of fawing diplomats at a multi-cultural convention. When singer Maryam Akhondy´s guttural tones aren´t eloquently forging their way through authentic Persian songs, the band skips between a funky interpretation of Fela Kuti´s "Colonial Mentality", a carefree browse through Abdullah Ibrahim´s "Market Place", an Italian liberation song, a ragged samba, a lively polka and an enchanting encounter with Offenbach. Nonetheless, though it´s tempting to believe that they could breathe new life into almost any tune, they´re going to have to come up with a really cunning twist if they´re too hold interest beyond a couple of albums. - Dave Knaggs, Folk Roots |
Also by Schal Sick Brass Band: Kesh Mesh
From the band:
The Schäl Sick Brass Band started out as an alternative, multi-culti Cologne Carnival band ten years ago. With its offbeat style of world music, the band has since developed into one of the most exciting German music groups.
The "musical world theatre" (Sueddeutsche Zeitung) rides on the breeze of delightfully fresh and versatile "collective-blowing" in the spirit of "think global - blow local," supported by a rhythm section consisting of tuba, drums, percussion and guitar or Waldzither, that "grooves like hell" (Gitarre & Bass). After about 500 concerts at home and abroad - in Bavaria and Istanbul, in Morocco and Madrid, in Cologne's Carnival and concert halls, in Oetztal and Rimini, in Prague in springtime, in Budapest in autumn, in Ljubljana and Greece in summer - the journey continues. It's a journey that uses the simple language of music to contribute to a better intercultural understanding…"this is gloriously polycultural stuff" (Folkroots, UK).
Think global - blow local!
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