A cut-up vinyl mix of deep ex-Yu psychedelic gypsy grooves and oriental breaks (1969'-1987')
For the past two years I was obsessively digging up groovy exYu gypsy and oriental music, going through hundreds of records, discovering in fact that this is the original form of Balkan Funk music incorporating all the main afro american funk elements in an authentic and ancient style. The solid hypnotic groove, heavily syncopated rhythms, drum breaks, psychedelia, call and response, jazz and latin alike connections and crazy crazy soloing. Especially found in the Southern Serbia style which I like the most. The trouble is that all of these records are now considered rarities, as the printed volume of the records rarely exceeded 1000 copies.
This mix is basically a testiment of the original, ancient and authentic Funk presence in the Balkans, coming in fact from the gypsy community. I tried to capture the elongated hypnotic funk grooves, first electric accordion and synthesizer experiments in exYu gypsy music and deep deep melancholy ranging from suicidal to extreme merriness.
TRACKLIST
01. Orient Exsspress Disco Sound - Todor sa svojim magarcem
02. Muharem Serbezovski i ansambl Crni dijamanti - Ramajana
03. Ajnur Serbezovski - Ostani još danas
04. Esma i ansambl Teodosievski - Esma instrumental
05. Duvački orkestar Jovice Ajdarevića iz Pavlovca kod Vranja - Zenkov čoček
06. Boki Milošević - Prizrenski filigran
07. Muharem Serbezovski uz ansambl Crni dijamanti - Više neću da te volim
08. Nevzat Sundo i orkestar ’Balkan’ Istambul - Kućica sreće
09. Ninoslav Ademović i ansambl Mustafe Ismailovića - Prodavač karanfila
10. Ansambl Mustafe Ismailovića - Esnafski čoček
11. Orient Exsspress Disco Sound - Šutka 82’
12. Orkestar Mefail Sakipov i Enver Rasimov - Sine ne plači
13. Esma i ansambl Teodosievski Đurđevdan - Đurđevdan
14. Zemlja Točak Nebo - Baladi e Romani
15. Ansambl ’Veseli Romi’ Mileta Petrovića - Ciganski merak
16. Enver Rasimov i Ramiza Dalipi uz pratnju orkestra Mede Čuna - Danas se ženim
17. Trajko Ajdarević Tahir - Geljum čaja te mangav
18. Muharem Serbezovski i ansambl Crni dijamanti - Džingo Džingo Mango Džingo
19. Ansambl Teodosievski - Bucino oro
20. Ansambl Bakije Bakića - Romski čoček
