:: Contacts  :: Links
 
News **************************
Songlines picks "Splendor" as one of the 10 best CDs of 2012!
>> read more

The Broken Sound, a feature-length documentary about The Other Europeans, is now available! Watch or download it online or order the DVD directly from this website!



Music
"SPLENDOR" Double CDs

We are delighted to announce that Splendor has been awarded the German Record Critic Prize for the 2nd Quarter of 2012!


>> Buy the CD "SPLENDOR"

>> Download the liner notes
 
 
For the jury, Jo Meyer wrote:
Bessarabia, today's Moldova, was once a buffer zone between the Great Powers in Southeast Europe and a fantastic cultural melting-pot. In this project, 14 musicians from America and Europe trace the commonalities and differences between Jewish and Roma music from this region, mix them with style elements from other genres and generate delight, glory and grandeur: European music wonderfully other.

Bessarabien, heute Moldawien, war einst als Pufferzone zwischen den Großmächten in Südosteuropa auch ein phantastischer kultureller Schmelztiegel. 14 Musiker aus Amerika und Europa spüren in diesem Projekt den Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch Unterschieden von jüdischer Musik und der Musik der Roma in dieser Region nach, und mischen sie mit Stilelementen weiterer Genres, dass es eine Lust, Pracht und Herrlichkeit ist: europäische Musik, wunderbar anders. (Für die Jury: Jo Meyer)
 
 

Samples
Track 1 : Lautari/Klezmer Doina (traditional; arr: The Other Europeans)
The Other Europeans Band. Violin solo, Marin Bunea; Clarinet solo, Christian Dawid.

Track 2 : Khosidl (traditional; arr: The Other Europeans)
The Other Europeans Band. Clarinet lead, Christian Dawid.

Track 3 : Goldene Khasene/Hora de la Cahul (traditional; arr: The Other Europeans)
The Other Europeans Band

Track 4 : Accordion Solo/Sârba Golomoz (Petar Ralchev/Golomoz)
Accordion, Petar Ralchev; Clarinet, Adrian Receanu; Trombone, Daniel Blacksberg; Cimbalom, Kalman Balogh; Bass, Csaba Novak.

Track 5 : Un tigan avea o casa (traditional; arr: The Other Europeans)
The Other Europeans Band. Vocal, Marin Bunea: Trumpet lead, Adam Stinga.

Track 6 : Freylekhs/Breaza (traditional; arr: The Other Europeans)
The Other Europeans Band