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Fishtank Ensemble - Samurai Over Serbia [2007] [Album]
Album info
Label: Not On Label (Fishtank Ensemble Self-released)
Catalog#: none
Genre: Folk, World, Gypsy
Fishtank Ensemble is the brainchild of no one, the serendipitous reunion of six gifted and misfit musicians who barely knew each other and touched people so much with the music they created that they had no choice but to form a band.
It is impossible to put into words but is as sweet and mesmerizing as drinking too much wine.
The musical lineup is as diverse as the 10 languages spoken between the six members:There is accordion, there is opera and jazz and folk singing, not one but two violins, banjolele, upright slap bass, flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar, and last but not least, a mysterious japanese instrument called the shamisen.
Put it all together and you have one helluva show.
Fishtank Ensemble is creating the music that they feels needs to exist, and for an unlikely amalgam of instruments.
From a dark and croony gypsy jazz song sung in Manouche, to a flamenco attempted ( as never before) on all instruments, to a wild Transylvanian gypsy anthem, and to a flamboyantly creative Serbian song taught to Fabrice by Kocani Orkestar " when they were passing through" when he worked in the traveling Italian circus all those years ago, Fishtank Ensemble never fails to thrill.
Tracklist & credits
01 Saraiman
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
02 Turkish March
Arranged By - A. Seeman*
Written-By - W.A. Mozart*
03 Tchavo
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
04 Made In L.A.
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
Written-By - F. Martinez*
05 Gitanos Californeros
Arranged By - Paco De Lucia*
Written-by [With Falsettas] - D. Smolens*
06 Spirit Prison
Lyrics By - Ursula Knudson*
Written-By - D. Smolens* , K. Kmetz*
07 Fraima
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
Written-By - Cesare Dell'Anna , GianCarlo Dell'Anna
08 Youkali
Written-By - Kurt Weill
09 Ezraoul
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
10 Mehum Mato
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
11 Samurai Over Serbia
Arranged By - F. Martinez*
12 Extremely Large Congenial Romanian
Arranged By - A. Seeman*
Written-By - A. Seeman*
13 Yasaburpo Bush
Arranged By - M. Penny*
Credits
Accordion - Aaron Seeman
Banjo [Banjolele] - Ursula Knudson
Double Bass [Upright Bass] - Andy Zacharias (tracks: 3, 5 to 8, 10, 12) , Djordje Stijepovic* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 11)
Guitar - Douglas Smolens , Mike Penny
Guitar [Additional Guitar Tracks] - Kevin Kmetz (tracks: 12)
Percussion - Ursula Knudson
Saw [Musical Saw] - Ursula Knudson
Shamisen [Additional Shamisen Tracks] - Kevin Kmetz (tracks: 4)
Shamisen [Tsugaru Shamisen] - Mike Penny
Violin - Fabrice Martinez , Ursula Knudson
Violin [Violomba] - Fabrice Martinez
Vocals - Ursula Knudson
Artwork By [Cover Layout] - Anna-Claire Simpson
Artwork By [Cover Photo] - F. Martinez
Mixed By - Douglas Smolens
Photography - Dennis Reiter, Jason Law, Guy Zahller
Producer - Douglas Smolens
Recorded at The Lair Recording Studios.
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