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Samurai Over Serbia

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| name = Samurai Over Serbia

| type = Album

| artist = Fishtank Ensemble

| cover = Samurai Over Serbia.jpg

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| released = 2007

| recorded = The Lair Recording Studios

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| studio =

| genre = Eastern European

| length = 58:40

| label =

| producer = Douglas Smolens

| prev_title = Super Raoul

| prev_year = 2005

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Samurai Over Serbia is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007.[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/yugo_crazy/Content?oid=518239 Yugo Crazy, With a rollicking sound, Fishtank Ensemble swims upstream] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213144026/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/yugo_crazy/Content?oid=518239 |date=2007-12-13 }} Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble's unconventional, but imaginative sound.[http://www.folkworks.org/content/view/35337/167/ TITLE: Samurai over Serbia By Joel Okida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725024755/http://www.folkworks.org/content/view/35337/167/ |date=2008-07-25 }} The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn."[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/01/NSSP109V90.DTL&type=music Fishtank Ensemble]

Track listing

  1. "Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09
  2. "Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59
  3. "Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30
  4. "Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06
  5. "Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38
  6. "Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58
  7. "Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45
  8. "Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52
  9. "Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55
  10. "Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16
  11. "Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33
  12. "Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23
  13. "Yasaburpo Bush" (traditional, arr. M. Penny) – 4:43

Personnel

  • Fabrice Martinez - violin, violomba
  • Ursula Knudson - vocals, violin, musical saw, banjolele, percussion
  • Douglas Smolens (el Douje) - guitar
  • Aaron Seeman (Duckmandu) - accordion
  • Djordje Stijepovic - upright bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11
  • Andy Zacharias - upright bass on tracks 3, 5–8, 10, 12
  • Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, guitar
  • Kevin Kmetz - additional shamisen tracks on track 4, guitar tracks on track 12

Notes

External links

  • [http://cdbaby.com/cd/fishtank2 Samurai Over Serbia at CD Baby]
  • [http://www.fishtankensemble.com Official Website]

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Category:2007 albums