| Various Artists / Hungarian Noir |
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| Album: | Hungarian Noir | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | May 2016 | |
| Label: | Piranha Musik | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-06-06 | Pull Date: | 2016-08-08 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 02, 2017: | Melange Szormoru Vasarnap | 4. | Jul 28, 2016: | Melange Triste Domingo | |
| 2. | Jul 27, 2017: | melange Triste Domingo | 5. | Jul 23, 2016: | Music Casserole Domingo Sombrio, Triste Domingo, Szormoru Vasarnap | |
| 3. | Dec 29, 2016: | Melange Szormoru Vasarnap, Triste Domingo | 6. | Jul 21, 2016: | Melange Szormoru Vasarnap, Triste Domingo |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2016-05-30 | ||
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High concept compilation of modern and classic takes by various artists on a Hungarian song originally composed in the 1930's that supposedly drove a lot of people to commit suicide. It was banned by the BBC until 2002. The film “Gloomy Sunday” documents this. Recorded in Germany, “Hungarian Noir” features a melange of languages, styles, and accents; reminiscent of one of my favorite CD's from the 80's, “Red Hot + Blue” – a modern take on Cole Porter by all sorts of interesting artists No FCC violations; favorite tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 1- 4:04 – “Gloomy Sunday” Cuban a capella group “Vocal Sampling” leads off; pleasant, contemplative melody with romantic and death-obsessed lyrics 2- 2:58- African Portuguese version from Mozambique (“Domingo Sombrio”) with nice beat and male and female singers trading lines, segues into English *3- 4:03 – nice instrumental intro to samba version; seductive voice by Matuto, blues band from NYC 4- 3:02 – “Triste Domingo” – mambo version with upbeat Latin Jazz rhythms; satin-y horns *5- 4:23 – orchestral and synth background for Polish version with superstar Kayah; fantastic *6- 3:45 – Brazilian hiphop version in Portuguese, very interesting; nice instrumental outro 7- 3:26 –English lyrics by Cuban Glenda Lopez in charanga rhythm *8-4:24 – Argentine Chango Spasiuk instrumental tango version; bandoneon segues to guitar to violin; heartbreaking **9—3:53 – Bambarabanda from Colombia with beautiful strings and Spanish lyrics; captivating; segues to folkloric hiphop – amazing **10- 4:38 –incredible cimbalom version by two masters of the Hungarian dulcimer, all instrumental *11-3:14 – classic Billie Holiday version of the song 12—3:10 – classic first vocal recording in Hungarian | ||
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