| Holodiloff, Dave Band / Balkan String Projekt |
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| Album: | Balkan String Projekt | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Holodiloff, Dave Band | Added: | Jan 2018 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-01-30 | Pull Date: | 2018-04-03 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 8 | Mar 4 | Feb 25 | Feb 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 03, 2022: | Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Apr 2, 2018) Kojak Cocek | 4. | Mar 01, 2018: | Melange Kasap Havasi, Kojak Cocek | |
| 2. | Jan 28, 2022: | Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Apr 2, 2018) Kojak Cocek | 5. | Feb 19, 2018: | Emergency Crew 4 PACC Geamparale De La Babadag | |
| 3. | Apr 02, 2018: | Pumping Iron Kojak Cocek | 6. | Feb 15, 2018: | A Night on the Roof Kojak Cocek |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2018-01-24 | ||
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Ever-eclectic Monterey-based musician Dave Holodiloff's latest projekt channels energy from Eastern Europe without the usual brass and guida for a lighter, airier feel; all tracks have pretty fast tempos; traditional melodies and rhythms have improvisational sections interspersed; Balkan music for 21st century California; all tracks are worth playing NO FCC's (all instrumental); favorite tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 **1—Kojak Cocek –4:29 – full of energy; makes you want to leap out of your seat and shake your booty!-- great mando and percussion, soulful violin, masterful piano; doesn't miss a beat *2—Sedi Donka—4:02 – strings work together with percussion to produce a dance line you can almost visualize; nice percussion bridge together with synth drone that hits quarter tones *3—Geamparale de la Babadag—5:07-- jazzy feel to this one; nice treble mando and piano interlude 4- Romanian Hora – 3:53-- mandolin virtuosity starts off; gypsy django feel to this one; nice violin solo *5-Din Dobregea – 3:41-- another familiar dance number with fast violin melody; mysterious piano melody underneath for slightly dreamy bridge 6—Ivan na Donka –2:03-- a little slower and lighter with strings providing the beat 7—Kopanitsa – 2:25 – light and bouncy *8-- St. Anne's Ratchenitsa – 2:47—Celtic-Balkan fusion where Dave set a Celtic tune to Bulgarian rhythm - watch out for serious repetition on the bridge part 9—Krivo Sadovsko Horo—3:59 – pretty doubling of mando and guitar *10—Ratchenitsa – 3:47 – starts off a little slower – interesting take on this classic Bulgarian form-- strong piano part **11--Kasap Havasi –4:27-- drums start off with bass line – nice back and forth melody with violin and mando; some cool syncopation with differing timbres and modes 12—Geamparale Medley –3:05-- Romanian dance with lots of fancy string work; fast; *13—Gankino Horo –4:44-- minor/major keys --nice clapping-drum-violin bridge 14-Hora/Kolo Medley –2:58 – I love this particular dance; nice rendition 15—Cetvorno Oro –4:50-- very string oriented; pretty! | ||
| Track Listing |
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