| Brass Mena?Eri. / Vranjski San |
|---|
| Album: | Vranjski San | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Brass Mena?Eri. | Added: | 07/2010 | |
| Label: | Porto Franco Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
|---|
| Add Date: | 2010-08-08 | Pull Date: | 2010-10-10 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 3 Oct | 26 Sep | 19 Sep | 12 Sep | 5 Sep | 29 Aug | 22 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 01, 2011: | Diaspora Mix Vranjski San | 4. | Sep 21, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Mikrokonstandínos + Zone Erotikos | |
| 2. | Oct 02, 2010: | New World Disorder Cocekahedron | 5. | Sep 18, 2010: | New World Disorder Lal Lal Hothon Pe | |
| 3. | Sep 28, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Cocekahedron | 6. | Sep 11, 2010: | New World Disorder Cocekahedron |
| Album Review |
|---|
| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-08-05 | ||
|
Brass Menazeri – Vranjski San Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/5/10 High-quality Bay-Area Balkan Gypsy brass band. Mostly seems very true to roots, but a couple of songs have jazzy/Latin feel to them. Singing and playing is excellent, but the tracks that feel more multicultural (12 and 15 in particular) are more interesting IMO. 1. 5:06 **trumpet flourish intro for 45 seconds, then upbeat Balkan Gypsy brass oom-pah. Jolly, a bit jazzy. 2. 7:15 **drone and pretty female solo vocals, then some somber drums and brass with female harmonies. Quite lovely. 3. 6:36 **very uptempo with a dance feel, solo female vocals. Goes positively manic halfway through. 4. 2:03 long trumpet intro with some bits of silence. 5. 4:03 ***drum-n-brass, uptempo and upbeat with a bit of jazz feel. Groovy. 6. 5:10 ***midtempo syncopated march with clarinets and female vocals 7. 4:35 *drum and full brass, rather somber. 8. 3:33 ***swingy midtempo oom-pah, pretty female vocals. 9. 1:41 *jazzy, bent-note solo cornet(?). 10. 5:13 ***groovy syncopated drum, swingy full brass, female vocals, jazzy clarinet solo. 11. 4:25 **lovely woodwind intro, then manic full brass band with odd time signature and several wild solos. 12. 4:43 ****drum intro seems to lead to something rather other than the uptempo lopsided gypsy-jazz march that ensues, but that’s ok. There’s something that’s almost afro-cuban percussion in the middle. Cover of a Bollywood tune. Interesting mash-up. 13. 1:11*mournful sounding jazzy solo trumpet. 14. 4:06 ***jolly uptempo oompah, all the horns working out in unison or taking solos. Ends 15 seconds early, then bit of some kind of broadcast. 15. 4:26 ****syncopated midtempo groove with a bit of Latin tinge and who knows what else. Fun and highly listenable. | ||
| Track Listing |
|---|