Cafe Svetlana (CD)
This is the debut full-length release by Macedonian producer and DJ Ahilea (Ahilea Durcovski), a key mastermind behind the incredible Viennese neo-electro-Balkan scene.
Ahilea has brought together a fantastic group of musicians for a wild ride along the Autoput. So fasten your seat belts and brace yourselves for a new and visionary take on Balkan music. This man is so hot that he gets daily requests for new tracks from DJs the world over. The REAL Cafe Svetlana is the stuff of legend - it was frequented by the great anarchist, poet and prominent Munich bohemian Erich Mühsam. Today, tucked away in a little side-street in Vienna, it can only be found by those who are humming the right tune as they turn the right corner, and when they do, they enter a whole new world.
The sound of Cafe Svetlana recognizes the multi-ethnicity and culture of the Balkans. But instead of flying the nationalistic flag, this is music to be savored with a glass of slivo, palinka, raki or tsuika, and with an open mind and respect for the musicians. Every style comes into its own here: Greek rebetiko, Turkish and Macedonian belly-dancing, Serbian and Croatian folk dances, Roma songs, Albanian-Epirotic clarinet sounds, thunderous brass and the mournful yet cliche-free lament of the fiddle. All with a touch of fresh beats and grooves, bass lines, and finely-chiseled loops from the master of the mixing deck. This is nu-pop music from the Balkans to take you from the bar to the dancefloor and all the way back home.
| Attila Fehér
- Budapest, , Hungary |
| Few other bands did the similar thing like Sandi Lopicic, Kal or Ognjen and friends but this is also a good mixture of wel known balcanic multi-cultural sound!! Well shaken !!! Nice job !! | |