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REVIEW FROM www.livingtradition.co.uk
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WARSAW VILLAGE BAND Uprooting World Village 468036 | ||||
This exceptionally
honest, powerful album of Polish folk-roots music opens a window onto
an exciting folk tradition. Recorded over a short time span, it captures
the thrill and momentum of Warsaw Village Band's live act. These musicians
are young and fiendishly adept at playing their instruments; their sound
is raw, energetic, urgent, and VERY convincing - think of Ojos De Brujo,
Berrogueto, Martyn Bennett or Oi Va Voi for a roughish comparison. These
selections aren't easy - you have to overcome the inner 'tension' they
create within you, play them loud to capture their essence. The band has
taken traditional Polish folk songs/rural ballads (from their native Sieradz
region) and given them a radical overhaul. Their combining of historic
'roots' recordings (scratchy fiddle/voice/accordion samples) with live
scratch & dub and acoustic instrumentation is beguiling. They play a sense-ravishing,
seductive combination of violins, hurdy gurdy, dulcimer (hammered and
plucked), drums of all kinds (frame/baraban/snare), cymbals, xylophone,
cello and plock fidel. Their sound is superbly expansive and very passionate. |
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