2013

Bittová Iva: Solo 2013 [CD]

The Six Tones är en svensk-vietnamesisk konstellation som bjuder på en unik dialog mellan traditionell vietnamesisk musik och experimentell västerländsk musick, med inslag av samtidia vietnamesisk elektronisk musik. På denna originella resa guidar garmmisbelönade Stefan Östersjö (gitarr/dan ty ba/elgitarr), Henrik Frisk (laptop/saxofon), Nguyen Thanh Thuy (dan tranh) och No Tra My (Dan bau).

Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh<br/>Erdal Erzincan, baglama<br/><br/>The album title, from the folk song of the same name by the great baglama player Muhlis Akarsu (1948-1993), translates as "How unseemly it is to follow anyone slavishly"- a motto of some pertinence to all the spheres of life, from the personal to the political to the spiritual. Interpreted artistically - as on this exciting album by two master-musicians from Iran and Anatolia - it could allude to the creative freedoms implied by traditional music. Important as it is to study them, traditions can't be extended by unreflective repetition: both due respect and an adventurous spirit are needed.<br/><br/><br/>.

Ellika Solo Rafael: Now 2013 [Digipack / CD]