Electric Gypsyland Vol.2 (2006)

Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Electric Gypsyland Vol.2
Year Of Release: 6 Nov 2006
Label: Cramworld
Genre: Balkan Gypsy music, World, Lounge
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Size: 185 MB

Like its predecessor, Electric Gypsyland 2 is a collection of reinterpretations of recordings by several modern Balkan bands -- some of the new versions are relatively straightforward remixes, while others are much more dramatic and imaginative reworkings of the source material. Unlike the first volume in this series, however, this one also includes a bonus disc that offers original, untouched versions of songs by those same bands (though they're not always the same tracks as the ones remixed on the first disc). The format and presentation of this collection may be a bit unusual and even disconcerting, but that's probably as it should be -- the same is true of the music itself, which is a wild fusion of musical styles even in its original form and is even more kaleidoscopically varied in the remixes. Check out the wild, almost klezmer-sounding clarinet on Koçani Orkestar's "Mi Bori San Korani," and the glitchy techno underpinnings that Smadji installs beneath it, or the dubwise production effects that DJ ClicK applies to Mahala Raï Banda's already faintly reggae-inflected "Romano Dance." But the album's highlight is "Red Bula," a brilliant piece of party-ready horn-based Gypsy dance funk given an even wilder setting by Balkan Beat Box. Contributions by Cibelle and Oi Va Voi are equally exciting. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Disc: 1
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01. Homecoming - Tunng & Taraf De Haidouks
02. Alone At My Wedding - Buscemi & Kocani Orkestar
03. Oi Bori Sujie - Animal Collective
04. Red Bula - Balkan Beat Box & Mahala Rai Banda
05. Romano Dance - DJ Click & Mahala Rai Banda
06. Mi Bori Sar Korani - Smadj & Kocani Orkestar
07. Duba Duba Si Hora - Shantel & Taraf De Haidouks
08. Rom And A Home - Oi-Va-Voi & Taraf De Haidouks
09. Maxutu - Cibelle & Kocani Orkestar
10. Man Who Drinks - Forty Thieves Orkestar & Mahala Rai Banda
11. Morceau D'Amour - Nouvelle Vague & Mahala Rai Banda
12. Neacsu In Africa - ShrineSynchroSystem & Taraf De Haidouks
13. New Adventures Of Soldier Tufaiev - Gurzhy, Yuriy & Zelwer
14. Go East - Fabri, Gaetano & Taraf De Haidouks
15. Ismail Oro - 43 Skidoo & Susheela Raman
16. Spoitoresa Revisited - Russ & Nahala Rai Banda

Disc: 2
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01. Cudna Zena - Kocani Orkestar
02. Siki Siki Baba - Kocani Orkestar
03. L'Orient Est Rouge - Kocani Orkestar
04. Duba Duba Si Hora - Taraf De Haidouks
05. Terno Chelipe - Taraf De Haidouks
06. Cind Eram La '48 - Taraf De Haidouks
07. A La Turk - Taraf De Haidouks
08. Spoitoresa - Rai, Mahala Banda
09. Lest Sexy - Rai, Mahala Banda
10. Romano Dance - Mahala Rai Banda
11. Fiances Dream - Zelwer
12. Soldier Tufaiev Gets Married - Zelwer