Bela Lakatos - Introducing Bela Lakatos & the Gypsy Youth Project (2006) [FLAC]

Bela Lakatos - Introducing Bela Lakatos & the Gypsy Youth Project (2006) [FLAC]


Audio CD (September 15, 2006)
Original Release Date: 2006
Number of Discs: 1
Label: World Music Network


The music of Hungary's Roma tribes is one of Eastern Europe's most durable and influential folkways. It has turned up in classical music composed by Lizst, Kodály, and Bartók--the latter two were famous ethnomusicologists who preserved innumerable endangered tunes--and remains an important component in Jewish klezmer, as well as other folk and pop styles. The present group was formed with the intention of preserving their Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg cultural heritage for future generations. Known in their homeland simply as Ternipe (youth), the band's male and female singers are accompanied by acoustic guitar and mandolin with occasional chromatic harmonica licks, plus a percussion consort consisting of a struck metal can and clicking sticks, plus irrepressible foot-stomping. All native Romany speakers, the members are avid song-collectors and the results of their field research can be heard on this album. With harmony-drenched melodies, thumping rhythms, and chiming plucked strings that sometimes evoke recollections of Greek tavern music, their sound is remarkably infectious, but nonetheless harbors an underlying, persistent tinge of melancholy--it's beautiful, exuberant, rustic, sophisticated, and miles deep. --Christina Roden
Product Description
Introducing Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project tells the story of Hungarian Gypsy youth, with poignant tales of lost love, hardship and reflections on the life of an outcast people. Known as 'Ternipe' (meaning 'youth') at home, the group - which is predominantly vocal, with percussion from sticks, foot-stomping and a metal can, and an acoustic guitar and mandolin - was formed with the aim of ensuring the survival of Gypsy folk music and to launch the next generation of Hungarian Gypsy music.

Tracks:

1. O Bijav 3:58
2. Pal O Foro 2:38
3. Lina 2:49
4. Shun Athe Mura Dola 2:31
5. Muro Shavo Kiki 2:19
6. Geri Romnji 2:47
7. Autar Manca 2:42
8. Korkorro Som 3:01
9. Del O Brishind... 3:53
10. Bilako Na Zhuvau 2:48
11. Patave Baxtale 2:36
12. Puter Mama 3:13
13. Dimo 2:16
14. Na Sutyom 3:44
15. Po Drom 3:42