Horas and Raccoons

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Horas and Raccoons

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1997 – LJCD02 – DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY
Debut album of the formidable multi-national group, legendary for brilliant and mesmerising performances of traditional Balkan & Gypsy music from central Europe.

MIRELLA AND TEA HODZIC – VOCALS, TAMBOURINE
CHRISTIAN GARRICK – VIOLIN, VIOLA
EDDIE HESSION – ACCORDION
DAVE KELBIE – GUITAR, VOICE, MANDOLIN, PORTUGUESE GUITAR
DYLAN FOWLER – GUITAR, MANDOCELLO, OBOE
KELLY CANTLON – DOUBLE BASS

Horas and Raccoons by Szapora

TRACKLIST & AUDIO

 

HORAS AND RACCOONS PRESS

wild, vibrant, and played with an authority few can match
ACOUSTIC GUITAR USA
spectacular, sensitive, idiomatic and breathtaking
FOLK ROOTS UK
deranged and drunken-sounding aural melodramas as wild and as engaging as any theatre
LONDON METRO UK
a 10Gb band!
20th CENTURY GUITAR USA
Unparalleled and beautiful
MOORS MAGAZINE HOLLAND
known as one of the best European bands performing music of the Balkan peninsula
SONGLINES UK
Every note oozing authenticity
THE TIMES UK
natural and organic like a genuine musical party, with moments of thrilling ebullience and virtuosity
LONDON EVENING STANDARD UK
A dazzling kaleidoscope of sounds
TAPLAS UK
I left with a grin on my face and rhythm in my feet
THE TIMES UK

 
 

REVIEWS

DENMARK MAGAZINE 06.11.2002
Horas and Raccons
Et engelsk band, der spiller traditionel musik fra Mellem- og Østeuropa.
Umiddelbart forventer man måske ikke det helt store, men her bliver enhver skepsis gjort til skamme. Musikken udføres med sjældent hørt virtuositet, nerve og overbevisning.
Det gode sammenspil udføres på violin, harmonika, kontrabas, mandolin/guitar og obo. Hertil et par bosniske søstres sang. Alt i alt mere end 70 minutters blændende musik; rumænske doinas, ungarske csardas og bulgarske horas. Et enkelt klezmernummer er det også blevet til. Musikken udføres snart i stoisk ro, snart i et hæsblæsende tempo. Især violinisten Christian Garrick imponerer med sin alsidige kunnen.
Nok en af de mest overbevisende plader med østeuropæisk musik – spillet af folk der “ikke lige er dér fra egnen”.
MIKKEL HVIID HORNES

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Technical

Horas and Raccoons – LJCD03

Recorded and mixed at Chapel Lane studios, Herefordshire UK
June 1997
Engineered by Matt Butler, assisted by Joel MunsonMastered by Dennis Blackham at Country Masters.

© & P 1999 Lejazzetal Records
Produced by Lejazzetal Records, London
Package design & artwork by RE&DT

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