The
Black Sea Project
Papazov / Senlendirici / Floridis
/ Alexandrov /
Stefanet / Umerov / Ismailov /
Tavitian / Gagnice / Temiz / Temiz |
Preis
/ Price : 16.36 €
Bestell-Nr. / P/O No. : LYRA
ML 0660 |
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| Ivo
Papazov (Bulgarien) |
clarinet |
Ergün
Senlendirici (Türkei)
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trumpet |
| Floros
Floridis (Griechenland) |
soprano saxophone, bass clarinet |
Alexander
Alexandrov (Russland)
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bassoon |
Anatoly
Stefanet (Moldau)
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viola |
| Nariman
Umerov (Ukraine) |
accordeon |
Enver
Ismailov (Ukraine)
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electric guitar |
Hari
Tavitian (Rumänien)
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piano |
Zurab
Gagnidze (Georgien)
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electric bass |
| Okay
Temiz (Türkei) |
drums, percussion |
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| 01. |
Horum Instabul Zurab
Gagnidze
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11:28 |
| 02. |
Paramashivam Smile Alexander
Alexandrov
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13:49 |
| 03. |
Tekez Zortlatmasi Okay
Temiz
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11:34 |
| 04. |
Folk Song Nariman
Umerov
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06:23 |
| 05. |
Moving Waggon Floros
Floridis
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12:57 |
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time: |
00:00 |
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Produktion: General Publications Company, S.A. Production
Gesamtleitung: Floros Floridis
Live aufgenommen in Istanbul am 26. Oktober 1966 im Cemal Resit Rey
Konser Salonu
Remastering: Studio 19, Athen |
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The album is dedicated to the memory of Ergün Senlendirici
First release: 1998 |
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| Euxenite Pondos, The
Black Sea |
»This big and
spacious sea. Countless reptiles, animals big and small. Ships
pass through there, this dragon which you have created is playing
with her«
(Psalm of David).
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Black-green waters
gallop towards land, while winds push and spin them. And over
them, the dragon plays and laughs, an artful sound which is
chiselled by the musical organs of the sky. When the wave rises
to its fullest to attack, you can see the emerald´s colour
from its arch, while below, the cliff glistens with waters,
girdled with snake-like seaweed… Pondos is a wide and deep
sea. And this deep, wide, enclosed sea, which stirs her roaring
waters at the borders of Asia and Europe, was inhospitable,
at first, to the Aegean seamen. For when they managed to pass
Bosporus, through the ox´s passage with great pains and
sail in its waters, to moor in its rare natural harbours, to
reach the fairytale lands of gold, silver and iron, they met
people who, apart from the arts of fire and metal, knew other
awesome arts as well, the art of poisoning, sorcery, witchcraft
and the art of walking barefoot, on lit coal.
Then those who risked sailing out to the inhospitable sea became
more and more numerous. (…) They mingled with the mysterious
people on land and learned the artful sound and the musical
instruments chiselling it. The sea became hospitable and she
was called the Euxenite Pondos. (…) |
E. Zachos
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Short interview with
Helen Kontos, Manager of BSP
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Had this
been a one-time project or was it continued?
It was initiated as a one-time project in 1996. But in 1998
Floros Floridis was some CDs producing for LYRA, and one of
them was the BSP concert in Turkey. As Floros and I were collaborating
in other projects, he played it for me and I loved it instantly.
So we agreed with him and Okay that I would be their manager
and try to get more performances.
They had a performance at the inauguration of the ´Black
Sea and Development Bank´ in Thessaloniki in June 1999,
which was our first attempt to bring the band back together.
8 of the 11 members came. The big concert, in front of the palace
(the former royal residence in Thessaloniki by the sea) was
cancelled due to an incredible summer storm, but afterwards
they played with a very small sound system in the patio.
In February 2000 they played for 800 people at the Aula Magna
in Lisbon, in May 2000 for 1000 people in a big hall in Ankara,
and in November 2000 at ´Music Meeting´, a very
renowned festival in Nijmegen, Holland.
This year, although there could have been some 3 or 4 gigs,
finally none of them came through, due to the high travel cost
of the group. But I am already working on two projects in 2002,
one in Germany and one in Canada.
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Who has
initiated the project?
Initially OKay Temiz. The CD was Floros Floridis´ idea.
THe management was my proposal to them, and they liked it.
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Which
implications resulted from the fact that the concert was staged
in Turkey and the CD produced in Greece?
None whatsoever. The musicians are from 8 different countries,
but musicians don't think in countries.
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What happened
to the Turkish trumpeter?
He died of a heart attack. I think he was in his thirties only.
Now Ioury Perfenov plays the trumpet. He is wonderful, too.
Each musician brings with them one original composition and
all together they orchestrate them. The music is influenced
by the local tradition of the home region of each musician. |
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