Long Lute Trip

Raag Live 210407

Inspired from Romanian cultural heritage, be it film, dance or musical instruments, Folclor Abstract is a glance back to the roots in search of a meaningful future.

The first track is inspired from the soundtrack composed by Cornelia Tăutu for the Romanian historical adventure film "Buzduganul cu trei peceți" (1977). The film presents a politicized version of the events that led in 1600 to the unification of the three Romanian countries, in the aftermath of a victorious battle against the Ottoman invasion (Călugăreni, 1595). Dance your way through as the story unfolds.

Dans cu balans is the result of a personal fascination for the cimbalom, an instrument of high versatility, frequently used in the Romanian fiddle music. In contrast to orchestral performances, which adhere to the composer's notes to reproduce a work faithfully, fiddling is also open to improvisation and tends to produce rhythms that focus on dancing, with associated quick note changes.

Searching for inspiration within Romanian folklore, I found Ivan Braga who was on his own pursuit of cultural heritage, experimenting with a variety of traditional instruments and rhythms from different regions of the country. Doba lu' Braga is Ivan's modern take on Romanian drum patterns performed on a traditional Moldavian drum (dobă) with an uplifting twist and arrangement for the dancefloor experience.

Reverie is an expression of the creator's state of mind. Lost in thought, stolen by imagination, haunted by memories, liberated by dreams.
credits
released April 19, 2021

samples taken from: Cornelia Tăutu, Marin Constantin, Corul Național de Camera Madrigal, Ivan Braga

Produced by Ovidiu Stanciu
Mastered by Johanz Westerman at Ballyhoo Studio

Folclor Abstract

Dans Cu Balans

Rapsodia Română

Doina din Ţara Lăpuşului şi Danţu-n patru din Târgu Lăpuş

Ansamblul Folcloric Țara Vrancei, România

Doină

Amor Fati

MARIA CIOBANU LIE CIOCARLIE

F2C Mix for Radio Raheem as played on 19th oct 2018

FRONT DE CADEAUX MIX FOR RADIO RAHEEM (MILANO, IT)

The first track from the project "Poems of the Psyche" where I practically describe in words interior visual journeys that I take inside myself in the search of understanding the layers under the skin. To keep the genuine storytelling of the images that I receive, the musical part is an improvisation, recorded in one shot with little to no post-processing.  Practically the idea is to to keep the intellect and the mind as far as possible to the creative process, so that whatever images or sounds I receive from my interior world I put them out in the purest form possible. 

Poem 1. Root Song

I, I went down
down into the forest, down into the ground
I, I went down
down into the forest, down into the ground,
down to herbs that stung my skin
my ancles red and bruised, kissed by the nettles
the rainy wind is ravaging my hair
and wet, wet
cold rain
everywhere
and wet, cold
rain verywhere

I went down into the forest
and passed near the grinning teeth 
of a fox, of a wolf, of a bear,
bite me I said, and moved on
the birds have stopped to sing their joyful song
the birds have stopped to sing their joyful song

I went down into the forest
to heal at the root of the oak tree
to put my ear on the ground
and listened to the sweet melody the roots sang for me
and listened to the sweet melody the roots sang for me
the roots sang for me,

I wrote it with dirt on my bare hands, my bare feet, my naked skin
and asked the rain to stop
to let me come home back dirty
I want to come up dirty
to let me bring the dust song home
please rain let me bring the dust song home


I went up from the forest and I saw
the remaining lyrics on my skin
some faded from the sweat
some faded form time
some faded from the raindrops tha didn't listen
an uncomplete song yet again
the voice of the roots barely hearing


tonight I rest
tonight I rest
but when the nettle wounds will heal
I'll go again

Root Song

Broadcast on WNYU 89.1FM in New York City on May 26th, 2020.
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Root Song

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