Dui Droma   Two Roads

Eki Kotar   There From Somewhere

Sar O Me Mangav Tut   How Much I Want You

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Martin Lubenov is one of the most unconventional accordionists of our time - a virtuoso, comedian and storyteller all in one. Coming from the Roma music of the southern Balkans and the most sophisticated Ethno-Jazz of Bulgaria, he has created his own musical language, a hybrid with an immense personal tinge, that breaks out of all conventional "Balkan music" clichés.
"Jasta prasta" is a Bulgarian slang word that means something like "tohubohu". Behind this self-ironic title conceals an infernal Balkan jazz trio.
Founded already back in 2004, the project always covered the jazz twist of Martin Lubenov’s joy of playing and experimentation. Over the time, the ensemble has been home to such illustrious names as Georg Breinschmied, Vladimir Karparov and Nenad Vasilić.
Well, and now in 2015, Lubenov re-launched “Jazzta Prasta”. And together with Angel Demirev and Misho Ivanov, he trimmed it down to a trio that packs a punch: Lubenov raises his proven recipe - virtuosity, witty playfulness, lightness and flamboyance - with breath-taking loops to new heights. Anyhow, it hardly ever happens that this upbeat music eases their listener’s last fears of foreign ethnic traditions and, allegedly over intellectual jazz.
The current repertoire of “Jazzta Prasta” is entirely made up of Lubenov’s compositions, creating a sparkling kaleidoscope of styles: Bulgarian, Turkish, Serbian and Roma traditions, innovative harmonies and scales of jazz and musette, Manouche (Gypsy Swing), bossa nova, and even Irish melodies flutter around each other like butterflies. And in some tracks the melody instruments are even abused for unbridled percussion sessions.

Contact: info@martinlubenov.eu
www.martinlubenov.eu
www.facebook.com/MartinLubenovProjects

Shopska Salata (30sec)

As A Tethered Horse (30sec)

Rural Dance (30sec)

Lovely Istanbul (30sec)

Memórias De Porto Alegre (30sec)

Multiculti Paris (30sec)

Per Una Donna Sposata (30sec)

Madame Schebrak (30sec)

Wiener Gürtel Am Freitagnachmittag (30sec)

Rhythm Cocktail (30sec)

Martin Lubenov is one of the most unconventional accordionists of our time - a virtuoso, comedian and storyteller all in one. Coming from the Roma music of the southern Balkans and the most sophisticated Ethno-Jazz of Bulgaria, he has created his own musical language, a hybrid with an immense personal tinge, that breaks out of all conventional "Balkan music" clichés.

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