Lada Obradovic Project - "The Portrait Of A Pregnant Bumblebee"

Maxime Berton (FR) - soprano/tenor saxophones
Matthias Legner (AT) - vibraphone/marimba
David Tixier (FR) - piano
Miha Koren (SLO) - double/electric bass
Lada Obradović (CRO) - drums/ composition

Recorded in December 2017 at Hardstudios, Winterthur, Switzerland by Andy Neresheimer
Release in June 2018 on Neuklang
Coproduction with Radio SRF, 2 Kultur
Executive producer for Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Peter Bürli
Sponsored by Fondations “Die Mobiliar” and “ABPI”
Edited, mixed and mastered by Ziv Ravitz
Artwork by Tihana Hrastar & Marina Mijatović 
Partners: “Trx Cymbals” and “Bay Cusom Drums”

www.ladaobradovic.com

This composition is designed through the imagery of heartbreak. The piece is
constructed with an interrupted style of writing phrases—one that conveys the
struggle that stems from each step one takes in searching for a better life. While I sat in a city of poverty and detected empty, unimaginative gazes I found myself hoping to overlook their faces. These images will constantly linger in my mind, as the memories remain strongly interposed with every anxious thought. It seems impossible to isolate reality between a grateful smile that accepts fresh bread with the trembling, dirty receiving hands that holds such poverty. Not too long ago those trembling hands were mine, yours, and those of the ignored; this piece was originally titled, “Immigrant Song” until it literally faded into the unassailable: “Million Dollar Smile”.

Milion Dollar Smile

Lada Obradovic Project - "The Portrait Of A Pregnant Bumblebee"

Maxime Berton (FR) - soprano/tenor saxophones
David Tixier (FR) - piano
Miha Koren (SLO) - double/electric bass
Lada Obradović (CRO) - drums/ composition

Recorded in December 2017 at Hardstudios, Winterthur, Switzerland by Andy Neresheimer
Release in June 2018 on Neuklang
Coproduction with Radio SRF, 2 Kultur
Executive producer for Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Peter Bürli
Sponsored by Fondations “Die Mobiliar” and “ABPI”
Edited, mixed and mastered by Ziv Ravitz
Artwork by Tihana Hrastar & Marina Mijatović 
Partners: “Trx Cymbals” and “Bay Cusom Drums”

www.ladaobradovic.com

Scream

Lada Obradovic Project - "The Portrait Of A Pregnant Bumblebee"

Maxime Berton (FR) - soprano/tenor saxophones
Matthias Legner (AT) - vibraphone/marimba
David Tixier (FR) - piano
Miha Koren (SLO) - double/electric bass
Lada Obradović (CRO) - drums/ composition

Recorded in December 2017 at Hardstudios, Winterthur, Switzerland by Andy Neresheimer
Release in June 2018 on Neuklang
Coproduction with Radio SRF, 2 Kultur
Executive producer for Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Peter Bürli
Sponsored by Fondations “Die Mobiliar” and “ABPI”
Edited, mixed and mastered by Ziv Ravitz
Artwork by Tihana Hrastar & Marina Mijatović 
Partners: “Trx Cymbals” and “Bay Cusom Drums”

www.ladaobradovic.com

L.E.A

Lada Obradovic Project - "The Portrait Of A Pregnant Bumblebee"

Matthias Legner (AT) - vibraphone/marimba
David Tixier (FR) - piano
Miha Koren (SLO) - double/electric bass
Lada Obradović (CRO) - drums/ composition

Recorded in December 2017 at Hardstudios, Winterthur, Switzerland by Andy Neresheimer
Release in June 2018 on Neuklang
Coproduction with Radio SRF, 2 Kultur
Executive producer for Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Peter Bürli
Sponsored by Fondations “Die Mobiliar” and “ABPI”
Edited, mixed and mastered by Ziv Ravitz
Artwork by Tihana Hrastar & Marina Mijatović 
Partners: “Trx Cymbals” and “Bay Cusom Drums”

www.ladaobradovic.com

"Kids Of Glue" signifies children who live in hunger and poverty; the kids who belong to no parent beyond the streets. The introduction of the piece expresses the frank insecurities and deep anxiety experienced by street kids and every rough waking morning. This turbulent mood
repeated during each of the musical solos and lines are a reminder of a permanent and constant daily struggle. Children of the streets are never provided with a moment to forget or liberate themselves from their troubles – even if they chose to lie in bed all day to escape, they would still experience hurt through starvation and exhaustion. The
end of each day for street kids finishes the same way they begin: without hope for a better tomorrow. The crowded streets of Bucharest and the unending cycle of clutter inspired the development of “Kids of Glue”. As I jogged around this soiled and filthy area, I was overcome with tears of anger that subsided with a deep-seated feeling of
helplessness –a realization that having neither rage nor broken heartedness would help the children of the streets. I am haunted by memories of their deep brown gazes, the glue in their small hands, and the narrowly grime alleys of Bucharest. “Kids of Glue” was produced in remembrance of those children of the streets.

Lada Obradovic

Popular tracks