Mr Zarko - L’Amour Fatal (2023)

The winter of global pandemic was too long and cold and MR ŽARKO was waiting for the true summer of love to come. Finally in 2023 “L`Amour fatal ” the brand new album of MR ŽARKO is rising like a musical phoenix from the ashes of a burned love!

„L’amour fatal“ is a French phrase that translates to „fatal love“ in English. True love must die , but just to raise from the ashes and be born again as a new form of life. The mantra of this album is: “find what you love and let it kill you”. Lyrically, the songs represent deep intimate confessions and tell not only stories of love but also of separation, betrayal, pain, irony, anger and loneliness.

The twelve new compositions of “L´Amour Fatal “ are a symphony of passion and desire transformed into sound as a healing medium. With each track painting a vivid picture of the many facets of love enabling a form of purification through pain. The new songs further blur the boundaries of genres and music styles. The big surprise on this album is the combination of marimba, harmonica and twangy baritone guitar with typical Balkan brass like tenor horns, flugelhorns, tuba and trumpets. For the first time low marimba tones stand in the center of the soundscape, surrounded by raging Balkan brass riffs. The harmonica is dancing with tenor horns and trumpets. Tango collides with eastern European melodies. Gypsy grooves fuse with psychedelic surf-rock guitars.

Musicians:
Lineup:
Žarko Jovaševic (guitars, vocals, flute, harmonicas)
Katya Tasheva (vocals, tapan)
Marjan Antic (trumpet)
Johannes Böhmer (trumpet)
Philipp Bernhardt (drums, percussion)
Matthew Bookert (tuba, sousaphone)
Marco Mingarelli (marimbaphone, darabuka, tapan)

Extended Lineup:
Marton Regöczi (tenor horn)
Orlando Belo (tenor horn)

Tracklist:
1 01. Mr Zarko - Graveyard Dancer (03:58)
1 02. Mr Zarko - The Man With The Black Hat (05:16)
1 03. Mr Zarko - Burn (04:47)
1 04. Mr Zarko - Iva (03:27)
1 05. Mr Zarko - L'Amour Fatal (03:51)
1 06. Mr Zarko - Looking for Love (05:14)
1 07. Mr Zarko - Tell Me Only Lies (05:11)
1 08. Mr Zarko - Red Sweater (03:08)
1 09. Mr Zarko - Snake Body Woman (03:56)
1 10. Mr Zarko - Black Cold Ground (03:57)
1 11. Mr Zarko - Road to Madness (02:47)
1 12. Mr Zarko - Mother (03:57)