Gordan - Gordan (2024) [Hi-Res]

“Gripping, like something ancient being born" -- The Wire

“The connection between folk and improvised music, between traditional song and electric noise has been tried in recent years, but rarely as intensively and interestingly.” – Rolling Stone (Germany)

This self-titled 2nd album from this acclaimed transnational (Serbia/Germany/Austria) experimental trio, fuses traditional Balkan vocalizations with feedback, electronic sound generators, pulsing bass and hypnotic drumming.

Gordan mirror the mysticism of legends and stories from the Balkan region, creating a music that stretches between expressiveness and abstraction; tradition and the avant-garde. The visceral vocals of Svetlana Spajic (Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Antony and the Johnsons) are both rooted and deeply interpretive. In turn, drummer Andi Stecher (STECHER, Billy Bultheel, Orchestre Les Mangelepa) and Guido Möbius on bass and electronics, employ sonic strategies that steer the songs in inspired and unpredictable directions.



Tracklist:
1.01 - Gordan - Barabinska (6:54)
1.02 - Gordan - Selo moje (5:17)
1.03 - Gordan - Šara (4:37)
1.04 - Gordan - The Bell Is Buzzing (5:50)
1.05 - Gordan - How a Mountain Fairy Divided the Two Jakšić Brothers (5:49)
1.06 - Gordan - Krajiška kontra (5:14)
1.07 - Gordan - Ne spominji oči plave (1:30)
1.08 - Gordan - O Nikola (5:14)