Vesna Pisarovic - Poravna (2025) [Hi-Res]

In her album Poravna, Croatian vocalist Vesna Pisarović deconstructs the Bosnian Sevdah genre, transforming traditional Balkan love songs into avant-garde compositions. Having transitioned from a career as a platinum-selling pop star to free jazz and experimental music, Pisarović collaborates with prominent improvisers from groups like The Necks and Masada to create a work rooted in sonic tension and contradiction. Folk melodies are superimposed against backdrops of noise, drones, and collective improvisation, reshaping ethnic material into a mystical, unclassifiable "punk-Sevdah" experiment. The project serves as a conceptual homage to the complex musical geography of the Balkans, reimagined through the lens of radical contemporary art.

Tracklist:
1-1 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen;Noel Akchote;Axel Dorner;Tony Buck - Pita Fata Halil mejhandžiju [8:49]
1-2 Vesna Pisarovic;Noel Akchote - Ako želiš razgovora [5:00]
1-3 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen;Noel Akchote;Axel Dorner;Tony Buck - Vrbas vodo, što se često mutiš? [4:23]
1-4 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen;Noel Akchote;Axel Dorner;Tony Buck - Vozila m' se Mujagina lađa [6:42]
1-5 Vesna Pisarovic;Noel Akchote - Dunjaluče, golem ti si [8:02]
1-6 Vesna Pisarovic;Noel Akchote - Zmaj prileti s Bosne na Dunavo [3:26]
1-7 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen;Noel Akchote - Vrbas voda nosila jablana [5:15]
1-8 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen;Noel Akchote;Axel Dorner;Tony Buck - Pokraj Save bagrem drvo raste [10:03]
1-9 Vesna Pisarovic - Na Obhođi, prema Bakijama [4:16]
1-10 Vesna Pisarovic;Noel Akchote - Mujo gleda u mahali Zlatu [5:49]
1-11 Vesna Pisarovic;Greg Cohen - Dvi' planine viš' Travnika grada [2:20]