| Boris Kovac received Sterija's Award, the most prestigious theatre prize in Serbia, for the music he composed for the performance Nahod Simeon based on
the text by Milena Markovic, poet and drama writer from Belgrade, directed by
Slovenian director Tomy Janezic in production of Serbian National Theater from Novi Sad.If you're looking for an unsettling soundtrack to summer, then look no further than World After History.Pannonia is located in Serbia, ex Yugoslavia and it is the homeland of Boris Kovach, the music genius who has given us this new record that surpasses all his previous works.Kovac and his ensemble La Campanella take a Balkan view of the Mediterranean.The king of apocalyptical cabaret.Best equipped to play midnight sets at a nightmare cafe smack in the middle of a minefield, where pink lampshades barely part the shadows, and mushroom clouds float over the cocktail shakers.Womex, Essen, octobre 2002.Womex, Essen, octobre 2002.Ivry avec Eko du Oud, subtile alliance entre musique et cirque."FIP des disques musiques du monde dans chaque magazine papier Mondomix.Dj Tagada dans Balagan Box."Maroc) pour le festival Jazz in Riads (16 au 18 novembre).Vaziri et Mohammad Motamedi.Mondomix de la saison 2007.Dernier reportage : Zad Moultaka.Mondomix : Bako Dagnon, Lo Cor de la Plana, Chango Spasiuk, Jerry Kamit, Bozi Boziana..."Communicating with Music Server...""We're sorry, this request cannot be completed.Please try again later."What turns out to be a major problem in real life is a blessing within the arts!Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from Novi Sad, capital of the...Boris Kovac understands about these things!Albert Camus: The sun is an answer to all historical dilemmas!After staying in Italy, Slovenia and Austria for several years, Boris Kovac came back to Yugoslavia to participate in the cultural reconstruction of his home country in numerous projects in the reflourishing theatre scene.It is a trip into sentimental spaces, Boris Kovac is very satisfied with.And quite relieved about.With La Campanella, Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the Vojvodina part of Yugoslavia, spins off his critically acclaimed La Danza Apocalypsa Balcanica project.With La Campanella, Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the Vojvodina part of Yugoslavia, spins off his critically acclaimed La Danza Apocalypsa Balcanica project.Need Help listening to Samples?Welcome to an apocalyptic dance party with Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the Vojvodina, the Pannonian part of Yugoslavia.So keep calm and take your dearest and nearest with you...Need Help listening to Samples?Want this album in your Blog?Dadaist answer to Lambada.Want this album in your Blog?Ballads at The End of Time and the Last Balkan Tango are two of my favorite escape devices.Tom Waits, and some how the two go together.On the outskirts of Frushka Gora Mountain there is a small Vojvodian village where roads from all directions cross and where Europe and Asia meet, just around the corner at the belly button of the world where everything seems to be very close yet all is distant.In the centre of the village is a white church surrounded by many old houses.The music exists within a night detached from time and space: wandering, dreaming, howling at the moon, peeking out from the labyrinth of history, from the cry of distressed and deadened voices, blanketed in barbed wire, bombs and engines which saw through the sky...He seems to play effortlessly and, just like a swimmer on the golden sand of the Red Sea, sheltered beneath a rock from the enormous swelter of the summer sun, he can only hear his own breath, remembering the melody that Odysseus fed upon when he awakes, unaware that the rock above him has begun to crack.It's the same meditation in the night that won't allow the conscience of the whole world to be emptied but rather wishes to keep its happy moments.Um, all right, the danger is still near, the world is no longer a nice place for living, but it's no good crying and to give in yourself to desperation, and the tragic feeling of life.One should play music while the world is collapsing.This mantra is with him when he takes on the role of the minstrel, the wandering musician, the modern Odysseus...Ladaaba Orchestr
Last Balkan Tango: An Apocalyptic Dance Party (Piranha)
17.Dance like it was your last.....Serbian Boris Kovac would have his way, we'd all be dancing to his
exquisitely bittersweet band as the missiles rain down.Boris Kovac, born in 1955, is a composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from Novi Sad, capital of the multiethnic region Vojvodina in the Pannonian Plains.Till now Pannonia is characterized by the juxtaposition of Catholizism, Islam and Slavic Orthodoxy.Boris writes music for chamber groups that he rehearses and leads.After staying in Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Canada for several years, Boris Kovac came back to Yugoslavia to participate on the cultural reconstruction of his home country in numerous projects in the reflourishing theatre scene.As Bela Bartok 70 years before, Boris Kovac wants to stand out as cultural intersection between traditional music culture and the young contemporary music scene of Yugoslavia.He has shared his artistic talents at approximately 30 festivals of new music and contemporary theater in many different countries."Our advantage is, that people from 20 different nationalities lived together in the pannonian plains, so today no one can say from which folklore my music comes exactly.Anyway for us, living in an urban situation, having no contact to the little villages, it is not comprehensible where the music comes from.But I think that is not even necessary: decisive is, to use the sources as food for my own creativity."Nevertheless, Kovac's music language is far more impure and contaminated.Most CDs have been
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a reaction to the difficult times Yugoslavia would go through for the next decade and a half.Kovac released his first LP, Ritual Nova, in 1986 on the small Yugoslavian label Symposion.Political instability sent Kovac and his group into exile in 1991.For the next five years, Kovac lived in Italy, Austria, and Slovenia.During this period he worked mostly for the theater and began work on Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries.This cycle (his most profoundly spiritual to date) became in 1996 the first of two albums for the Canadian label Victo.In 1997, he participated in the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and toured the world with his ensemble.The group released its first album, The Last Balkan Tango, later that year.Meta Sekcija, his first project.Things became serious with the formation of Ritual Nova in 1982, which included within its ranks keyboardist Stevan Kovacz Tickmayer.With this group Kovac would explore a highly original form of composition, blending ancient traditions and postmodern techniques to express spiritual ideals like brotherly love and peace; a reaction to the difficult times Yugoslavia would go through for the next decade and a half.Kovac released his first LP, Ritual Nova, in 1986 on the small Yugoslavian label Symposion.For the next five years, Kovac lived in Italy, Austria, and Slovenia.This cycle (his most profoundly spiritual to date) became in 1996 the first of two albums for the Canadian label Victo.In 1997, he participated in the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and toured the world with his ensemble.Meanwhile, he struggled to rebuild a creative music scene in his region.Prompted by the NATO bombardments in Kosovo and the enduring instability of the region, he formed La Danza Apocalyptica Balcanica (or LaDaABa Orchest) in 2001, a zany ballroom orchestra to exorcise the madness of war.The group released its first album, The Last Balkan Tango, later that year.Couture, All Music Guide', 'Boris Kovac is one of a handful of modern composers and performers from the region of Hungary, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia whose names reached Western Europe and America.Strongly influenced by folk...Boris Kovac is one of a handful of modern composers and performers from the region of Hungary, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia whose names reached Western Europe and America.Strongly influenced by folk...Write a ReviewYour TakeTell the world what you think about Boris Kovac!AEC One Stop Group, Inc. |
