Dog Daze

by Csokolom

Overview

New Europe meets old Europe on Csokolom's Dog Daze, an intoxicating cocktail of an album mixed from traditional gypsy music, jazz, and classical. Anti VonKlewitz, Sander Hoving, Anneke Frankenberg, and Jens Piezunka build their arrangements from violins, violas, and a double bass, and rely heavily on traditional Eastern European (Hungary, Bulgaria, Transylvania) folk music for their repertoire. VonKlewitz handles the vocals, which are also sung in Eastern European languages, but are translated into English in the liner notes. Csokolom easily moves between songs like "Ando Tyire," which strikes one as ultra-traditional gypsy folk music, to "Eastern Comfort," which is also traditional but sounds contemporary enough to work as a television theme song. "Fi Barbat," on the other hand, has a jazzy undertow, aided considerably by Lulo Reinhardt's guitar work (which sounds a lot like Django Reinhardt's work). The VonKlewitz original, "Lahore," ventures closer to classical, but in a lively fashion that never reminds one of National Public Radio at its most sleep-inducing. Dog Daze, at nearly 65 minutes, is a generous album, and if the various styles don't always flow easily into one another, it nonetheless keeps the music from falling into a rut. For fans of Csokolom's previous albums, Dog Daze will be a welcome arrival. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2006
Label:	ARHOOLIE RECORDS
UPC:	0096297052327

Tracks

1. Ando Tyire/Fast Cs¿¿sard¿¿s from Sz¿¿kelyf¿¿ld
2. Tuga Za Jablanom
3. Kalotaszegi Leg¿¿nyes in D-Minor
4. Virt¿¿gzik a Cseresznyfa
5. Flamb¿¿e Montalbanaise
6. ¿¿va, Szivem ¿¿va/Fast Dance from M¿¿hker¿¿k
7. Eastern Comfort
8. Fi Barat/Fast Dance from Transylvania
9. Lahore
10. F¿¿re B¿¿nat, F¿¿re B¿¿/Fast Dances from Moldavia
11. Maneaua Lui Kemal
12. Madara
13. Kalotaszegi Leg¿¿nyes in B-Flat
14. Flamb¿¿e Montalbanaise Extra Hot
15. Lino/Tareanasca
16. Ants (Braul Pe Sase)
17. Dog Daze

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Csokolom   Primary Artist
Anti VonKlewitz   Viola,Violin,Vocals,Soloist
Anneke Frankenberg   Viola,Violin,Soloist,Percussion
Sander Hoving   Viola,Kontra,Violin,Soloist
Szabo Arpad   Vocals
Jens Piezunka   Soloist,Double Bass
Lulo Reinhardt   Guitar,Soloist,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Anti von Klewitz   Audio Production
Bernfried Wiewiora   Photography
Anti VonKlewitz   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Impuls   Mixing,Engineer
Jan Duzda   Composer
Wolfgang Schillner   Mixing,Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Gus Viseur   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Executive Producer
Ulrike Walter   Photography
Morgan K. Dodge   Graphic Design