Samurai Over Serbia

Infobox Album |
Name = Samurai Over Serbia
Type = Album
Artist = Fishtank Ensemble


Released = 2007
Recorded = The Lair Recording Studios
Genre = Eastern European
Length = 58:40
Label =
Producer = Douglas Smolens
Reviews =

Last album = "Super Raoul"
(2005)
This album = "Samurai Over Serbia"
(2007)
Next album =

"Samurai Over Serbia" is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007. [ [http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/yugo_crazy/Content?oid=518239 Yugo Crazy, With a rollicking sound, Fishtank Ensemble swims upstream] ] Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble’s unconventional, but imaginative sound. [ [http://www.folkworks.org/content/view/35337/167/ TITLE: Samurai over Serbia By Joel Okida] ] The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn." [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/01/NSSP109V90.DTL&type=music Fishtank Ensemble] ]

Track listing

#"Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09
#"Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59
#"Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30
#"Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06
#"Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38
#"Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58
#"Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45
#"Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52
#"Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55
#"Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16
#"Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33
#"Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23
#"Yasaburpo Bush" (traditional, arr. M. Penny) – 4:43

Personnel

*Fabrice Martinez - violin, violomba
*Ursula Knudson - vocals, violin, musical saw, banjolele, percussion
*Douglas Smolens (el Douje) - guitar
*Aaron Seeman (Duckmandu) - accordion
*Djordje Stijepovic - upright bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11
*Andy Zacharias - upright bass on tracks 3, 5-8, 10, 12
*Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, guitar
*Kevin Kmetz - additional shamisen tracks on track 4, guitar tracks on track 12

Notes

External links

* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/fishtank2 "Samurai Over Serbia" at CD Baby]
* [http://www.fishtankensemble.com Official Website]