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- artist:Tamara Obrovac
- region:Mediterranean
- release year:2009
- style(s):Ethnic, Funk
- country:Croatia
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Tamara Obrovac
- label:Aquarius records
- publisher:IDM Music, Bixio Music Group & Association
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The new album, the new sound of Tamara Obrovac and her Transhistria (electric!) ensemble... We are plugged in now!
Transhistria electric is the new project of Tamara Obrovac, in which her Transhistria Ensemble is supported by the wind section and the acoustic instruments are plugged in, as the very name suggests.
The music of this eight-member ensemble brings challenging and energetic performances, based on the combination of acoustic and electric instruments, and funk and soul music and the Istrian folk music tradition, and their repertory consists mainly of Tamara’s new compositions, together with several old numbers adjusted to the new sound.
Press quote:
"Lady kanta funk (Lady Sings Funk), the CD of the year!
"Neću više jazz kantat"/ "I won't sing jazz any more" is what it is – by far the best album in the whole music career of Tamara Obrovac – primarily because of the great material in which it is difficult to say what is better: the new compositions of the Istrian diva or the superb, fully thought out versions of her older works.
If you add to that a more open, more pronounced poetic engagement than ever and the booklet with all the texts in Croatian and English, the conclusion begs to be made: Transhistria Electric and the Iron Istrian Lady have made the album of the year, probably of the five years, after which the band leader may not sing jazz any longer – but don't worry: you should hear how she sings funk!"
(Pavle Vukšić, muzika.hr, Internet portal, April 27, 2009.)
Tamara Obrovac transhistria electric:
Tamara Obrovac - composer, voice (HR)
Uros Rakovec - el. guitar (SLO)
Ziga Golob - el. bass (SLO)
Krunoslav Levacic - drums (HR)
Joe Kaplovitz - keyboad (HR)
Luka Zuzic - trombone (HR)
Branko Sterpin - trumpet (HR)
Mihael Gyorek - alt saxofon (SLO)
Ana Jaksic - back vocal (HR)
Jelena Jankovic - back vocal (HR)
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