Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
Genre: New Age
Review
There's definitely a concept of a journey about this album, but it's the kind of trip you'll be happy to make. Yes, it's gypsy music, coming from a Serbian home, but traveling everywhere -- note the Indian inflection on "India Rroma," where guitar sounds like sitar, balancing a delicate violin line over chord changes that could almost have been lifted from "Get Back," filtered through, well, China. Odd, but enticing, which is also true of the rest of the disc, like the breakdown that comes at the end of "Me Sem Rrom," where cimbalom and violin take off like Serbian bluegrass, after a track that gives a nod to the U.S. with its bluesy inflections. Considering that Olah Vince has been playing professionally for 40 years, this is a major step forward not just for himself, but for gypsy music in general, an adventurous, daring disc. On "Vranje-Rromans," with guest trumpeter Boban Markovic heavily overdubbed in a fanfare, Vince's guitar work connects the dots between flamenco, the Balkans, and the Middle East in a magnificent way. And he's not afraid of being quieter, either, as on "A#-Rromans," a lyrical piece with echoes of a fading past. A magnificent record. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
Azija Rromansa
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(4:49)
Sae Rroma, Ando Them (All the People in the World)
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(4:30)
Me Sem Rrom (Only a Man)
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(6:51)
Music Rroman
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(6:19)
Dance Rromalen
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(4:02)
India Rroma
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(6:57)
Rroma Adagio Sempre
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(1:49)
Choro Rrom (Poor Man)
Olah Vince
Stranger, Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(3:46)
Vranje-Rromans
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(6:27)
A#-Rromans
Olah Vince
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
(2:14)
Credits
Marc Elsner (Mastering), Boban Markovic (Trumpet), Boban Markovic (Guest Appearance), Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band (Main Performer), Bojan Ciric (Mixing), Bojan Djordjevic (Liner Notes), Bojan Djordjevic (Text), Kurina Ferenc (Bass), Pap Janos (Engineer), Varga Karlo (Violin), Tim von Veh (Graphic Design), Olah Vince (Guitar), Olah Vince (Violin), Olah Vince (Arranger), Olah Vince (Vocals), Olah Vince (Producer), Olah Vince (Art Direction), Olah Vince (Mixing), Kurina Michael (Cimbalom), Helmut Neumann (Executive Producer), Toplica Ramiz (Percussion)
