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Gili Garabdi

by Fanfare Ciocarlia

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    “We are magicians of music and in Zece Prajini the ancient secrets of Gypsy magic live.” (Ioan Ivancea). When the enslavement of Romania´s Gypsies officially ended in 1864 tens of thousand fled the nation for new horizons. Several thousand landed in the United States, often settling in the black ghettoes of the Southern US states, where they continued to make music. Ioan, Fanfare Ciocarlia´s oldest member and group historian, once answered when asked if jazz was a big influence on the Fanfare, "Who´s to say our cousins who went to the US didn´t help invent jazz?" On Ancient Secrets this matter and other mysteries of Gypsy magic are set forth.

    (Garth Cartwright, Author of the book ‘Princes amongst Men’)

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1.
007 (James Bond Theme) 03:09
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2.
Alili 04:16
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3.
Sirba moldoveneasca 03:36
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4.
Caravan 04:24
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5.
Ma Maren Ma 03:52
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6.
Hora arabeasca 03:56
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7.
Golden Days 03:57
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8.
Lume Lume 04:26
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9.
Sandala 02:58
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10.
Moldavian Mood 03:27
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11.
Hora evreiasca 04:22
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12.
Time Out 00:19
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13.
Godzila 04:26
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14.
Ibrahim 04:00
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15.
Rumba de la Iasi 02:46
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16.
Alili (radio version) 04:03
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“We are magicians of music and in Zece Prajini the ancient secrets of Gypsy magic live.” (Ioan Ivancea)

When the enslavement of Romania´s Gypsies officially ended in 1864 tens of thousands fled the nation for new horizons. Several thousand landed in the United States, often settling in the black ghettoes of the Southern US states, where they continued to make music. Ioan, Fanfare Ciocarlia´s oldest member and group historian, once answered when asked if jazz was a big influence on the Fanfare, "Who´s to say our cousins who went to the US didn´t help invent jazz?" On Ancient Secrets this matter and other mysteries of Gypsy magic are set forth...

Ioan, Fanfare Ciocărlia´s oldest member and group historian, once answered when asked if jazz was a big influence on the Fanfare, "Who´s to say our cousins who went to the US didn´t help invent jazz? " On the new CD "GILI GARABDI" this matter and other mysteries of Gypsy magic are set forth. The CD will be released by Asphalt Tango Records on March 7th 2005.

Zece Prajini (literally meaning 'ten fields') is a village of just four hundred souls, surrounded by gentle mountains and dusty tracks. Situated in the East of Romania, it is no more than a stone's throw from the border with the former Soviet republic of Moldavia. This area of Romania is known for its rugged seclusion and the stubborn poetry of its inhabitants. In the evenings, when the winds calm down, the sounds of the fanfare echo from the surrounding slopes. This is the home of the twelve Romany Gypsy musicians who make up the FANFARE CIOCARLIA brass ensemble.

The art of playing music has been handed down from generation to generation since time immemorial. There is no sheet music. The instruments, bearing the marks of the previous decades, have lost their shine and gained their own patina. On them FANFARE CIOCARLIA manage to set off a musical firework display, with an unbelievable talent for intricate rhythms and dizzy tempos. Traditional dances from Romania and rhythms from Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia are played on horns, trumpets, clarinets and timpani. For each different moment in life there is an appropriate piece: geamparale, sîrba, hora, and if the mood requires, a racy ruseasca at the end.

Meanwhile the stars of Gypsy Brass toured almost every country and continent one can think of and even were invited to throw DANNY ELFMAN's 50's birthday party in musical terms down in Hollywood two years ago...

The party FANFARE CIOCARLIA kicks off just after entering the stage and which drives everyone sheer mad was also put on celluloid. Director Ralf Marschalleck, Berlin, visualized the two exciting but so different worlds the musicians of the Gypsy Brass Band FANFARE CIOCARLIA live in: the tiny Gypsy village Zece Prajini in Romania and their life on the big concert stages abroad. The full length road movie "Iag Bari Brass On Fire" for cinema release features the musicians' life which is based on an old tradition, a tradition which was discovered by an international fan community to assuage a hunger for a Balkan atmosphere and unleashing brass music. The movie won the "Best Documentary Award" at the Festival De Cine Documental Musical IN-EDIT in Barcelona and Madrid in November 2003 and was awarded "Best Long Documentary Award" on the Roma Festival for TV and Radio Production "Golden Wheel" in Skopje / Macedonia. Furthermore the German film director FATIH AKIN fit the musicians in several scenes of his acclaimed movie "GEGEN DIE WAND", which won the Golden Bear at the International Filmfestival in Berlin 2004.

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released March 7, 2005

Musicians

Costica "Cimai" Trifan - trumpet, vocals, Pancirel "Panjo" Constandache - trumpet, vocals, Radulescu Lazar - trumpet, vocals, Oprica Ivancea - clarinet, alto saxophon, Ioan Ivancea - clarinet, Daniel Ivancea - alto saxophon, Constantin "Pinca" Cantea - tuba, Monel "Gutzel" Trifan - tuba, Constantin "Sulo" Calin - tenor horn, Laurentiu Mihai Ivancea - baritone horn, Costel "Gisniaca" Ursu - large drum, Nicolae Ionita - percussion

SPECIAL GUESTS: Jony Iliev - vocals (track 5 & 13)
Florin Ionita - akkordeon (9, 11 & 13)
Grigorescu Calin - banjo, guitar (7 & 9)

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Fanfare Ciocarlia Zece Prăjini, Romania

Fanfare Ciocarlia are a 24-legged brass beast whose eastern funk groove has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energy and ingenuity having won them fans from Melbourne to Memphis, Tokyo to Toulouse.

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