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BRESLAUER COCKTAIL ~ ABSYNETRIA MULTIKULTI MPT 013 (Barcode: 5907796319918) ~ POLAND ~ Pop & Rock Recorded: 2015 - 2016 Released: 2017 This is the debut album by the Polish group Breslauer CocktailFind albums by this artist, which comprises of vocalist Natalia NikolskaFind albums by this artist, drummer Janusz WawrzalaFind albums by this artist, bassist Szymon DanisFind albums by this artist, guitarist Marcin KuzdowiczFind albums by this artist and trombonist Kuba KlepczynskiFind albums by this artist. Several other musicians guest on selected tracks. The album presents thirteen songs, mostly originating in the 1930s, with the exception of one original song. The basic concept behind the album is to present popular songs from the pre-WWII era, representing the Polish, German, Russian and Jewish Cultures prominent in Central Europe at the time. The songs have been re-arranged, or rather transformed into contemporary Pop / Rock environment, but are sung in the original languages. The overall attitude is rather nonchalant, punkish and simplistic, which in most cases loses the original songs in the process almost entirely. Although potentially an interesting attempt to bring this music back to life, the actual result leaves me personally cold and estranged. It is all too chilly, too fast and too loud, sort of artificial and impersonal. The sound (I assume purposely) is muffled and blurred, which does not contribute to the aural experience. Of course I am an old fart and this music might be simply too modern for me, but it´s sadly not my cup of tea. Additionally the vocals in German, Yiddish and Russian suffer badly from terrible accent and pronunciation, which in the punkish don´t care atmosphere might work but they hurt my ears. The album was released in the "Tikkun" (which in Hebrew means reparation / correction / rectification) series, sadly (for me) not fulfilling any of these goals.

Updated: 26/09/2017Posted: 26/09/2017

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