Gordan: Vinyl LP
GBLP155Label: Glitterbeat Records
Release Date: 10th May
What a truly unique record this is bringing together traditional Balkan folk with improvisational electronic noise rock, it buzzes out the speaker, the rhythms echo and fill the room while the vocals provide a mysticism of legends and stories of the Balkan region. It really does go heavy but is also captivates in a way not too disimilar from Lankum.
This self- titled 2nd album from Gordan, the acclaimed transnational (Serbia/ Germany/Austria) experimental trio, fuses traditional Balkan vocalizations with feedback, electronic sound generators, pulsing bass and hypnotic drumming.
Gordan mirrors the mysticism of legends and stories from the Balkan region, creating a music that stretches between expressiveness and abstraction; tradition and the avant- garde. The visceral vocals of Svetlana Spajic (Marina Abramovic, Lenhart Tapes, Antony and the Johnsons) are both rooted and deeply interpretive. In turn, drummer Andi Stecher (STECHER, Billy Bultheel, Orchestre Les Mangelepa) and Guido Mobius on bass and electronics, employ sonic strategies that steer the songs in inspired and unpredictable directions.