Csókolom - New CD "Ludo Luda (Fools Fancy)"

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Modern? Ancient? Pink Panthers and Fools and the Queen with a Moustache? All this and more. Csókolom, the quartet led by Yugoslavian born Anti, plays the music of Greater Transylvania with raw energy and autheticity. This, their second CD, combines the excitement and improvisation of their debut disc, "May I Kiss Your Hand".

CD facts: This CD was recorded in October and November 2000. It contains live and studio performances from Amsterdam and Berlin. Total duration: 71:26 minutes. The CD has been released internationally in August 2001.


Track list and audio samples

Note: The sound quality of these audio samples is poorer than the actual CD sound. All samples are excerpts and have a fade-out.

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  1. Mahala Arpad RA sample MP3 sample
  2. Introduction to Ludo Luda    
  3. Ludo Luda (Fools Fancy) RA sample MP3 sample
  4. Hochzeitstanz (Wedding Dance) RA sample MP3 sample
  5. A Csitari Hegyek Alatt RA sample MP3 sample
  6. Pink Panther Theme / Pink Legényes
      / Legényes A minor 		   
  7. Lullaby / Mahala RA sample MP3 sample
  8. Gankino Horo    
  9. Anii Mei (Years of my life) RA sample MP3 sample
10. Hajnali RA sample MP3 sample
11. Jove Malaj Mome RA sample MP3 sample
12. Victor / Szapora RA sample MP3 sample
13. Csillagok, Csillagok / Jadran RA sample MP3 sample
14. L'Infidèle RA sample MP3 sample
15. Mult Ma-n treaba Frunza-ngusta    
16. Gypsy Song / Legényes RA sample MP3 sample
17. Megragjak A Tüzet    
18. Khelimasko Shavo
      / Dance tune from Romania 		   
19. Ludo Luda (Fools rush out ...)    


Personnel and instruments

Anti von Klewitz - violin, viola (track 5) and voice
Sander Hoving - kontra, violin (tracks 5, 8, 9), viola (track 13b)
Anneke Frankenberg - violin
Gregor Schaefer - double bass

Except track 18: Anti von Klewitz - violin, Sander Hoving - violin, Reinier Voet - guitar, Robin Draganic - double bass.


Recording locations and dates

tracks 1-4, 12, 16: live recording, Freßco, Berlin, November 24, 2000
tracks 7-10, 13: live recording, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, October 15, 2000
tracks 5, 6, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19: studio recording in Berlin, November 21-23, 2000
track 18: Greenfields Studios, Amsterdam, December, 2000

Special thanks to Rinus Groeneveld of Greenfield Studios for his generous assistance, to the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam for allowing Csókolom to record the concert, and to Freßco in Berlin for offering their acoustically superb stage.


How to order and where to buy this CD?

A list of Arhoolie's distributors can be found here.


RealAudio Info


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MP3 Info

MP3 is another standard format with good sound quality. The sound files have been compressed and encoded but are still relatively large. The complete file has to be downloaded to your computer before you can start listening. In order to decode and play the files, you need an MP3 plug-in. There are many free MP3-players availiable on the Internet. Two of them are listed here.


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