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15 October 2003
Jony Iliev & Band, Ma maren ma (Piranha)
If you're into gypsy music then you probably already know about Jony Iliev & band. However, if you're looking to get your gypsy groove on for the first time and don't know where to start, Asphalt Tango should be the second album you should pick up (right after the recently released and sublime Rough Guide's Music to the Balkans). This Bulgarian sextet jams, and just might make you think about packing that bag for a saunter through Sofia. Jony Iliev's vocals pine over the lamentive wails of accordion and clarinet, Jovan Torbica's double bass proves hefty enough to make you move all by its lonesome, and Ventsislav Radev's ridiculously complex rhythms on drums kibbutz with guitar lines that shuffle through your earhole. Liner notes claim this is what you'll hear throughout the nightclubs and streets of this capitol city. Until you can prove it with a real visit, play this and whet your appetite.
— Matt Rogers
.: posted by Editor 10:52 AM
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