Čalgija | Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #1

PAN 7425

Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #1 is Čalgija’s acclaimed debut album, originally released on LP by Münich Records in 1978 and as a digital album by Pan Records in 2013. The original liner notes are published on TouMilou.nl as supplementary material to the streamed album.

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Album information

Tracks / total playing time 41:24

Sulejmanovo oro
Kerimoğlu zeybeği
Jovino horo
Antice, džanam, dušice
Haj, otkako je Banja Luka postala
Papadhia
Lukovitski momi horo
Kostantis
Liljano mome ubavo
Kars yerli barı
Osman Paşa
Valle nr. 1 e Tiranës

30-sec. track samples on Soundcloud.

Credits

Musicians

Wouter Swets (musical director) – accordion, kanun, tapan
Roel Sluis – vocals, kaval
Jan Hofmeijer – vocals, clarinet, gajda, santur
Crispijn Oomes – violin, gădulka, cura saz

Tjarko ten Have – gajda, kaval, bağlama, def, tapan
Remco Busink – oud, laouto, bağlama, tambura
Thijs de Melker – bağlama, laouto, tambura, guitar
Roelof Rosendal – gaida, darbuka, tapan

Place and time of recording: Nieuwe Gracht 32, Utrecht; 1977–1978.
All recordings are arrangements of original folktunes.

Liner notes: Wouter Swets
Design: Fotoset Meijer B.V.
Painting (front cover art): Tjarko ten Have
Photography: Eelco Brinkman
Producer: Job Zomer
Executive production: Munich Records B.V.

Stoof MU 7425 / PAN 7425
© 1978/2013 Pan Records

Review

Kunstredactie, De Volkskrant (1 December 1978; in Dutch): “A coherent set of dance melodies and songs”

Get the album

Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #1 is streamed on all major platforms
The physical album is out of stock

Other releases by Čalgija

Üçayak / TouMilou #5, 2021 / album
Unforgotten / PAN 2056 / TouMilou #4, 2020 / album
Vintage Recordings (1964–1966) / TouMilou #2, 2017 / EP
Mosaique Vivant / MV695, 1995 / compilation album with three tracks by Čalgija
Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #2 / PAN 2007CD, 1991 / album