Kelebek Evrimi – The Butterfly's Burden [SLNT120]
A unique ethno-western mix of Turkish/Bulgarian traditional music with western styles, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Ivitsa of Alshar Studio in Skopje, North Macedonia.
ambient
experimental
improvisation
world music
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 1. Bus 21 [01:36]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 2. Ragnarok [08:45]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 3. On Living [08:57]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 4. A Delicate Procedure [04:17]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 5. Hail to the Sun [04:51]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 6. Journey to Venus [04:51]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 7. Beginnings [03:37]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 8. The Butterfly's Burden [09:27]
- play_circle_outline pause_circle_outline 9. Game of Life [03:50]
Special thanks to Dejan Spasovic for his work with the second Gadulka on Bus 21 and Butterfly's Burden and the large bendir played in Hail to the Sun; thanks to Goce for his additions of percussion on Ragnarok and Hail to the Sun.
Thanks to Ivitsa of Alshar Studio for recording and producing a professional album for almost no money.
The last track 'Game of Life' was recorded remotely by the main trio and mixed and mastered by Monty.
20 Apr 2020
Kelebek Evrimi
Kelebek Evrimi are a collective of street musicians that found each other by chance on their travels through France, Turkey, Greece, Albania and Macedonia. The three key members are Monty (vocals, guitar), Umur Sadico (Oud) and Katerina Dimitrovska (Gadulka, Bendir and Vocals).
This band is heavily focused on remaining true to traditional styles and rhythms and yet mixing with jazzy influences featuring improvisations. The music is primarily inspired by whirling dervish gatherings in Turkey that all three members attended.
Kelebek Evrimi is Turkish for butterfly evolution. It is symbolic of the dark places humanity has retreated to in order to blossom and discover that place of absolute resolve.
We hope you enjoy the soundscapes we have created!