Mozaik, The Long and the Short of it

 

CD MOZAIK 2019.  (MOZCD03)

MOZAIK recorded this third album not far from Budapest, in Nikola Parov's home, in his "Livingroom Studio" during the month of September 2015. The album therefore had a long gestation, almost four years!

- Engineering and Edition by Nikola Parov in Budapest 2017.
- Further Recording by Ton Snijders in Netherlands 2017.
- Mixing and Mastering by Leon O’Neill in Ireland 2018
- Production by Nikola Parov & Mozaik.

The musicians are:Andy Irvine: vocals, mandola, bouzouki, harmonica - Dónal Lunny: bouzouki, zouk (baritone bouzouki), guitar, bodhrán bass - Bruce Molsky: vocals, fiddle, 5-string banjo - Rens van der Zalm: fiddle, mandolin, guitar, low whistles, uilleann pipes - Nikola Parov: gadulka, kaval, gaida, whistle, violin, gardon, percussion. Guests: Ágnes Herczku: vocal on track 7 (humming melody as said in the booklet) - Chrysoula Kechagioglou: vocals on track 3, 4, 9 & 12 (beautiful voice of this traditional Greek singer).

The booklet uses Julianne Rouquette's photographs (taken in Belfast in 2014) and Kumiko Hirata's artwork.

MOZAIK ha registrato questo terzo album poco lontano da Budapest, nell’abitazione di Nikola Parov, nel suo “Livingroom Studio”, a partire dai primi mesi del 2015. L’album ha avuto dunque una lunga gestazione, quasi quattro anni! La masterizzazione è stata fatta poi in Irlanda nel 2018 da Leon O’ Neill. I musicisti sono Andy Irvine, Nikola Parov, Donal Lunny, Bruce Molsky, Rens van der Zalm con l’aggiunta della bella voce della cantante tradizionale greca Chrysoula Kechagioglou, ospite del gruppo. Il booklet si avvale delle fotografie di Julianne Rouquette (scattate a Belfast nel 2014) e dell’artwork di Kumiko Hirata.

Track list:
1. Houdini - 2. The Black Hills Waltz / The Red Steer - 3. My Little Carpenter - 4. Like A Soft Breeze - 5. The Coast Of Peru - 6. As Good As It Gets / The Blue Trouser Suit - 7. Gyimes - 8. Rainbow ‘Mid The Willow - 9. The Song Of The Nightingale - 10. Old Virginia - 11. The Long And The Short Of It / De Doi - 12. Neratzoula.