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When the entire dancefloor turns into a jumping frenzy, when you find yourself bawling along at the top of your voice, when losing control feels like just the right thing to do -- then there's a good chance that the Skazka Orchestra is on stage. Their 2012 album Kalamburage (EBM 024CD) has now been remixed. The result is a collection as colorful, diverse, and wild as the background of the band from Berlin itself: some interpretations keep close to the compositional vibe of the original song, others use frisky house and electro rhythms to hurl it straight into the center of a buzzing nightclub. Sometimes it's all about beats, bass, and pressure, and sometimes a remix turns out to be a deconstructivist collage of sounds. There's always a somewhat Russian vibe to it, but also a very open-minded feeling of world music -- and it's always about reckless party and general joy of life. Well, it's Skazka Orchestra remixed after all. As always, vinyl comes with supreme sound quality. Remixes by Kombinat100, Seth Schwarz, Kommodore K, Pophop, Nellski, Jan Pyroman, Bonze & Kroesus, Strom, Mandy Mozart, and Skazka Orchestra.
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SkaZka Orchestra appeared out of nowhere and have been a jewel of the Berlin scene ever since. They tell their crazy fairytales on a wave of sweat, honesty and good vibrations. SkaZka's founding members Artur Gorlatschov and Valentin Butt came to Berlin from the former Soviet Union during their childhood and studied accordion and beer-drinking at the prestigious music school, Hanns Eisler. Because of this, SkaZka were able to achieve a high musical level while being accessible and easy to dance to at the same time. They added drummer Elena Shams in 2007 and quickly found a broad fan base between wedding and rave, folk fans and party people, theater and playground. The orchestra, which eventually grew to eight members, is driven by Flo Metzger on double bass, Andrej Ugoljew on trombone and Johannes Böhmer on trumpet. SkaZka playfully combine Russian folk, klezmer, ska, Balkan music, Latin American rhythms and even jazz to create a multi-cultural sound typical for Berlin: not too academic, but party-oriented. They sing mostly in Russian, which suits their music best. In 2010 the band won first prize at the world music festival BilleVue in Hamburg. That same year they sold out the famous Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin for the release party of their debut album. That record was fun, but didn't manage yet to capture all facets of Skazka. This record was produced in the famous P4 Nalepa studio and thus Kalamburage not only has a tight sound, but is just bursting with ideas and musical styles. SkaZka's lyrics are like strange plays in a surreal wonderland. It also helps the record that, besides SkaZka, the band members have continued to work as professional musicians for the famous Berliner Philarmoniker, in jazz orchestras, big bands and for theater productions. But their real baby is SkaZka, where they strip off their classical corset and let loose their wild creativity. SkaZka means fairytale in Russian. And that is exactly how their story has been developing so far. 2013 will be the year when everyone who is interested in Eastern European music will discover SkaZka.
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