
East West And Rest
Group: La Colonie Volvox
Musicians: Simon Kiselicki (piano, keyboards, flutes), Sasho Gigov – Gish (vocal, udu, bendir), Aleksandar Nikolovski (trumpet, vocal), Predrag Ikonomovski (acoustic guitar), Dragan Stojkovski (bass, midi guitar), Gazmend Berisha (electric violin), Goce Naumov (drums), Bulent Bekir – Baba (shaker), Ola Dioss (spoken word)
Label: E Go East Records
Studio: Moodio Studio
Recording, editing and mixing: Dragan Stojkovski
Mastering: Ognen Anastasovski
Country: Macedonia
Recorded: Nov 2009 - Mar 2010
Released: 2010
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion
This album was inspired by La Colonie Volvox's 5500km journey across Europe in 2009. The album is divided in two fictional sides, of which side A or “West” deals with the discrete charm of the North/West individualism and its unbearable lightness of being, while side B or “East” emphasizes the deep, meditative and collective consciousness of the Eastern worlds. However, as in reality, the two worlds are never clearly separated, so don’t expect to hear totally different soundscapes – on the contrary, the similarities are always stronger and deeper rooted then the differences...
Track List:
01 - Scandinavian Pavian (07:07)
02 - New York Noises (03:07)
03 - The Fat Hatter (00:49)
04 - In Through The North Door (The Fall Of The Lemmings) (07:10)
05 - Beat Bazaar (05:27)
06 - Fin Amor (03:26)
07 - La Mer (06:29)
08 - Westanbol (10:49)
09 - Leyla & Majnun (05:12)
10 - Quest (05:11)
11 - Rest (13:05)