Our main influences come from Eastern and Northern Europe as well as from Britany and Ireland. Main influences include Jean-Michel Veillon, Michael McGoldrick, Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn, Vasen, Ivo Papasov, Walter Kuipers, Rens van der Zalm, and many, many others.
Sounds Like
Wild dance tunes with Scandinavian power and Bulgarian upbeat are mixed with Eastern rhythms. French chansons and Breton dances blend with Irish tunes and Greek, Turkish and Yiddish melodies.
Lazik is a reflection of the beautiful cultural melting pot that Cork has become. We started out as a group of session musicians, where we discovered we couldn’t resist wandering off the didly-eye path of the standard Cork session repertoire. To our delight we discovered that other great and well-travelled musicians had a similar appetite for different signature ‘weird’ world music. Thus, in 2005 we all decided to come out of the session closet and Lazik was, is and will be!
Our repertoire is varied, to say the l’east. Our love of suave melodies, crazy rhythms and wild dancing is the chore of our sound. Our journeys around the world collecting songs and tunes, and our various musical and cultural backgrounds provide us with a wealth of inspiration. Wild dance tunes with Scandinavian power and Bulgarian upbeat mix with Eastern rhythms; French chansons and Breton dances blend with Irish tunes and Greek, Turkish and Yiddish melodies. We bring you a night of shimmering bellydance rhythms, rocking Scandinavian melodies and groovy Eastern European music.
Besides haunting the hills of Cork with our groovy sounds we have toured The Netherlands, Belgium and France, rocked-up the Ennis Trad Fest 2006, shook the Cork Folk Fest 2006 and collaborated with the bellydancers of Rashenkoti for the Cork Ladyfest 2008 and Tribal Cure 2008. We have recently supported the French/Malian band Tinariwen in Cork Opera House and cast a dancing spell on the fabulous audience of The Festival of World Cultures 2008 in Dun Laoghaire.
We’re in the process of recording our first album.
Buenas. Xa podeis escuitar 7 temas del noso primer disco nel noso Myspace. Música pra bailar y pasarlo ben. Presentación del disco el día 2 de Enero nel Auditorio de Tapia de Casariego. Folkgazais forever. Posiblemente el miyor disco dos Folkgazais. Un disco brillante (Sobre todo por a parte d'atrás).
Thank you Stella for taking the time to leave me a comment, I do believe in the power of a few pints, and the fact that nothing happen by coincidence. Give my love Ireland; Musicaly your's, Lou
Hi Stella ,great sounds on your player !'Busy( and Handsome) Tony 'is so busy being 'Busy (and Handsome' )I hardly ever see him myself!! I see you are friends with Éamonn Cagney ,he is a very good friend of mine and a wonderful musician ! Jah Guide ,James.
Ce CD ne sera pas mis en vente car il est destiné à promouvoir le groupe, et annonce d'ores et déjà la préparation du second album d'Une Touche d'Optimisme!
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