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Zegar Zivi
Folk / Roots Music



Zegar, Dalmatia
Croatia (Hrvatska)

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Member Since2/18/2008
Band Websitecloudvalley.com
Band Members Dragomir Vukanac – vocal
Jandrija Baljak – vocal
Svetlana Spajic – vocal
Vojislav Radmilovic - vocal
Miljka Radmilovic - vocal
Obrad Milic – diple & vocal
Record LabelCloud Valley
Type of LabelIndie



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   About Zegar Zivi




ZEGAR ZIVI
Zegar Zivi

Cloud Valley CV3008

Released February 2008


It might come as a surprise that this extraordinary music is from Europe. Powerful acapella group vocals, often using the wild beating-against-drone technique of groktenje, diple playing, goat-calling and church-bell ringing from a group of amazingly resilient Serbian singers who’ve moved back to their village of Zegar in the rocky hill-country of Dalmatia in Croatia – a region war-shattered in the 1990s and still depopulated, but beautiful and now peaceful - to rebuild their homes and pick up the threads of their lives and rich musical traditions. The album’s title, and the group’s name, means “Zegar Lives”.

 

All the tracks were recorded in Zegar in May 2007, produced by Andrew Cronshaw in collaboration with Svetlana Spajic.


The digipak contains a 60 page booklet with many photos and extensive notes in English and Serbo-Croat about the people, the place and their music.

 

See www.cloudvalley.com for more information, including a listing of the CD's 22 tracks.

Click "View all blogs" on this MySpace page for features on the recording in the UK-based world music magazine fRoots and Croatian national daily paper Jutarnji List, as well as reviews in UK national daily papers The Guardian and The Scotsman, music magazines fRoots and Songlines, website Muzika.hr, and on BBC Radio 3, plus details of its appearance in the World Music Charts Europe airplay top 20.

The CD can be bought internationally direct from www.cloudvalley.com, as well as from record shops and online retailers worldwide.


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Oct 26 2008 11:24 PM

Odlicna muzika.
Zelim vam puno srece.
Zivjeli :)
Gypsyliana\Cristina Barzi. OFFICINA NOMADE





Oct 22 2008 9:32 PM

Ciao Svetlana, how are you?
How are all the Zegar's?
I was thinking of you since yesterday.
Keep in touch.
My best wishes to you all
and a big hug to you
from
Cristina :-)
ČAČI VORBA





Oct 5 2008 9:31 PM

Amazing...Thank you for opening this "musical sphere" for us...and thank you for your friendship. Best wishes from Poland
Philip





Aug 16 2008 1:24 PM

Eure Musik ist wunderschön !

your music is really beautiful !

Grüße aus Deutschland

Peace

Philip
MIRCAN Anatolian





Jun 17 2008 11:04 AM

Thank you for the friendship!
Best wishes from İstanbul
Contaminator





Jun 15 2008 10:52 AM

::: poštovanje! ::: hvala na linkovanju :-) ::: ostajemo u kontaktu ::: veliki pozdrav :::
Hyperborea





Jun 5 2008 8:19 PM

Wonderful singing, and... was that bagpipes? Great stuff!
El Mastaba per la musica popolare egiziana


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May 14 2008 1:54 PM

thank you for the friendship, all the best.
Elmastaba.
Jackie & Compagnie Les Mutins





May 4 2008 10:00 AM

Like much your album, beautiful and soulful music, great pics too !
Very best, Jackie
VLADISWAR NADISHANA - multi-instrumentalist





May 3 2008 9:31 AM

unique stuff!
Thanks for finding me!
Sóni





Apr 28 2008 6:07 PM

Congratulations to Zegar Zivi and to Andrew Cronshaw for such a huge effort to bring us good traditional music. We wouldn't be able to know it, otherwise.

All the best!
Miki





Apr 26 2008 12:46 PM

Hvala za prijateljstvo!
Veliki Pozdrav!
yagi





Apr 23 2008 7:59 PM

Divno!
Hvala Vam prijatelji!
Hvala London!
Hvala Beograd!
Hvala Ti Dalmacijo!
pudar





Apr 21 2008 6:34 AM

samo nek' "Zegar Zivi", a za sve ostalo cemo nekako
Polyphonic Festival





Apr 9 2008 12:58 PM

Thank you for the invitation!We are so glad to meet you. We are hoping to your participation in the POLYPHONIC FESTIVAL this summer...
Katarina J.





Apr 6 2008 1:36 PM

I just got the CD and what a plesant surprise it is! It's just beautiful - so cleverly done. The music is moving and so pure, you really get a sense of the place and people creating it. There is a strong sense of community and connection with the music. And the design/booklet emphasizes it! Magnificent job!
I have spread the news among ethnomusicologists of the world and they're ordering it as we speak.
Thank you so much,
Katarina xx
World Music Orchestra - TUNDRI





Apr 6 2008 9:46 AM

Pozdrav iz Vrbasa!
Sóni





Apr 6 2008 2:39 AM

Thank you so much for getting in touch! I would love to listen to more themes.
Am in the sky :D

Big hug!

Sónia
Gondwana Sound





Apr 1 2008 9:20 PM

Congratulations on entering the European World Music charts top 20.
Roos





Mar 28 2008 7:18 AM

Thank you for your friendship!
Greetings from Belgium
Roos
Mendula





Mar 26 2008 4:58 PM

Hvala za dodavanje u prijatelje!
Kristine Heebøll





Mar 25 2008 1:55 PM

wonderful music! amazing voices ! all best from K
fairydust





Mar 18 2008 6:14 AM

your music is pure heart & soul !
greetings from germany &
thank you for your friendship !
Mark T.





Mar 3 2008 11:56 AM

Beautifully Balkan!
Thanks for the link.
Mark T.
Kristi Stassinopoulou





Mar 2 2008 8:13 PM

Thank you for the invitation and greetings from Greece ! Keep on keeping the treasures of Balkan folk music !
Kristi