Samurai Over Serbia

Studio album by Fishtank Ensemble

Released

2007

Recorded

The Lair Recording Studios

Genre

Eastern European

Length

58:40

Producer

Douglas Smolens

Fishtank Ensemble chronology

Super Raoul
(2005)

Samurai Over Serbia
(2007)

Samurai Over Serbia is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007.^[1] Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble’s unconventional, but imaginative sound.^[2] The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn."^[3]

Track listing

"Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09
"Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59
"Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30
"Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06
"Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38
"Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58
"Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45
"Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52
"Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55
"Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16
"Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33
"Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23
"Yasaburpo Bush" (traditional, arr. M. Penny) – 4:43

Personnel

Fabrice Martinez - violin, violomba
Ursula Knudson - vocals, violin, musical saw, banjolele, percussion
Douglas Smolens (el Douje) - guitar
Aaron Seeman (Duckmandu) - accordion
Djordje Stijepovic - upright bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11
Andy Zacharias - upright bass on tracks 3, 5-8, 10, 12
Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, guitar
Kevin Kmetz - additional shamisen tracks on track 4, guitar tracks on track 12

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