Electric Gypsyland 2

Artist	Various Artists
Producer	Vincent Kenis, Marcus Darius, Michelle Winter, Stéphane Karo
Label Name	Crammed Disc
Song List	1: Homecoming (3:18) 2: Alone at My Wedding (4:30) 3: Oi Bori Sujie (3:14) 4: Red Bula (4:41) 5: Romano Dance (5:24) 6: Mi Bori Sar Korani (For Nuri) (6:14) 7: Duba Duba Si Hora (3:38) 8: A Rom and a Home (4:09) 9: Maxutu (3:35) 10: The Man Who Drinks (3:54) 11: Morceau d'Amour (4:15) 12: Neacsu in Africa (3:50) 13: The New Adventures of Soldier Tufaiev (3:33) 14: Go East (4:00) 15: Ismail Oro (5:36) 16: Spoitoresa Revisited (Got the Parts Mix) (4:52) 17: Cudna Zena [*] (2:27) 18: Siki, Siki Baba [*] (4:12) 19: L' Orient Est Rouge [*] (6:07) 20: Duba, Duba Si Hora [*] (5:05) 21: Terno Chelipé [*] (3:09) 22: Cînd Eram La '48 [*] (7:40) 23: A La Turk [*] (6:04) 24: Spoitoresa [*] (4:51) 25: Lest Sexy [*] (4:15) 26: Romano Dance [*] (4:17) 27: The Fiancee's Dream [*] (5:01) 28: Soldier Tufaiev Gets Married [*] (2:28)
Format	CD
Release Date	2006 11 07
Style.Categories	Eastern Europe, Bulgarian Folk, Electronica, Worldbeat

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Like its predecessor, Electric Gypsyland 2 is a collection of reinterpretations of recordings by several modern Balkan bands -- some of the new versions are relatively straightforward remixes, while others are much more dramatic and imaginative reworkings of the source material. Unlike the first volume in this series, however, this one also includes a bonus disc that offers original, untouched versions of songs by those same bands (though they're not always the same tracks as the ones remixed on the first disc). The format and presentation of this collection may be a bit unusual and even disconcerting, but that's probably as it should be -- the same is true of the music itself, which is a wild fusion of musical styles even in its original form and is even more kaleidoscopically varied in the remixes. Check out the wild, almost klezmer-sounding clarinet on Koçani Orkestar's "Mi Bori San Korani," and the glitchy techno underpinnings that Smadji installs beneath it, or the dubwise production effects that DJ ClicK applies to Mahala Raï Banda's already faintly reggae-inflected "Romano Dance." But the album's highlight is "Red Bula," a brilliant piece of party-ready horn-based Gypsy dance funk given an even wilder setting by Balkan Beat Box. Contributions by Cibelle and Oi Va Voi are equally exciting. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide