Rhythem Und Tänze Der Völker – Jugoslawische Tänze is the Original title of this German Vinyl Ep: Calig 17701
This week’s Dig is like a documentary recording. This was produced in order to preserve the music of ancient Jugoslavia and is part of a series of recordings documenting the music and dances of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Calig-Verlag from Munich, Germany seem to have found their niche in obscure and ancient music, while also releasing some impressive free-jazz by the likes of Marion Brown or Pierre Favre. This release is housed in an elaborate booksleeve which also accurately documents the dances to go with these pieces of ancient music, with tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5 apparently classed as “Kolo” dances and 4 being the “Cano Duso”.
For all capable of reading German I have added the instruction of one simple kolo called the “Truba” here:
The track: Truba can be heard at beginning of side 2 of this record starting at 5:55.
This label is a little mysterious and I don’t want to link anything I found on it. They still seem to be putting out books but this record is certainly over 30 years old and I can’t find any accurate historic data on it or a web presence to speak of. Any clues?
