Discography

Statement

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Produced by :
Miss Eda Zari
Mark Joggerst

Music & Lyric Eda Zari
Executive Producer:
Deutsche Welle -Cologne/Germany 

Associate Executive Producer & Production Manager:
Mr. Conny Paul - DW Cologne - Germany
CD - & Concert Production.

Recorded at
SIP Studios Cologne /Germany &
Neon Media Production GmbH, June-July, 2002
Mastered By:M.Pagenstedt at SIP Studios Cologne /Germany
September 2002

"Maestro Lymi" Myslym Lela - Iso Soloist Vocal
Fatmir Lela - Bakllama, Lute, Percussion
Ahmet Lela - Accordion
Bilal Lela - Dajre
Edmond Lela -Albanian(Qyp) Tarabuka- Percussion
Vladimir Gica - Soloist Clarinet

Miss Zari´s Band:
Mark Joggerst - Piano
Daniel Schröteler - Drum
Ditmar Fuhr - Contrabass & E-bass
Special Guests:
Rhani Krija - Marocco-Percussion (Marocco)
Martin Gjakonowski - Contrabass (Macedonia)

Tracks:

1. My bijous (Mon bijou )   5.10
   (Inspired by “Babamadhi”)
   Created by Eda Zari
   
   This is a medley with a number of motifs which my grandfather, Mane Lela, inherited from his forefathers. It is a chronological collection of rhythms and rituals lovingly preserved in the family treasure trove. Here there is celebrating when the bridegroom sets off to pick up his bride, when the wedding procession arrives at the bride’s house, a feast of friendship and love. Such celebrations have served to strengthen family ties at important moments of time. This potpourri will remain with me like a jewel for the rest of my life.

2. Amazing Age   4.21
   (A bit love storie)
   Let me be with you,
   Let me be near you
   Or I’ll wither like straw in the sun.
   Let me dream and be happy,
   Just living with you.......

3. Zanat   4.35
   (The fairy-like Zana of the night ) There is a girl
   she lives alone in a world
   that no body knows!

   So every night
   she used to walk through the darkness
   the same old way .....

   Some say that she ´s the "Zana of the Night"
   When she sings
   Same say she´s mad
   And some say that´s so absurd
   What she does....

   "Zane moj Zane
   asnje s´le prane
   askush sekretin ty nuk ta njeh
   Zane moj Zane
   kaptove malne
   vetem me yjet ti vallen hedh"

4. Beng- Beng   4.53
   This is the rhythm of the llauta, a type of ancient lute from southern Albania.
   This “bang-bang” has been with the Albanian people and their songs for centuries.
   The llauta is played in homes when people gather around the table to celebrate births, marriages and other traditional feasts. The clarinet and the llauta are present at all ritual feasts in southern Albania, and recently also in central Albania.
   What a joy, what a celebration. Rhythm and music, body and soul in one.

5. Tribute to “Cobani”   4.31
   The Lela Family, Albanian music and art in general mourn will always miss that great genius of the clarinet, Remzi Lela, the head of the Lela de Permet Dynasty. He left us seven years ago and we will miss the unique sounds of his art. Even as a young girl, when I peered in at him from the doorway, I was amazed at how my mother’s brother was able to communicate with his clarinet. The sounds, the motifs and the melodies he created and preserved in the traditions of Përmet always take me back to that wonderful world of harmony and colour, in which music converses with the soul.
   How I love you. You will always be my inspiration.

6. Malbi   5.35
   (inspired by exile)

7. Morra rrugen ....!   4.51
   (Accapela)
   
   Malbi & Morra Rrugën (I took to the road) : two songs on the same theme (Exile)
   For centuries this has been a major theme in my country, and still is among the Albanian people today. But exile is also a universal theme and no one can cover his eyes, ears and mouth to it. The motif of these pieces stems from an ancient song of southern Albania in which the men of the village would set off in caravans for months on end, crossing rivers, gorges and mountain passes in search of work in Janina (now in northern Greece). Many lost their lives, though their families continued to believe that they would one day return. This is dedicated to exile and to the unbroken force to human survive.

8. Prelude to Albanian Nature   6.32
   This song was born on a summer evening in the village of Pacomit (in the countryside not far from the town of Përmet) where I was staying with friends. The natural environment in this region is pure, virginal, almost sacred to me. It was a magic moment since on that night, according to tradition as I was told, the local people slept outside under the stars, although no one was in a position to explain why this was the only magical and mysterious night of the year. Flocks of sheep were sleeping out on the open fields in the moonlight. The only sound to be heard were the bells around their necks. The flowing streams seemed to bear over the fields all the tranquillity of the moment. The local people told me that on that night, the fairy-like Zanas would be at the lakeside, singing and combing their golden hair. The tradition is still maintained although no one has ever actually seen a zana. Many people claimed, however, to have heard them singing. This was enough inspiration for me to write this Prelude, dedicated to the beauty of nature in the southern Albanian countryside around Përmet.

9. Ra Faja   4.57
   A humorous song full of fire and fun.
   Fair Faja with her kerchief falls from a fig tree.

10. Pikaloshe   5.06
    This is the story of two sisters who married two brothers,
    and all lived together in the same home. There they lived in peace and harmony without envy or jealousy. But other people were envious of them, though.
    Is there a message to this story?

11. Age of Statement   4.28
    I don’t know how long I’ve lived,
    nor do I know how long I will survive...
    When you get old and grey,
    when wrinkles cover your face,
    you will come to realize that everyone
    has his own special Destiny.

12. “Kaba” - Never in cage   5.34
    (inspired by the Beauty of Pains)
    Created by Eda Zari & Mark Joggerst
    
    This is a musical statement but also a statement of our human existence. The desire to live life intensively with all notes, registers, hues and colours. Fulfil your desires and dreams, and be free in your own world, in a world without Cages.
    Be whatever you want to be.

Contact : Booking
Fan Club & Zari Management
Postfach 230134
40087 Düsseldorf
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www.eda-zari.com

Music from "LAND OF BUNKERS"
Listen to the Music from "Land of Bunkers", a place that the world forgot for 50 years.

What associations come to mind to you when you think about the music of the "Land of bunkers"?

For the most people, probably none at all.
The former dictator, Enver Hoxha, put up 700.000 of Bunkers for three million Albanian. They are still spread throughout Albania. They persist as a symbol of paranoia , because they were first of all a manifestation of the Albanian people´s isolation psychology.

It is this mentality which Eda Zari is determined to break down through her musical key.
The beauty of Albanian music culture, rich in traditions, rhythms , polyphonies, songs full of colors, honor, loyalty, and courage , based on harmony of temptation, melancholy and joie de vivre and the beauty landscape of Albanian lagoons and lakes rich in waterfowl is juxtaposed against the country's sad history.

Zari is a prime representative of music culture at the interface between the traditional and the modern. With "Statement" she symbolized a glitter of freedom .
"Statement" is a musical visiting card of almost haptic effect, which this little but great country will be able to use around the world.

A NOTE FROM MISS ZARI

Every time I record,
I hope to happen upon magical musical moments,
they´re so unpredictable and extremely valuable to me and for each of us ...!
In seeking to penetrate into the spirit of Albanian polyphony, I wanted to create an album which had elements of jazz, classical music, ethnic music and some flavors which we couldn´t necessarily categorize at all. We wanted also a unplugged sound from life performing instruments so that would encourage us to reach the vitality of the Albanian rhythm idiom. The legendary musicians of "Family Lela Dé Permet" on this album were of similar mind: to show a side that very few people know, and also to bring accents of Permet, Leskovik and South Albania creating a truly fascinating multicultural rhythm & sound. In essential aspects this music differs from traditional folk & jazz phrasing and rhythm.
This amalgam is completed by the "ISO´s "vocal, cannon and "Kaba" elements.
All this spiritual background & diversity inspired us to create a unique sound with an own Statement.
"It doesn´t matter where the music comes from, it only matters how intense it is"
Music has something to do with search and discovery, with identification.

I dedicated this Album to the Humanity and Mother Nature.
This is also my Tribute to the legendary artist , the greatest Albanian Clarinetist Mr. Remzi LELA "COBANI"

"Si dhe te gjithe Shqipetaret anembane kudo ne Bote.
Dedikimi im per JU."

27.04.2003 Red Hall -Prishtina- Kosovo
Zari´s Spectacle Presented by RTK (Radio-Tv -Kosovo)

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