KUKER by БALKANSKY
Released in 2009 on Limited Edition CD by Kuker Music.
This digital download includes 2 wide screen wallpapers !
People as Bells
Kukeri [ Bulgarian: кукери ; singular : кукер,kuker ] is a traditional Bulgarian ritual to scare away evil spirits, with a costumed man performing the ritual. The costumes cover most of the body and include decorated wooden masks of animals / sometimes double-faced / and large bells attached to the belt. Around New Year and before Lent, the kukeri walk and dance through the village to scare evil spirits away with the costumes and the sound of the bells, as well as to provide a good harvest, health, and happiness to the village during the year.
...The silence was torn
Bells were ringing – many bells: of copper, silver, and gold
Bells jubilant, jolly, and singing
The earth of all the bells…
The world of all the bells
The bells of the stars…
Oh, these bells are vast!
Thousands of bells: of copper, silver, and gold - and their sacred song reaches the peaks of the Balkan mountain...
Nikolay Raynov - “A Cross” March 1939
Tracklist
| 1. | Cross | 3:20 |
| 2. | Where Are You From | 5:27 |
| 3. | Surva | 2:46 |
| 4. | Kuker | 3:24 |
| 5. | The Bells Of The Stars | 4:00 |
| 6. | At Dawn | 5:28 |
| 7. | Fairy Dance | 4:20 |
| 8. | I'm coming, I'm coming | 3:54 |
| 9. | The Ninth Guest | 4:03 |
| 10. | Letter From America | 3:01 |
| 11. | The Green Balkan Mountains | 5:17 |
Credits
License
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БALKANSKY is the title of an audio-visual art project that combines traditional Bulgarian music with electronic sound and vision. It is realized in collaboration between Ivo Christov and Ivan Shopov. Later on the musical legend Theodosii Spassov joined the project and presently, all three of them present the project live all around the world.