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Gulag Orkestar (CD)

By: Beirut (Artist)

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Beirut Artist Snapshot:

Wunderkind Zach Condon amazed audiences and critics alike with the 2006 debut album from his band Beirut. Combining songwriterly skills that recall the Magnetic Fields and Rufus Wainwright with a passion for Eastern European folk music styles--especially Klezemer and Balkan brass bands--Condon created a unique musical hybrid that was at once adventurous and happily accessible. While Condon continued to turn to traditional Eastern European music on subsequent records, he also began incorporating various other global folk styles, creating a more robust yet still distinct sound.

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DISC 1 for Gulag Orkestar (CD) Album By Beirut (Artist)
1   Gulag Orkestar, The
2   Prenzlauerberg
3   Brandenburg
4   Postcards From Italy
5   Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
6   Rhineland (Heartland)
7   Scenic World
8   Bratislava
9   Bunker, The
10   Canals Of Our City, The
11   After The Curtain
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.90) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Chock-full of accordion, brass noise and Condon's sinewy murmur, the album has got melancholic Easter Euro charm from here to Kiev."
Q (p.141) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] astonishingly moving distillation of Eastern European melancholia with elegant histrionics."
Magnet (p.103) - "[W]hen 19-year-old New Mexico native Zach Condon (a.k.a. Beirut) takes accordion-led waltzes and gypsy stomps for a spin on this debut, they sound exciting rather than exhumed."

Title Note

Beirut: Zach Condon.

Additional personnel include: Jeremy Barnes, Heather Trost.

Recording information: Sea Side Studios, Brooklyn, New York.

The debut of singer/multi-instrumentalist Zach Condon (aka Beirut), 2006's GULAG ORKESTAR marks the arrival of a precocious talent. It's a lushly arranged album that reveals Condon's unabashed adoration of Eastern European folk music, gilded with swaying accordion lines, rapturous string passages, and jangling percussion that seem wholly rooted in traditional Slavic music (see the waltz-like "Prenzlauerberg")--making its creation by a young Europhile from New Mexico that much more impressive.

While there's little in the way of pop/rock influence in Beirut's instrumental approach, Condon sings in a low warble that recalls the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt, showcasing his unrestrained flair for drama on tracks such as the tense "Brandenburg" and the swooning "Scenic World." Effectively displaying Condon's considerable abilities, GULAG ORKESTAR is a fully formed first outing that is sure to appeal to many fans of ornate and adventurous indie-pop.

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