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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Oskorri ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Desertore ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Folk ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: Basque ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Elkar ░▓░ █▓▌
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░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ playtime....: 47:41 min ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Maurizia pandero joleari 03:20 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Alferreko jolasak 03:01 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Ezin erran nizun hitzez 03:52 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Gerradantza bakerako 04:55 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Begirakun sorgin bat 02:46 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Altzoko Handiaren balada 04:24 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. Desertore batendako burkoa 04:06 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. Nire begi ninia 03:45 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. Lamizkiko sukaldaria 03:32 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. Ume horren eskua 03:37 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. Ilberriz 03:48 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. Negarrez jaio nintzan 03:08 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 13. Bart ikusi dut euskara 03:27 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ The Basque folk group Oskorri continues to delight ▓▌
▓████▓▌ listeners while exploring the folk traditions of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the Basque Country (northcentral Spain and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ southwestern France). Admirably, the founding ▓▌
▓████▓▌ members of this band (originally a pop-rock group) ▓▌
▓████▓▌ set out to learn Basque (Euskera) as adults so they ▓▌
▓████▓▌ could record and play music in the language of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ their native land. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Oskorri's formula is to take folk music to the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ people, and as a result they have achieved iconic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ status in the Basque lands. In Desertore, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ venerable group, now an octet with several new ▓▌
▓████▓▌ members, presents a new sound but sticks to their ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tried formula of using the verses of Basque ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bertsolari (folk poets) for lyrical inspiration. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ For this album, they wrote 30 songs, eventually ▓▌
▓████▓▌ distilling that to 13 for the CD. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Music credits are spread, as usual, among the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ group's eight members; the pieces range from ▓▌
▓████▓▌ high-energy songs to slow ballads. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ While there are echoes of Oskorri's recent work, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ particularly their 2000 album Ura, there are new ▓▌
▓████▓▌ elements as well. There is more emphasis on the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bass and percussion -- the songs even take on some ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of the dramatic architecture of rock songs, showing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the band's early roots. They do this not to the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ detriment of the folk material, but to its ▓▌
▓████▓▌ advantage. At the same time, the lyrics are rooted ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in the specifics of Basque society. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ The structure of a typical Oskorri album is to open ▓▌
▓████▓▌ with energy, pause for a slow ballad, more energy, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ pause and stretch again, bring a last bit of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fireworks and then throw in a coda that moves ▓▌
▓████▓▌ everything off kilter. They stick to that structure ▓▌
▓████▓▌ here. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Let's begin by describing violinist Xabier ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Zeberio's composition "Ezin Erran Nizun Hitzez ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (Impossible to Say It in Words)," one of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ballads. It's a love story -- of a sort. Zeberio ▓▌
▓████▓▌ himself lays down the rhythm, followed by Gorka ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Escauriaza on bass, guest Luiz Lozano on Hammond ▓▌
▓████▓▌ organ, Bixente Martinez on guitar, Josu Salbide on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ flute, Inigo Egia on percussion.... Sung by the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ impressively humble Natxo de Felipe, this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ four-minute song is a minor folk-fusion ▓▌
▓████▓▌ masterpiece. "Desertore bakendako burkoa (Pillow ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for a Deserter)" is another in that style. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Similarly, "Ilberriz (New Moon)," sung by a very ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sedate Anton Latxa, marks a pause in the energy ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ At other times, the group seems they've been ▓▌
▓████▓▌ gathering inspiration, to great effect, from early ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Kansas "Gerradantza Bakerako (War Dance for Peace)" ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and, as always, from their great friends in La ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bottine Souriante. The lively "Lamikizko Sukalderia ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (The Cook from Lamikiz)" is a call-response, simply ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a list of cook Maria Angeles from Lamikiz's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ culinary talents. "Negarrez Jaio Nintzan (I was ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Born Crying)" is fast-moving folk with expressive ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bass by Escauriaza, while "Bart Ikusi dut Euskera ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (Yesterday I Saw Euskera)" is a typically bizarre ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Oskorri album-ender with unusual lyrics, featuring ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the tuba. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ And the lyrics: Desertore should serve as the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ handbook for folk lyric-writing. Fortunately, these ▓▌
▓████▓▌ gems of Basqueness are rendered into English, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ French and Spanish in the accompanying booklet for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ our enjoyment. "Altzoko Handiaren Balada (The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ballad of the Giant from Altzo)" is one of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ great song-stories here. Written by Ainize Munoa, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ it chronicles the tale of a giant, too big for his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ cradle; everyone always stared at him so he ran off ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and joined the circus. But Oskorri moves from the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ picaresque to the sublime. Without knowing a word ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of Basque, you can see that "Nira begi ninia (Apple ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of My Eye)" is a stunning poem by Jon Sarasua with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ lovely internal rhyme. In "Desertore bakendako ▓▌
▓████▓▌ burkoa," bard Harkaitz Cano writes about the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soldier-deserter: "Drunk with sea water he ▓▌
▓████▓▌ memorizes the waves.../the kit bag is but a pillow ▓▌
▓████▓▌ on a forgotten beach." ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ There are other great tunes on this CD, but by now ▓▌
▓████▓▌ you can see I regard Oskorri and its ▓▌
▓████▓▌ founders/driving forces (Latxa, De Felipe, Zeberio ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and Martinez) to be among the true masters of folk ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and world music. They are creative, prolific ▓▌
▓████▓▌ world-class artists that never for a moment forget ▓▌
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