ARTIST: Oi Va Voi
TITLE: Oi Va Voi
LABEL: V2 Records
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 40:11 min
SIZE: 54,2 MB
RIP DATE: Apr-17-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-30-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Yuri 04:17
02. Further Deeper 04:32
03. Look Down 04:27
04. Dissident 04:47
05. Balkanik 05:16
06. Black Sheep 00:58
07. Nosim 04:01
08. Dry Your Eyes 05:49
09. Worry Lines 03:55
10. Spirit Of Bulgaria 02:09
Release Notes:
Having fought their way through a series of trials
and tribulations that would have finished off a
lesser band, the long-awaited second album (Oi Va
Voi) takes their unique mix of global rhythms and
club-friendly beats to new heights - bigger, bolder
and with more attitude(ital) than anything even
their most ardent fans could have imagined.
The band's acclaimed 2003 debut album "Laughter
Through Tears", vibrant live shows and festival
appearances made them everybody's tip for the top.
Then, due to circumstances beyond their control, it
all started to go wrong. A terminal dispute with
their record company was followed by the loss of a
band member and a serious illness within the band,
initial attempts to record a follow-up album had to
be put on hold. Twelve months on and Oi Va Voi have
regrouped and regenerated on a new label with a new
producer and the addition of exciting new recruits.
Out of potential disaster they have fashioned a
second album that expands Oi Va Voi's core sound
with a whole new range of subtle yet vivid new hues
and striking primary colours. Recorded in Israel and
London, the songwriting is more crafted, the playing
more fluid, and the diverse elements of their sound
more fully integrated. If the last record left
people wondering if Oi Va Voi were an electronic
dance act, world music worthies or a rock'n'roll
band, the new album renders such questions
irrelevant by trampling the fences of genre and
simplistic categorisation out of sight.