Kit Downes

180 GRAM COLOURED VYNYL

Witness Medna Roso, a testament to transcendent musical communion. This particular recording features BBC Jazz Award-winning and Mercury nominated solo artist Kit Downes on organ, New Zealand saxophonist Hayden Chisholm—known for his distinct microtonal tuning system—contributing on alto saxophone, shruti box, analogue synthesizer, throat singing, and vocals from PJEV, a female a cappella vocal quintet from Zagreb that preserves and cherishes traditional vocal music from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The stars began to align when PJEV's director Jovana Lukic fittingly first crossed paths with Chisholm, who now calls Zagreb home, at a kafana—a restaurant with smoking and live music—in Doreol, an old part of Belgrade, Serbia, for which the Turkish name of Dort-yol translates to crossroad. "You don't meet people like him everyday, especially in Belgrade. He is a true artist and lover of life, so I embraced and appreciated this, and I was truly inspired by this encounter, too," explains Lukic.

PERSONNEL:

• Kit Downes - (organ)
• Hayden Chisholm - (alto saxophone, shruti box, analogue synthesizer)

• PJEV:
• Jovana Lukic - (choir director / voice)
• Zvezdana Ostojic - (voice)
• Gloria Lindeman - (voice)
• Lana Hosni - (voice)
• Julijana Lesic - (voice)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Introduction
• A2. Listaj goro ne žali be’ara
• A3. Interlude I
• A4. Ova brda i puste doline
• A5. Interlude II
• A6. Što si setna, nevesela
• A7. Oj djevojko, janje umiljato

• SIDE B
• B1. Interlude III
• B2. Medna roso, gdje si zimovala
• B3. Interlude IV
• B4. Od kad seke nismo zapjevale
• B5. Interlude V
• B6. Službu služi Viden dobar junak
• B7. Interlude VI
• B8. Licki ojkan