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SHAMELESS, The Boogaloo celebrates its triumph
I say:
GANKINO CIRCUS have released their new album!
I got to know the band from Dietenhofen when they were the opening act for Eläkeläiset.
Since the Finns almost always have noteworthy bands in the support slot, it’s worth seeing the opening act as well. This was also true for the guys from Dietenhofen. What kind of music do they make? According to their own statements, folk music. Music from the people for the people, or in other words. They started as street musicians to finance their first vacation to France. They played the music they knew. These were songs from Dietenhofen and the surrounding area. They managed to save up the money for the vacation. The band traveled to France as well as many other countries in Europe, including Serbia and Ukraine. They engage with the traditional folk music of the countries and regions they visit. They dig up old songs that are known only to the elders. They are interested in customs, culture, and traditional music.
Musically, the group moves between entertaining, traditional folk music, gypsy, a hint of Balkan beats, polka, and many of their own ideas and great amusement.
You cannot describe GANKINO CIRCUS; you have to see the band live.
The first two albums of the band from Dietenhofen were well received (Reviews at:
http://www.ramtatta.de/s/reviews/f/details/id/3969/ and http://www.ramtatta.de/s/reviews/f/details/id/3996/ .
The interview from 2013 with the band can be read here: http://www.ramtatta.de/s/interviews/f/details/id/5859/ ).
And now comes number three.
The album “Frankonian Boogaloo” is different in many ways from the two previous albums, yet it is 100% GANKINO CIRCUS.
The album is much more accessible than the first two albums. This is due to the drums, which come across as fuller and stronger. The bass drum delivers the beat powerfully and fully. The arrangements are much poppier and contain much more harmony and melody. There is less experimentation. There are few solos. There are hardly any strong breaks in the music. The production and the entire recording are fuller and stronger. These are many points that appeal to the listener who is just now coming into contact with the band. However, I know the first two albums. They were perhaps so extraordinary because they were different in terms of the songs and the style of arrangements.
“Frankonian Boogaloo” I still like, but it is indeed different from the first two albums. Not worse, just different.
The album features 14 songs that all have their origins in Dietenhofen and the surrounding area.
The Kerwa (church festival) is the common thread that runs through the album. The Kerwa must be the event of the year down in Bavaria, in Franconia, where the band comes from. Even before New Year's Eve, Easter, Pentecost, and one’s own birthday. It’s quite interesting what songs there are that revolve around this event.
The guys go all out with the singing and sing for me in a nearly unknown language. It’s probably Franconian dialect. When they speak like that, I don’t understand a word, that’s for sure.
As a completely new element, the band had a background singer in the studio for some songs. She particularly breathes a slightly frivolous life into the song “Sexy Kerwa.”
Let’s see if this lady will also be part of the band’s upcoming tour.
Before I pass my judgment, I would like to briefly mention the packaging of the CD.
The cardboard cover is nicely done, but what’s underneath is probably the most beautiful digipack I’ve held in a long time. The packaging is made with love. That much is certain. Really beautiful; just the packaging is worth the purchase!
If just the packaging justifies the purchase, then the overall judgment cannot be bad. And so it is. Even though this CD is different, it is good!
GANKINO CIRCUS are the future of traditional folk music!
And next week I will be able to see this unique band live.
GANKINO CIRCUS will perform on the following dates in the following cities:
25.10.2014 ÜBERSEE, Freiraum
27.10.2014 FÜRTH, Kofferfabrik
28.10.2014 ILMENAU, Barake 5
30.10.2014 WÜRZBURG, Posthalle*
31.10.2014 BERLIN, Badehaus
01.11.2014 SCHWEINFURT, Disharmonie
11.11.2014 ERLANGEN, E-Werk
13.11.2014 ATTENKIRCHEN, Bachfeldhaus
14.11.2014 WENDELSTEIN, Zehntscheune
15.11.2014 BAIENFURTH, Hoftheater
20.11.2014 JENA, Kunsthof
21.11.2014 HALLE, Objekt 5
22.11.2014 DRESDEN, Ostpol
04.12.2014 FÜRTH, Filmwoche
14.01.2014 MÜNCHEN, Fraunhofer Theater
15.01.2015 PASSAU, Scharfrichter Haus
16.01.2015 HOF, Kunstkaufhaus
17.01.2015 GUNZENHAUSEN, Café Lebenskunst
31.01.2015 ULM, Sausdall
19.02.2015 SONDTHOFEN, Kulturwerkstatt
21.02.2015 KAMMGARN (AT), Hard
27.02.2015 BAD ENDORF, Hubbi
28.02.2015 EBERSBERG, Altes Kino
DON'T MISS IT!!
