Samurai Over Serbia is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007.Yugo Crazy, With a rollicking sound, Fishtank Ensemble swims upstream Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble's unconventional, but imaginative sound.TITLE: Samurai over Serbia By Joel Okida The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn."Fishtank Ensemble
Track listing "Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09 "Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59 "Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30 "Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06 "Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38 "Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58 "Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45 "Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52 "Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55 "Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16 "Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33 "Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23 "Yasaburpo Bush" (traditional, arr. M. Penny) – 4:43
Personnel Fabrice Martinez - violin, violomba Ursula Knudson - vocals, violin, musical saw, banjolele, percussion Douglas Smolens (el Douje) - guitar Aaron Seeman (Duckmandu) - accordion Djordje Stijepovic - upright bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11 Andy Zacharias - upright bass on tracks 3, 5–8, 10, 12 Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, guitar Kevin Kmetz - additional shamisen tracks on track 4, guitar tracks on track 12
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External links Samurai Over Serbia at CD Baby Official Website