Goran Bregovic is angry. About the treatment of Gypsies in France and Italy where they were deported or in Hungary where their houses were burned. Bregovic is not a gypsy himself, but all his music is strongly influenced by the music of the Roma gypsies. To show the musical richness of the gypsies, the composer decided to collaborate for this album with well-known gypsy artists from the most diverse
… countries. There are the Gipsy Kings (from France), Selina O'Leary (Ireland), Florin Salam (Romania) and Eugene Hütz (the frontman of Gogol Bordello, from the US / Ukraine). In songs like Bella Ciao and Quantum Utopia, this well-known pumping brass band madness, but thanks to the diverse origins of his musical partners, Bregovic also explores new musical territories. The contributions of Selina O'Leary are particularly striking in this respect. (PdK)more
