Dirty Sanchez. With a name like that, you have to be in the market for a little funky-nasty. Billed as a sort of ethno-funk this collection of familiar and enjoyable musicians on the Ljubljana scene usually stays on the funky side of that equation - probably for the best. The concert opened with a typically funky song featuring Aleksander Kuzmić on a harmonium-accordion type instrument that I was sad not to see come out again, even though his style on guitar fit the rest of their repertoire perfectly. From that point on they altered the pace and sentiment of the songs asserting their own groovy takes on many familiar classics from around the Mediterranean and beyond. Keeping the audience engaged between songs was the tireless and amusingly vocal bass player Jeiro Enrique Benitez Habib, frequently bringing the on-stage conversation to the crowd. Otherwise, the saxophonist and violinist, Jaka Birsa and Petra "Fu" Onderufova alternating parts or backing each other, kept the atmosphere warm if not smokin' while the percussionist Marko Sikirica on various bongos laid down some playful, trippy rhythms. What was really impressive was how accessible and fun the show was to different tastes, given the diversity of the tunes, which really highlighted how well this group works together.
Diego Capriolo
Photo Tjasulja
0 comments:
Post a Comment