Samurai Over Serbia

Samurai Over Serbia is the second full-length album by Fishtank Ensemble. It was independently released by the band in 2007.^[1] Traditional eastern European, gypsy jazz, klezmer and original tunes are arranged to fit the ensemble's unconventional, but imaginative sound.^[2] The groups sound is "consistently captivating, as if Gypsy swing continued to swirl around the world, picking up new inflections at every turn."^[3]

Samurai Over Serbia
Studio album by Fishtank Ensemble
Released	2007
Recorded	The Lair Recording Studios
Genre	Eastern European
Length	58:40
Producer	Douglas Smolens
Fishtank Ensemble chronology
Super Raoul (2005) Samurai Over Serbia (2007)

Track listing

1. "Saraiman" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:09
2. "Turkish March" (W.A. Mozart, arr. A. Seeman) – 2:59
3. "Tchavo" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 4:30
4. "Face the Dragon" (music & arr. by F. Martinez) – 4:06
5. "Gitanos Californeros" (D. Smolens, arr. Paco de Lucia) – 5:38
6. "Spirit Prison" (music by D. Smolens, K. Kmetz, lyrics by U. Knudson) – 3:58
7. "Fraima" (Cesare & GianCarlo dell'Anna, arr. F. Martinez) – 3:45
8. "Youkali" (Kurt Weill) – 4:52
9. "Ezraoul" (arr. F. Martinez) – 2:55
10. "Mehum Mato" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:16
11. "Samurai Over Serbia" (traditional, arr. F. Martinez) – 7:33
12. "Extremely Large Congenial Romanian" (music and arr. A Seeman) – 2:23
13. "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

Notes

1. Yugo Crazy, With a rollicking sound, Fishtank Ensemble swims upstream Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
2. TITLE: Samurai over Serbia By Joel Okida Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. Fishtank Ensemble

External links

• Samurai Over Serbia at CD Baby
• Official Website