Eyot - 557799 '2020

Tracks list

The album name is 557799, after the composition number 7, which is about the
rhythm pattern throughout it.
5/8 5/8, 7/8 7/8, 9/8 9/8 it goes.
Those 3 odd rhythms are the basics of the Balkans’ traditional music, but
for us, there’s more to that than just the number- it’s the
epitome of life and history which has always been turbulent in this part of the
world. That’s our Heartbeat. Odd is an odd way full of life and emotion.
Dodola (also spelled Doda, Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la,
doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya) is a pagan tradition found in the Balkans. A girl,
wearing a skirt made of knitted,fresh green vines and small branches, is singing
and dancing through the village, stopping at every house, where the hosts
sprinkle her with water. She is accompanied by villagers who are dancing and
shoutingto the music.
In some kind of Rite, Dodolahas summoned the Rain.
Linen is dedicated to the most famous Serbian composer StevanMokranjac- a
fragment of his 9th Garland’s “Biljana platnobeleše”
(Biljana was washing the linen) is used in the theme. Also, the foundation of
harmony here lies upon Mokranjac’s opus.
Half of this album was created from old ideas, mixed with new solutions-or,
inspired by many musical styles, formed into the specific EYOT sound.
But this time I was particularly inspired by John Williams, Bruckner, Patrick
Doyle, and Mokranjac, and also “The Soul Cages” album by Sting.

Dejan Ilijic – Piano, Moog
Marko Stojiljkovic – Bass
Sladjan Milenovic – Guitar
Milos Vojvodic – Drums
Pete Judge – Trumpet on DODOLA
Jake McMurchie – Sax on DODOLA

Tracklisting:
01. Eyot - Dodola (9:13)
02. Eyot - Linen (5:03)
03. Eyot - Rite (5:41)
04. Eyot - Rain (6:08)
05. Eyot - Heartbeat (8:01)
06. Eyot - Odd (4:32)
07. Eyot - 557799 (6:03)

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