(Fusion) [WEB] Mario Rasic Balkan Zoo Ensemble - Balkan Zoo - 2014, FLAC (tracks), lossless

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Mario Rasic was born in 1973 in town Zavidovici, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was interested in music
since very young age but various life circumstances didn't allow him to realize musical life until
age 19. Mario then became a member of a local band and was introduced to bass guitar. He has been
commited to the instrument and music in general ever since.
With the end of war in Bosnia he moved to Dubrovnik, Croatia. There he met a saxophone player Jaksa Jordes,
a prolific player on Croatian music scene. Jaksa pursueded Mario to move to Zagreb in 1996, where he has started
professional career as musician. Since then Mario has been session player and member of many important Croatian bands:
Mayales, Goran Bare i Placenici, Divas, Mile i Putnici, Valerija Nikolovska, Majke, to name a few.
In 2012 he released his debut album as bandleader called "Milje" (Miles), under Croatia Records label.
The album is a mixture of traditional balkan music, jazz and fusion. Mario has also formed a new band
consisting of few of the finest Croatian musicians: Marko Krizan - saxophone, Viktor Lipic - keyboards,
Miroslav Lehpamer - drums. Croatian music website Muzika.hr mentiones "Milje" as one of the top ten 2012
releases in Croatia. Along with his own band Mario is successful with a rock band Goran Bare & Majke which won
6 Porins; the most prestigious Croatian music award, for their 2012 release "Teske boje".

https://mariorasicbalkzooens.bandcamp.com/album/balkan-zoo
Mario Rašić – bas gitara, Viktor Lipić – klavijature, Pavle Miljenović – gitare, Miroslav Lepenheimer – bubnjevi
+ Valerija Nikolovska – vokal, Marko Križan – tenor saksofon, usna harmonika, Žarko Hajdarhodžić – flauta, Tomica Rukljić – truba, Luka Žužić – trombon, Mirsad Dalipi – udaraljke
Bas gitarist Mario Rašić okupio je sastav u kojem sviraju klavijaturist Viktor Lipić, gitarist Pavle Miljenović i bubnjar Miroslav Lehpamer te snimio izvanredni album „Balkan Zoo“ uz doprinos brojnih gostujućih glazbenika među kojima se ističu saksofonist Marko Križan, koji je preminuo prije izlaska albuma te mu je posvećena posljednja kompozicija na albumu „This Is Not the Blues“, te pjevačica Valerija Nikolivska, čija je uvjerljiva, atmosferična i nepretenciozna izvedba zaokružila jedinu vokalnu kompoziciju „Roots and Weeds“.
Riječ je o vrlo atmosferičnom, odmjerenom, maštovitom i vrhunski izvedenom etno-jazz albumu, čija me kombinacija suvremenog jazza, južnobalkanskog world musica i sevdaha podsjeća na solo albume Bodana Arsovskog, a albumom dominiraju tople, zarazne i izrazito melodične bas dionice, mantrični pijanistički zahvati Viktora Lipića, pulsirajuće perkusije i profinjena akustična gitara Pavla Miljenovića.

Viktor Lipić Lipa-piano, keyboards
Marko Križan(1972-2014)-saxophone
Pavle Miljenović-guitar
Miroslav Lehpamer-drums
Mario Rašić-Bass
feat: Valerija Nikolovska:vocal
Žarko Hajdarhodžić-flute
Tomica Rukljić-trumpet
Luka Žužić-trombone
Mirsad Dalipi-percussion