Bratko Bibič & the Madleys

Slovenian accordionist Bratko Bibič was an integral person in Begnagrad, a pioneering group that melded Eastern Western european folk music with avant-prog through the ’70s and ’80s, before he joined up with Swiss multi-instrumentalist Momo Rossel’s transatlantic Rock and roll in Opposition-flavored Nimal in the past due ’80s and Slovenian/American Man Klucevsek’s worldwide Accordion Tribe in the ’90s. As opposed to these collaborative clothes, Bibič also stepped out as the first choice of his very own music group, the Madleys, originally formed being a trio composed of Bibič, Begnagrad clarinetist/saxophonist Bogo Pečnikar, and violinist/violist Matjaž Sekne in 1995. That calendar year, the Swiss imprint LabelUsineS released Bibič’s initial solo record, Bratko Bibič & the Madleys of Bridko Bebič, which Pečnikar and Sekne performed. The accordionist asked them to become listed on him within a Madleys threesome that could also perform live. On record and in live show, the group had taken an avant-gardist position toward Eastern Western european folk, melding wonderful melodies with odd-metered rhythms, improvisational interludes, and an frequently quirky sensibility. Bibič would devote significant energies towards the Accordion Tribe through the past due ’90s, however the Madleys continued to be on the trunk burner and, throughout the turn from the millennium, extended from a trio to a quintet with the help of two more previous Begnagrad people, bassist Nino De Gleria and drummer/percussionist Aleš Rendla. At different Eastern European locations, this edition of Bratko Bibič & the Madleys performed a Bibič-made up rating in accompaniment to screenings of Na Domačem Vrtu (In the Family members Backyard), the accordionist’s assemblage of historic clips through the Slovenian Cinamatheque Film Archive Division. The quintet documented the rating at Ljubljana, Slovenia’s Fabrika 13 studio room during 2000 and 2001, as well as the Na Domačem Vrtu (In the Family members Garden) record — also having a pair of monitors documented live — premiered by Slovenska Kinoteka in 2002. Another many years would find Bibič preserving his participation in the Accordion Tribe and various other collaborations, however the Madleys would resurface in a fresh incarnation for a really ambitious project, signing up for using the Swiss quintet Rämschfädra (Sonja Füchslin, piano and violin; Patrizia Pacozzi, violin; Livia Bergamin, flute and piccolo; Thomas Estermann, dual bass and classical guitar; and Roberto Imfeld, accordion) and Canadian-born multi-instrumentalist Shirley Anne Hofmann (a contributor to Bratko Bibič & the Madleys of Bridko Bebič) to execute Bibič’s repertoire on the Alpentöne worldwide music celebration in August 2007. Time for the Madleys flip for this event was violinist/violist Sekne, became a member of by beginners Vasko Atanasovski (saxophone and flute), Boštjan Gombač (clarinet and flute), and Marjan Stanič (drums and percussion). The 11-piece ensemble tackled the number of Bibič’s complicated however good-natured music with vigor, the spirited mixture of skewed Euro-folk, specifically performed chamber music tastes, rambunctious swinging jazz, lyrical and dramatic compositional transforms, and avant-gardist exploration captured on Live at Alpentöne, released with the Bergtöne label in ’09 2009. In Dec 2011 Bratko Bibič & the Madleys came back to the level, this time around at Ljubljana’s Kino ? iška Middle for Urban Lifestyle, to perform fresh Bibič compositions created on the preceding 2 yrs. Slovenian trombonist Uroš Polanc was the most recent Madleys member, becoming a member of the first choice, Sekne, Atanasovski, and Gombač; several guest music artists — including Vienna-based accordionist/vocalist Otto Lechner, like Bibič a former person in the Accordion Tribe — also participated in the concert, producing the entire ensemble comparable in proportions towards the group noticed on Live at Alpentöne. Music through the Kino ? iška event made an appearance for the recording Kabinet čudes Brutka Bimbiča (aka Cupboard of Miracles of Brutko Bim-bitch), released from the Slovenian Klopotec label in 2013. The recording also included mainly improvised choices — motivated by Dante’s The Divine Comedy and offering sampling and non-sensical vocals — from a Madleys golf club date recorded this year 2010.