KEYNEMSLAND from ORIGINALI by Orkestar Kriminal
Giselle Claudia Webber: vocals, Sam Minevich: guitar/bouzouki, Lisa Gamble: musical saw/baglamas, Christos Smirnios: drums, Brigitte โBrigaโ Dajczer: fiddle, Julian Selody: saxophone/clarinet, Li Kouri: accordion, Tyler Parent: upright bass, Margaret Diane Donavan: trombone, Eli Camilo: trumpet/back-vocals, Anna Frances Meyer: flute/back-vocals, Etienne Barry: keys.
Tracklist
| 1. | KEYNEMSLAND | 3:16 |
Lyrics
ืงืฒื ืขืืกืึทืื ื
ึทืืืฅ ืฐึธืืก ื'ืงืขื ึทืืฆืื ื
ืืื ืืืืขืจืงืืืขื ืืขื ึธื ืืจืฑื
ืืืืก ืงืื ืกืืืขืจ, ืึทืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืืื ืึทืื ื
.ืืืฆื ื ึธืืจ ึทื ึผืคืืกืืฑื
ืึทืฒื ืืขืื ึทื ืึธืื ืืืืืง ืืขืฐืขื
ืึทืฒื ึฟืคึทืื: ืืืึทืืจืืกื
ืึทืฒื ื ืืขืจ ืืื ื ึธืืจ ืึธืื ืึทืฒื ืึธืื ืืืืก
.ืฐื ึทืืจืืืืขืจืืข ืฉืืกื
ืึทืฒื ืืขืื ืืื ืืฑื
ืืื ืฉืึทืืจื ืืืืฃ ืืืื
ื ืฉืืึพึฟืคืจึทืฒ, ึทื ืืืื
ึท.ื ืึทืืกื ึฟืคืื ืขืืืึพืืื
ืึธืืืืืขื ืืื ืืื ืงึธืึผืค ืืืจ
ื ืืืื ืื ึธืื ึทื ืฉืืขืจ
ืืื ืืขืฅ, ืงื ึทืื, ืงื ึทืื, ึผืคืืฃึพึผืคืืฃึพึผืคึทืืฃ
.ืืชืื ึฟืคึทืืื ึฟืคึทืืจ ืืืจ
ึทื ืฉืืกืขืจ ืฐืขืจื ืืขืจ ืืืึทืืจืืกื
ืืืืืง ืึทืืื ืืืฆื ื ึธืืจ ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึทื ืกืืึฟืคึธืื ืืข ืืขืื ืึธืื
ืืขืืื ืืขื ึฟืคืื ืขื ืืฑื ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ืืขืจ ืึธืืืืก ึฟืคืื ืืขื ื ืืืื
ืืื ึฟืคืื ืงึดืืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืกืืื ืงื
ึฟืคืื ึธืืงึธืึผืคืข ืื ึทืืจืืข ืึทืฒื ืข
.ืืื ืืื ื ึธืื ืึธื" ืืื ืื"
ืืขืจ ึดืืึผืชืืจ ึฟืคืื ึทื ืืืืืงืขืจ
ืฐึธืืก ืฐึทืืืืขืจื ืืื ืืื ืงืฒื ืขืืกืึทืื ื
,ืืขืจ ืขืืื, ืึทืฒื ืข ืฉืื ืืื
.ืืฒืื ืืฑื ึทืืจืฑืฃ ืื ืึทืื ื
ึทื ืฉืืกืขืจ ืฐืขืจื ืืขืจ ืืืึทืืจืืกื
ืืืืืง ืึทืืื ืืืฆื ื ึธืืจ ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึทื ืกืืึฟืคึธืื ืืข ืืขืื ืึธืื
ืืขืืื ืืขื ึฟืคืื ืขื ืืฑื ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึฟ-ืคืื ืืขื ืขืืก ืืืื ืืขืจืฆืืจืขืฐึธืืืืฆืืข ึฟืคืื ืึทืฒื ืึทืื ื
ืึทืืื ึทื ืงืืจื ืก ืฉึผืคึธืืื
.ืฆืขืฉืืขืจื ืืขื ืงืื ืกืืืขืจืก ืื
ืึทืฒื ืข ืืืืืืช ืึธืื ืืขืืืื
.ืืืืืืก ืฉึผืคืืืชึพืื
ืืขืืขืืืงืข ืืฑืืข
.ืงืฒื ื ืก ืื ืืื ืฉื
ึทื ืฉืืกืขืจ ืฐืขืจื ืืขืจ ืืืึทืืจืืกื
ืืืืืง ืึทืืื ืืืฆื ื ึธืืจ ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึทื ืกืืึฟืคึธืื ืืข ืืขืื ืึธืื
ืืขืืื ืืขื ึฟืคืื ืขื ืืฑื ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
ึฟืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืงืก
KEYNEMSLAND
All I know how to do nowIs survive the horror
No longer an artist, in my hand I hold
Only a pistol now.
Once my life was music
My profession: guitarist
Now all I hear day in, day out
The shots of artillery.
My life is deathI just die from now on
Soulless, a golem
A visitor from beyond the grave.
Vague memories rattle around in my head
Of melodies without number
And bing, bang, bang, rat tat tat
Corpses fall before me.
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun,
Of his gun
The mode of my tuneIs the instinct to survive
From the trench, my aria sings โIโm still here.โ
The remnants of a guitarist
Who drifts through no manโs land
The audience, his enemies
Raises its hands high [in surrender].
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun,
Of his gun
Revolution, from my hand
And the hands of others, too
has made a gravediggerโs shovel
Destroyed artistic effort.
My dreams were nullified
By blood spilt in war
The dead who live
No miracle happened there.
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun, Of his gun
Credits
Composed by: Sam Minevich, with Yiddish Translation by: Michael Wex. Arranged by: Orkestar Kriminal. (c) SOCAN, 2024. Recording Engineer: Mark Lawson, at Studio Madame Wood, in Montrรฉal.Mixing Engineer: Mark Lawson, at Mt. Ineffable, in Montrรฉal. Mastering Engineer: Ryan Morey at Ryan Morey Mastering in Wakefield, QC. Produced by: Mark Lawson and Orkestar Kriminal.
CPL072 / LC23533
C+P 2024 CPL-Music
www.cpl-musicgroup.de
info@cpl-music.de
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a รฉtรฉ rendu possible en partie grรขce au gouvernement du Canada.
License
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Along with their Yiddish gangster repertoire, Orkestar Kriminal has absorbed the Rebetika Mortika hash den anthems of the 1930s Greek underground. They can also be found performing in Khmer, Spanish, Danish, Romani, Ladino, Russian, Vietnamese, Hebrew or whatever other tongue might attract them. So long as the tune is catchy and a little shady, they'll give it their best shot!