Hala Strana - "Hala Strana" (2003)

Hala Strana is a summation of Steven R. Smith's interest in the traditional folk musics of central and eastern Europe. By incorporating the melodies, scales, and instrumentation of the village music from Croatia, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic or Poland, Steven has pushed his music into yet another new territory. Hala Strana consistently locates the source of their esoteric power, the part that suggests specific cultural heritages. The brilliance of the album lies in where those evocations lead, to what ends they are taken -- luxurious, complicated cities of the imagination, landscapes at once tangible and unknowable.
Layout - Mathieu Tilly
Music By, Composed By - Steven R. Smith
Reissue Producer - Vincent Mare
Remastered By - Steven R. Smith
Recorded at Worstward Studios, Los Angeles, May 2002.
Instruments: guitar, cello, violin, harmonium, optigan, drums,
6-strings bass, gourd guitar, accordion, clay flowerpots, glockenspiel,
bottles, laundry cart, melodic harpsichord, tapes.
All Music by Steven R. Smith except:
"Jede Forman Dolinu" (trad. Moravian)
"Stouthrief" (trad. Transylvanian)
Originally released on CD by Emperor Jones, 2003.
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released September 19, 2017

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