Montreal Cultural Calendar

ORKESTAR KRIMINAL (lancement d'album)
+ LA DÉLÉGATION
à la Sala Rossa
20$ à l'avance, 25$ à la porte
portes 19h, show 19h30

ORKESTAR KRIMINAL
For almost a dozen years now, Orkestar Kriminal has created daring arrangements of old underworld ballads in 12 different languages, telling the tales of impoverished peoples the world over, driven to a life of crime. With their unique instrumentation (upright bass, trombone, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, musical saw, bouzouki, baglamas, electric surf guitar, drums, piccolo, flute, violin, accordion, organ, voice) and a refreshing gender-mashup in their musicianship, Orkestar Kriminal has arranged some of the world’s long-forgotten criminal ballads with all the fervour and gusto that they could muster. After continuous touring and a multitude of festival performances, the biggest criminal punks in world music released Razlomanye Ryobra in 2020, hitting the #1 spot on the Earshot “National International” charts. Orkestar Kriminal is now fired-up with "Originali", their first ever all-originals album produced by Grammy award-winning Producer-Engineer: Mark Lawson, out March 15th, 2024 on CPL-Music.

Along with their original Yiddish, Greek and Spanish compositions, Orkestar Kriminal worked extensively with native-speaking linguistic collaborators from all over the world to compose lyrics in Hindi, Mixteco, Arabic, Polish, Bosnian and Norwegian Bokmål. With all these nuanced, stylized arrangements, and 9 different languages featured, "Originali" is the band's most ambitious album yet. Their bittersweet melodies are delightfully infectious, so for Orkestar Kriminal, there is no turning back. Drenched in expression, celebrated and improvised, this is "cabaret noir" at its finest!
https://orkestar-kriminal.com

LA DÉLÉGATION
Depuis un balcon de Centre-Sud, les deux Félix décident d’organiser des «jam-session» hebdomadaires qui deviennent rapidement un rendez-vous musical et gastronomique. Mélangeant la musique traditionnelle des Balkans, en version élargie, la musique de film et des compositions originales, La Délégation est un voyage intemporel et interculturel.
https://ladelegation.bandcamp.com

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Orkestar Kriminal acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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