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Mhm A-ha Oh Yeah Da-Da. Migration Stories and Love Songs

In Darko Rundek’s poetry the global and the personal, cadence and cacophony entangle: Adventurer and cosmopolite, Darko Rundek was drawn from his hometown Zagreb in Croatia to Paris during the civil war, where he gathered a new family around him with the Cargo Orkestar. On this original PIRANHA recording, their songs tell of the loneliness of the exile and the placelessness of the Internet, the reality of modern metropolis and the utopia of a love that transcends all borders.





Reviews



"The semi-acoustic jazzy space music of Cargo Orkestar , who were formed in Paris from a largely exiled Eastern European diaspora, showcases here the new CD Mhm A-ha Oh Yeah Da-Da. Songs almost meander into being seemingly chance collusions between instruments. There is a strong sense of theatre. The artists Biljana Tutorov provides a running video commentary, while the contrast between Vedran Peternel’s mixing and sampling , and violinist Isabel’s dramatic playing adds a bracing air of immediacy. The mercurial and laconic frontman Darko Rundek, singing in several languages, keeps the audience in high spirits and on its toes."

4 Stars

Independent Live Review, Tim Cumming



"There are elements of folk, rock, prog and tango, sharply focused by Rundek's vocals. The eclecticism is a plus: each track has distinction and character. Rundek, whose track record includes theatre direction and improv as well as Croatian rock'n'roll, is a sensitive writer, mature enough to let his band rip up the material and stitch it back together with blaring brass, soaring fiddle (Swiss electric violinist Isabel) and a cracking punk-funk backline. Rundek makes angular melodies sound as sweet as lullabies. And vice versa. In these bland times he's a necessary character to have around."

www.guardian.co.uk, The Guardian, John L Walters, June 2, 2006