{"id":2065,"date":"2023-07-03T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T21:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2023-07-03T00:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T21:46:20","slug":"%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%86%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b7%d0%b8%d1%8f-v-a-dangus-2018-2020-baltic-postfolk-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bagnik-zine.net\/en\/arch\/2065\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: V\/A \u2013 Dangus 2018\/\/2020: Baltic Postfolk Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of release: 2019
\nLabel:\u00a0Dangus<\/a><\/p>\n

At the festival \u201cVoseni Ratangniki III\u201d held at the end of November in Minsk, I met with the head of the respected oldest Lithuanian label Dangus and received a fresh promo compilation that I promised to review in Bagnik Zine. The listening, I must say, was long - the collection contains 30 tracks, scattered equally on two discs. All of them are taken from albums released on Dangus in 2018 and 2019 or planned for this year. As follows from the name, the material is a modern look at the folk music of the Balts. Looking ahead, I\u2019ll say that you should not wrinkle your nose. I am also a supporter of maximum authenticity, but the trouble is that in most European countries, where Christianity is deeply rooted, only indistinct echoes of genuine folk music remained. Therefore, the musicians have no choice but to offer an \u201cauthor\u2019s vision\u201d, which often stinks of bad taste and a complete misunderstanding of the spirituality of their own land. So they happily mix tribal, acoustic folk, Viking aesthetics and electronics, getting at the output something awkward, reminiscent of a negro samurai in crocodile boots and a horned helmet. Or a circus bullshit like HEILUNG.<\/p>\n

Lithuanians have no such problem. Their ancient culture and language successfully survived the Christian invasion. The connection of people with the soil was not interrupted, traditions were not buried under the ashes of burnt holy groves, despite all the efforts of the invaders. Therefore, the \u201cpost-folk\u201d presented at Dangus releases is still the same folk music, rooted in the past centuries, but made with allowance for modern realities and opportunities, still developing and not even too underground. However, this does not mean that these artists offer some kind of hip-hop about stone idols. The archaic spirit is inherent in all tracks, but I'll tell about that below:<\/p>\n

VIRGINIJA PIEVOS is an experienced female performer, from whose solo project two songs are presented. The first is a fairly traditional tribal folk with good singing. The second is an excellent melodic thing that could easily fit into the soundtrack of some thematically suitable movie or game like \u201cThe Witcher\u201d or \u201cKingdom Come: Deliverance\u201d. On the first song, a simple official video was shot:<\/p>\n

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Virginija Pievos - Oi toli toli<\/div><\/div>
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