Ljiljana Petkovic Orchestra plays a
combination of Eastern folklore
rhythms, German Chansons, Jazz, Gipsy style inspired ballads as well as
electronically treated beats and sounds - all together best described
as “Urban Chansons“.
About the album “Hinter Dem Spiegel”.
The story starts with the color yellow, the question
“Warum sollten wir Angst haben vor grossen Tieren”
and a curious mind...
Once upon a time,
Manuela, a DJ at WMF Club Berlin, was looking for a new sound and therefore she went to a Berlin record store called “Gelbe Musik” and found the album “Warum sollten wir Angst vor grossen Tieren haben", by Superflex and the music producer and multi instrumentalist
August Engkilde.
Manuela loved the concept and the amazing sounds of that album, that was all made up by samples of animal sounds. She contacted August for an online interview for de-bug magazine. And soon after an inspiring friendship was born.
Both Manuela and August share a passion for Eastern Folklore, gypsy ballads, jazz and electronic music and talked often about doing a project combining these elements. Now for the 10 year anniversary of their friendship, they are finally ready to present this project collaboration Live and on this new album.
Beside from 3 Cover Songs that perfectly fit in the concept, Manuela wrote all songs and lyrics and played them to August on her Casio Keyboard, Bells and Melodica. Next time they started the recordings.
August made use of his production skills and his Multi-Instrumentalist talents. He further got Richard Eigner on board for some studio drumming and Manuela convinced her friend Dirk Markham to play some Balalaika style Guitar on a few tracks.
The first Ljiljana Petkovic Orchestra album release was on it's way...
Their demo attracted the attention of event organizer Thorbjørn Tønder from Denmark and soon after the orchestra played their debut concert at the “Wundergrund Festival”. which took part in Berlin and Copenhagen in November
2008.
