Krambambulya. "Damanu Damada"
A mixture of European folk hits presented as pop-punk.
Amateurs of positivity got a New Year’s present from Krambalbulya right before the New Year’s Day – the new album “Damanu Damada”. The album is not simple and has a zest. It is a collection of 12 European folk hits sung in Belarusian and presented by Krambambulya. The same 12 songs are also sung in the original languages. They are on the second disc. The more expensive part of the edition contains two discs while the cheaper version of the album is only one disc with the Belarusian variant of “Damanu Damada”.
Lyavon Volski planned to make a disc of Belarusian folk hits at first. However, when the musician came across a collection of European people’s songs, he decided to plunge in the European folk. 9 foreign songs and 3 Belarusian songs corresponding to the concept of the album were selected for “Damanu Damada”. In the Irish variant (it is not translated into English) “damanu damada” is the sound made when they click glasses, the prosst, - Lyavon Volski explains the name of the album. – We made “Damanu Damada” – it is from the song once covered by “Metallica” and Thin Lizzy. They covers are worse than ours, I should say”.
The first advantage of the new Krambambulya’s album is an attempt of integration into Europe by getting aquatinted with its countries’ songs. The musicians found cheerful songs like “Little Inn” and “Chatterbox Hen” among sad Belarusian songs and gave them a European tint which connected them with the concept. It is like an album “about love and a lawyer” and about the fact that we should dance and jolly. The Belarusian people’s song “Grey Horse” is the golden section of the album – it is sad and dark. It is necessary to feel sad once in a while because love is not always happy and life is not always easy.
Krambambulya sounds in a new way in “Damanu Damada”. Lyavon Volski’s love of acoustic insets and eclecticism gives way to youth pop-punk. It seems that Krambambulya is getting ready to present the album at European summer beer-festivals. By the way, Krambambulya’s pop-punk may dissatisfy some listeners. They may say that it is “a different Krambambulya”, that “Lyavon lacks N.R.M. and has switched to heavy metal” or that “pop-punk is a matter of the past”. In any case, not everyone will be pleased with Krambambulya’s new sound.
The disc was made by Andrei Babrouka, a great amateur of Green Day, and it affected the way Krambambulya sounds – a lot of guitar music that is so loud that you can hardly make out the words. However, everything corresponds to the style. You cannot pick on it.
Time will show whether “Damanu Damada 2” will continue the style of the first “Damanu”. However, it is a quality album that will interest both Belarusians and Europeans regardless of age, status and preferences. It is always pleasant to listen to your people’s songs sung in a different language!
