Thursday cafe evening
June 4, 2015 at 7:00 PM
The ten-piece prohibition band Temna godba is based on the classic jazz sound (and look) of the Roaring Twenties (and partly swinging Thirties) of the last century. It plays with sounds from the mafia era of prohibition, the Charleston, Dixieland, original blues, New Orleans street jazz, burlesque, French gypsy guitar swing, cabaret, and the sounds of European clubs, dance halls, cafes, and skyscrapers in the post-World War I period, which echoed in Slovenian music throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
The lyrics of the new songs, which can be found on the album Temna godba (compiled by DHH), are exclusively in the Slovenian language. On the one hand, they veer into the ballad lyricism and love poetry typical of Gjurin, and on the other, into direct satire, self-irony and parody of today's world, such as one might find in Ježek or Franc Košir.
This time, it is not about banning the production and sale of alcohol, but about prohibiting thinking, common sense, and content in a modern, emptied consumer society. Gal Gjurin and Temna godba respond to these prohibitions with love for music and the audience.
The musical repertoire of Temna godba includes new original compositions, as well as older Gjurin hits that the audience knows well from the radio waves, dressed up in a new-old prohibition sound from the roaring twenties.
Nina Pečar – alto and soprano saxophone
Nina Merkoci – alto and soprano saxophone
Miha Nagode – clarinets
Domen Gracej – trumpet
Jean Markič – piano, accordion, hammond
Miha Kraker – guitar, good
Matej Tekavčič – double bass
Jure Maček – percussion
Blaž Celarec – drums, percussion
Gal Gjurin and Temna godba performed a large solo Valentine's Day concert with guests in February at the Gallus Hall of Cankarjev dom. The recording of the song Meščan below was made there.