The Performers - Virtuosic performances at your fingertips
Continuing Strezov Sampling's boutique The Performers series, focusing on virtuosic musical performances not possible to create with traditional multisampling methods, "Mountain Girl" brings everyone back to the roots of Bulgarian folklore and allows them to access our country's unique female throat singing once more after Rhodope 2's success. Recorded in the Sofia Session Studio and later mixed down to three mic positions (Close, Decca and Hall).
All performances are wrapped together in a brandnew NI Kontakt based engine allowing the user to freely map all phrases and musical parts of phrases to their liking, thus creating new combinations beyond the well known layouts.
In order to ensure maximum usability and flexibility all performances were recorded with click at various tempi and on wholetone scale within one octave. You are not limited to certain tempi or keys with this collection. In addition to that, The Performers - Mountain Girl also comes with open .wav files to import all performances into the DAW or sampler of your choice.
SUSTAINS:
- ”Aah” drone sustains, looped (1xRR), C2 – B2;
PHRASES (each recorded on whole-tone scale within one octave):
1. Ah, Planina – 2 phrases
- Ah, Planina 1 – 80 BPM
- Ah, Planina 2 – 80 BPM
2. Maro Le – 2 phrases
- Maro Le 1 – 75 BPM
- Maro Le 2 – 75 BPM
3. Neno Le – 1 phras
- Neno Le – 75 BPM
4. Vetar Vee – 2 phrases
- Vetar Vee 1 – 85 BPM
- Vetar Vee 2 – 85 BPM
5. Karay, Deno – 1 phras
- Karay, Deno – 135 BPM
6. Lyulchina Pesen – 1 phrase
- Lyulchina Pesen – 140 BPM
7. Trenke – 1 phrase
- Trenke – 140 BPM
8. Begalo Rade – 2 phrases
- Begalo Rade 1 – 72 BPM
- Begalo Rade 2 – 72 BPM
9. Grozdanke Mome – 2 phrases
- Grozdanke Mome 1 – 51 BPM
- Grozdanke Mome 2 – 51 BPM
10. Yanke – 1 phrase
- Yanke– 90 BPM
11. Bona Bolna Lezhi - 2 phrases
- Bona Bolna Lezhi 1 - 100 BPM
- Bona Bolna Lezhi 2 - 100 BPM
12. Da Si Trazhu Nevesta – 1 phrase
- Da Si Trazhu Nevesta – 125 BPM
13. Poye u konope – 2 phrases
- Poye u konope 1 – 90 BPM
- Poye u konope 2 – 90 BPM
14. Yanka Barza – 1 phrase
- Yanka Barza – 125 BPM
15. Rade Le – 2 phrases
- Rade Le 1 – 115 BPM
- Rade Le 2 – 115 BPM
16. Slantse Na Zaoda – 1 phrase
- Slantse Na Zaoda – 110 BPM
17. Brayno Le, Ivane – 2 phrases
- Brayno Le, Ivane 1 – 60 BPM
- Brayno Le, Ivane 2 – 60 BPM
18. Brambar Dranka – 3 phrases
- Brambar Dranka 1 – 74 BPM
- Brambar Dranka 2 – 74 BPM
- Brambar Dranka 3 – 74 BPM
19. Dve Se Mladi Zeli Bile – 2 phrases
- Dve Se Mladi Zeli Bile 1 – 85 BPM
- Dve Se Mladi Zeli Bile 2 – 85 BPM
20. Gyura Ide – 2 phrases
- Gyura Ide 1 – 145 BPM
- Gyura Ide 2 – 160 BPM
21. Gugute Le – 2 phrases
- Gugute Le 1 – 150 BPM
- Gugute Le 2 – 150 BPM
22. Ovo Mome – 1 phrase
- Ovo Mome – 110 BPM
23. Siten Dazhd Vali – 3 phrases
- Siten Dazhd Vali 1 – 150 BPM
- Siten Dazhd Vali 2 – 150 BPM
- Siten Dazhd Vali 3 – 150 BPM
24. Stoyne Mome – 1 phrase
- Stoyne Mome – 180 BPM
25. Zashto Ti E Chelo Namarchelo – 1 phrase
- Zashto Ti E Chelo Namarchelo – 58 BPM
26. Improvisations – 6 phrase
- Improvisation 1 – 60 BPM
- Improvisation 2 – 60 BPM
- Improvisation 3 – 60 BPM
- Improvisation 4 – 60 BPM
- Improvisation 5 – 60 BPM
- Improvisation 6 – 60 BPM
27. Rises – 2 phrase
- Rises 1 – 60 BPM
- Rises 2 – 60 BPM
28. Falls – 1 phrase
- Falls – 60 BP
All of you who are curious to find out what Diyana's words actually mean - check out the library's .pdf manual! We made sure to translate all the phrases in as friendly a manner as possible, but please keep an open mind - this is folklore we're talking of here :)
Born to a family of musicians, Diyana Vasileva, a.k.a. Mountain Girl, can't help excelling in Bulgarian folklore singing, simultaneously taking up piano lessons. Bit by bit and winning one competition after another, both on the local and international stages, she builds herself up and the ultimate recognition comes in the form of her acceptance into the Grammy award- winning choir “Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices”. The other jewel in her crown is the membership in one of the most popular Bulgarian ethno bands -“Oratnitza”. The nickname “Mountain Girl” is given to her by the world-famous Australian singer Lisa Gerrard from their concert with the „Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices“. Please, if you love the phrases in this library, consider writing "feat. Diyana Vasileva" in your track title. Thank you for supporting our artists!
