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Mixing past with present, tradition with progression and acoustic with electric, Aritmija grows from its Balkan roots. It is soaked with the unusual metrum of the peninsula and watered by it's temperament, giving it a distinct flavour.
What began with two guitars in 2002 mostly playing renditions of traditional Macedonian, Bosnian, Bulgarian and gypsy music is now a five piece band, concentrating on original material.
It is the diversity of band members and the instruments they play that brings variety to their sound. Original music varies from ethnic heritage to rock influenced riffing, from jazz-rock to latin and country music. There really are few limitations. From two intertwining acoustic and one electric guitar, a very unusual drum/ percussion set (including oriental darbucka and mighty tapan) and a funky bass, to passionate and tender violin, the music of Aritmija sounds fresh and interesting.
The band played all over Slovenia and also performed at the FIMU festival in Belfort, France in 2005, at the Lent festival (Maribor, Slovenia) in 2006 and at the Balkaniser festival (London, UK) in 2007. In 2007 Aritmija released it's first CD »Gonilna sila« or Motive force under the label Celinka.
"Izkljucno instrumentalna, odlicno odigrana muzika s prvenca Aritmije se povecini suce okrog bosanskih, makedonskih ter tudi v duhu balkanskega melosa napisanih avtorskih skladb. Skladbam, med katerimi najdemo kar nekaj v nasih krajih zelo priljubljenih, kakrsna je denimo Jovano, Jovanke, je usklajen kvintet dostikrat odel v precej moderne vode, dodajajoc akusticnim zvokom rockovsko udarnost in mestoma tudi psihedelicno zamaknjenost.V aranzmajih se krasno zlivajo akusticni in ozvoceni instrumenti (v ospredju so elektricne kitare), ki druzno, v zaru strastne igre, ki jo je na albumu se kako cutiti, ustvarjajo rimicno zapletenost, zvocno razburkanost in za taksne komade prepotrebno tenzijo ali drugace receno odlaganje katarze. Zelo dober prvenec banda, ki je v domaciji ze nabral stevilne fene, bi bil lahko se boljsi, ce bi morda v kaksnem komadu, v katerem se glasbeno ne zgodi veliko, dodali gostujoci vokal ali dva (kakor to denimo naredijo na koncertih). Vsekakor pa je ze zdaj cutiti, da bi se bend lahko razvil v nekaj cisto samosvojega na domaci sceni, v kar nas ze zdaj preprica par odlicnih avtorskih komadov z albuma!"
Izsek iz recenzije CD-ja Gonilna sila Maria Batelica.
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