MARA

VASDUH
In Bosnian language, the two titles of this album “Vas duh”, or “Vazduh” linguistically look very similar, however the meanings are different. “Vas duh” means “the entire spirit”, while “Vazduh” means “air”. By combining these two titles the letter “S” has been placed in its opposite position.The idea of combining ethno with blues came up already in 2000. It started with text of a folk lullaby “Nini sine”, and its first version was performed at the concert “Funkcija zivota u e-molu”, which was first BiH Internet Web Casting. In 2005 my son Ishak, then six months old baby, recorded vocal for that song.In 2002, from the Herzegovina Archive records, I selected two texts for music making - „Djul mirise“ author Avdo Hasanbegov Karabegovic i „Vas svijet“ author Safet-beg Basagic, 1870 – 1934.„Djul mirise“ is a song which, of all songs in the album, had the biggest effected on me and my closest friends. This is because it connected us with the period when the text was written, plus it gave a special „smell and taste“ to the entire album.In 2005, the Federal Ministry of Education provided the first and the only financial support, which to me as a B&H artist was like celebrating New Years' Eve. The fact that my work in Bosnia and Herzegovina - the country with so many problems, has been recognized, accepted and supported by a federal institution is rather incredible, and I use this opportunity to sincerely thank for the support. Of course, these funds were not sufficient to complete the album, so, it was necessary to use private resources for the finalisation.As per wish of my friends and wife, music was created for poems written by three Herzegovina famous poets: „Ne vjeruj“ and „Muza“, Aleksa --anti--; „Zavodnik“, Antun Branko Simic; „Brotnjice“, Mak Dizdar, plus two sevdalinka songs „Evo srcu mom radosti“ – with working title „Spenglis“, and „Eno zora svanut mora“ – with working title „Polje“. In order to have as best as possible „Spenglis“, already known sevdalinka singer Damir Imamovic jointed me in interpreting it.The album has one instrumental „Rijeka“, which is a sort of „resting area“ in the album due to its beauty and simplicity.