Tranedans
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
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Jazz journal
d. 19. July 2023
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Peter Gamble (musikanmelder)
d. 19. July 2023
"The amalgamation may not be to everyone's taste but there is no denying the impassioned delivery, and the tight-knit harmonies offered by the choir give the listener something to conjure with ... Kit Downes' comments after the event indicate that this became a fulfilling personal experience and his contribution on the church's organ will be appreciated by those with ears for such things. Perhaps Hayden Chisholm's role is less obvious but the different voicings he brings to the whole are important to the overall picture".
Songlines
2023 July
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Tom Newell
2023 July
"This is the kind of inter-cultural collaboration I can get into. Too often, such projects are the mooncalves of questions like "what would happen if we crossed klezmer with samba?" ... The constituent parts of Medna Roso, however, meld so organically that, rather than appearing as cameos in each other's narratives, they give birth to something entirely new and independent of its parents ... The wellspring of the album is the traditional Balkan repertoire of female vocal quintet PJEV, with layers of Kit Downes' pipe organ - channelling the cosmic soundscapes of films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar - and infusions of Hayden Chisholm's sax which brings to mind Jan Garbarek's work with the Hilliard Ensemble. Fans of any of these things, as well as Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, overtone singing and raw primal tonalities will find nourishment here".