Vinyl “Meridian 68” by Dagadana

For this special edition, the legendary German studio Pauler Acoustics has prepared a completely new mastering of the album and an optimal track order for the vinyl sound.

The album will be pressed using DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) technology, which is cut directly into copper. The pressing will be handled by Polvinyl, combining the German crew's experience with superb Neumann and Toolex Alpha machinery resources.

The result is not only a unique release that will delight vinyl collectors, but also a superb sound that will satisfy connoisseurs of jazz, electronica and world music.

"Meridian 68" is a unique album by the Polish-Ukrainian band Dagadana, which combines four cultures: Polish, Ukrainian, Mongolian and Chinese. On the album, the group turns to fresh interpretations of timeless folk music pieces, which sound a unique fusion of genres, mixing jazz, ethno and electronics.

The album includes traditional songs from various regions of Poland, Ukrainian and Lemko folk songs, Mongolian poetry can be heard here, as well as one unique song recorded in Chinese together with the Mongolian-Chinese band North Lab. "Meridian 68" was nominated for the "Fryderyk" award in the Album of the Year: Roots Music category.

“It’s a hard one to describe or sum up, which is A Good Thing. By turns anthemic, liquid pianistic, violin-sweeping, soft-voiced, strident hard-voiced, rock and that’s just the first track. Onward into scatting, the heavenly choir, electronic swoops and warbles, systems patterns, chugging cello, jazz-rock, big brass shots, cheery whistling over growling khoomei, hefty rock, tense drone serenity, beaty poppiness, ending in a velvety melismatic a cappella rendering of a wesnianka, a spring song. There’s never been a treatment of Polish and Ukrainian traditional music like it.”

The Dagadana band has been brilliantly combining elements of Ukrainian and Polish culture through jazz, electronica or world music for fifteen years. It was founded in 2008 by Daga Gregorowicz (Poland) and Dana Vynnytska (Ukraine). Today, Dagadana is already a quartet, sometimes expanding to include a brass section and even a symphony orchestra.

Dagadana was the only band from Poland and Ukraine to play at one of the world's biggest music festivals in 2019 - the legendary Glastonbury Festival in the UK. Among others, the American National Geographic wrote about it. The group has toured in more than 30 countries, including the largest festival in South America and a number of tours in China. Dagadana has so far played on a raft, in a mine and even in the desert.

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