mahala rai banda mahalageasca 2016 (zilitik bootleg)

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His films catapulted Taraf into world fame and after them Fanfare Ciocarla and now Mahala followed suit.

We talked with Aurel Ionita, the driving force behind the band, and Michel Winter of Divano Production in Brussels, who also handles the bands management.

Aurel, Mahala Rai Banda means the noble band from the ghetto.

Mahala is the name of the suburbs surrounding Bucharest, the ghetto where all the poor people live.

The two bands are often compared, does that bother you Aurel Ionita: We are the children of Taraf, so the comparison is a natural thing.

He passed away in 2002, red.) still gave me my first violin lessons and he also composed part of our most well-known tune Mahalageasca.

He was like a beacon to us, a very talented lautari (gipsy musician, red.) and very skilled at entertaining the crowd.

Is it a tradition in the gipsy community to pass on musical skills from father to son Aurel Ionita: In the gipsy community its really the clan, the family that decides.

My grandfather was a violinist as well, but my father played the accordion.

Most of the time traditions that already exist within the family are carried on.

For Mahala you broke the mould in a way in uniting the violinists and accordionists from Clejani with the brass instruments of the Romanian army veterans.

I wondered if the world was really waiting for yet another fanfare or taraf and thats when I got the idea to combine the best of both.

From the taraf I took the violins, the accordion and the cimbalom and from the fanfare the brass instruments.

The brass band musicians from the Romanian army are from a whole different generation than the much younger violinists and accordionists.

Aurel Ionita: (laughs) yeah, thats not always easy and I always seem to end up in the middle when theres a conflict.

Apart from the age gap, theres also the difference in provenance; the veterans are all country folk from Moldavia, while the others are urban youths from the outskirts of Bucharest.

A little animosity isnt bad, though, it incites creativity and spirit when they have to play their music.

How important is the content of your songs Is it important to understand what you guys are singing about Aurel Ionita: Well, we do consider ourselves a bit as amateur poets.

In general, our lyrics deal with subject from everyday life: a gipsy marrying a gadjo (Roma name for someone who is not of gipsy descent, literally: a civilian, red.), alcoholism, unemployment and so on.

With their movies, film makers like Tony Gatlif or Emir Kustorica have given the popularisation of gipsy culture quite a boost.

How do you regard their work Aurel Ionita: Their movies focus too much on a clich image of gipsy life.

If were talking about Emir Kusturica in particular, my respect rather goes out to Goran Bregovic, who composed all the musical scores for his movies.

Mahala Rai Banda Mahalageasca 2016 (Zilitik Bootleg)