Bastion, by Bastion

Bastion

by Bastion

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fluorocarbon Read about this band on the Calvert Journal and had to get this album. A solid New Wave gem from red Macedonia – love the singer's voice! Favorite track: Hollywood.

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1.	Hollywood 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Hollywood Holivude, jesi to ti? Pržiš me po licu, kvarcne lampe peku telo. Panduri u redom dugom. Panduri u redu tesnom čekaju na koku. Nasmešena znojna lica, sanjanje u mraku srebra. Kupanje u suncu zlata, zvezde u po dana lebde mirno kraj bazena. Letimo nad morem sivim. Sivo more, male reči, veliki su snovi. Savršena nam je koža, kola uvek brzo misle. Kokice na belom moru, blago ispod suknje. Pržiš me po licu bledom Holivude, jesi to ti? Vreme beše nekad mlado, niko više nije lud – sve tražeći Eldorado pronađosmo Holivud.
2.	Deca Sunca 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Deca sunca Letimo kroz noć, letimo kroz dan. Mi imamo moć, mi imamo san. Samoubice, testament smo mi. Zov za begunce, doći ćete svi. Deca sunca, od zlata nam je ključ. Deca sunca, susret nam je vruć.
3.	A Hot Day in Mexico 04:36	lyrics	buy track
A Hot Day in Mexico Sit close to the window that’s blinking at the rose garden, so the guards would stop their gossip and run to wipe off your blood. Don’t change climates too often. That could be a dangerous habit, which may erupt into painful head-, ear-, eye- and nose bleeding. Don’t befriend men with moustache, don’t change climates too often, don’t read Balzac outside the library, and beware of raincoats on hot days in Mexico. They may hide an axe in their throats.
4.	Mesec u Šolji 05:09	lyrics	buy track
Mesec u šolji U šolji mesec nosim ulicama mračnim. U rukama mi diše čistoća meka. Letim kroz tamno. Nevinost bela obasjava mi lice dok strepim nad plavim, nežnim dečaštvom. Padoh i prasak mi promeni život. Razbi se šolja večna. Svake noći na hladnome nebu ispucala visi luna.
5.	Mister Kompleks 04:02	lyrics	buy track
Mr. Kompleks Usred brade lula, parfem iza uha, narukvica sija, reči prava nula. Danas etiketa, koja nova maska, džin je dobra fora, imidž silueta. Crvena ti kuća, plave krvi ženka, dobar ti je stari, ko za koga mari? Gde si, Mr. Kompleks? Ritam oko tebe, a ti izvan njega. Gde si, Mr. Kompleks? Život vodi sebe, a ti ispod njega.
6.	Lica u Ogledalu 04:23	lyrics	buy track
Lica u ogledalu U havajskoj košulji ispod belog smokinga, hitre, crne kravate, lakovanih cipela. Ko je najlepši na svetu, ogledalce moje milo? Lica u ogledalu, s osmehom. Lica u ogledalu, s ljubavlju. Lica u ogledalu, sumorna. Lica u ogledalu, bezlična. Umorni već su gradovi sa sjajnih razglednica koje ćutke gore. U Gvajani želim grob. Čija pesma uši para? Čije ime ponoć budi?
7.	Molitva 04:31	lyrics	buy track
Molitva Mama, letim prema moru. Mama mene čeka u Seulu.
8.	Boje 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Boje Boje, boje, boje, boje… Koje boje lepo stoje? Moje boje, boje tvoje, crne, bele… Uvek iste, boje male, morske boje, mini boje… Crno, plavo, oko tvoje menja boje. Oči sive, reči suve, sebe svesno, malo jato, malo roze, slatko roze, seksi lila. Koje boje lepo stoje? Moje boje, boje tvoje. Koje boje lepo stoje? Boje, boje ne postoje.

about

ACC Records is proud to present the reissue of Bastion’s self-titled LP, one of the most scintillating and coveted records of the Yugoslav 1980s.

Recorded in Skopje in 1983 and originally released on the state-owned PGP-RTB in 1984, Bastion is the only remaining document of the short but extremely sweet collaboration between singer-actress Ana Kostovska, composer and musician Kiril Džajkovski, bassist Ljubomir Stojsavljević and film director Milčo Mančevski. One of the first electronic bands in the Republic of Macedonia – hailed by the press as “Macedonian electropop sensation” – the four young artists crafted a quick-footed jewel of eclectic, expert synth-wave, genre-curious yet grounded in a bright, glamorous pop sensibility.

Bastion moves between crazed stadium bubblegum and a serious, seductive solemnity: whirlwinds of womanly wave such as “Hollywood” and “Mister Kompleks” open onto the dark electronic landscapes of “Deca Sunca” and “Mesec u Šolji”, while “Molitva” lifts the record into a soulful, torch-lit, and typically Macedonian mysticism. Across the record, Džajkovski’s luscious, sparkling synths and Stojsavljević’s dexterous bass tease and sustain Kostovska’s vocals as she croons, chants and coos her way in and out of one of the freshest, most surprising records to have ever come out of Eastern Europe.

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ACC Records is a new imprint born out of Flora Pitrolo’s radio show A Colder Consciousness, broadcasting since 2011 on Resonance FM (London) and Kanal 103 (Skopje). Mirroring the show’s archival appetite for the more opaque facets of the electronic 1980s, the label’s future releases include previously unheard French minimal synth for film, romantic Italian industrial, and some bleakly club-oriented experimental electronic music from contemporary London.

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released March 16, 2018

Bastion are:

Ana Kostovska - vocals
Kiril Džajkovski - keyboards, percussion, voice
Ljubomir Stojsavljević - bass, guitars, percussion, voice
Milcho Manchevski - lyrics

All music by Kiril Džajkovski except:
track 8, music by Kiril Džajkovski and Ljubomir Stojsavljević
track 7, music by Ljubomir Stojsavljević

All lyrics by Milcho Manchevski

Recorded in Skopje at M2 Studio 1983
Sound engineer: Anastas Panajotov
Executive producer: Slave Dimitrov
AD transfer & digital remaster: Mark Ingram
Vinyl remaster: Lawrie Dunster
Cut and pressed at Curved, London
© KDZ Music

Reissued by ACC Records, London 2017

Design: Joe Hales and Flora Pitrolo

Special thanks to: Robert Jack, Gjorgji Janevski, Giuseppe Mistretta, Stevan Acevski, Georgi Hadži-Angelkovski, Slave Dimitrov.

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