BEST OF YODEL 99-09 (2009)

 

«Zurbrügg impresses us most of all with her voice, her eloquent sense of humour and her brilliant yodelling, which lends wings to herself and to her audience…» (Südtiroler Wochenzeitung) Zurbrügg’s compilation containing selected yodels from the last ten years is a particularly multifaceted album. zurbrügg’s attraction lies in her unique combination of singing, rapping and modern yodelling – a mixture of archaic-urban sounds with loops, natural sounds and electronics. With her marvellous voice zurbrügg is building bridges between down to earth traditionals and urban soundscapes. «the most refreshing ‘almdudler’ for a long time!» (oneworld.print)

 

Musicians
Richard Filz (drums), Gerald Gradwohl (git, voc), Franz Hautzinger (tromp), Klaus Hollinetz (electronics), Michael Hudecek (sax, voc), Herbert Reisinger (drums), Peter Rosmanith (perc), Walther Soyka (knöpferlharmonika), Dieter Strehly (flöte, oberton), Thomas Treu (additional loops), Sam Vahdat (keyb, loops, remix), Reinhard Ziegerhofer (bass, voc), Christina Zurbrügg (leadvoc, akk). Trio Wiener Symphoniker: Dorice Köstenberger (viol), Werner Frank (viola), György Bognár (cello).

 

Reviews
«Zurbrügg impresses us most of all with her voice, her eloquent sense of humour and her brilliant yodelling, which lends wings to herself and to her audience … »(Südtiroler Wochenzeitung) «the most refreshing „almdudler“ for a long time!» (oneworld.print)

«… from Ethno-Jazz, Rock and Hip-Hop to Folk Hits, brilliantly mastered … this just has to be eulogized and praised up to the skies. » (Folker)

«Refreshing like cold water bubbling from a mountain well: Christina Zurbrügg sings, raps and yodels on her new CD – straight to the heart of her audience.» (Concerto)

«Paragliding over alpine landscapes … Clear as ice, like a penguin on a south pole ice-floe, or a Swiss girl yodeling down from the Eiger mountain … it immediately takes to your blood.» (Wiener Zeitung)

«Listen to it again and again … incredibly perfect … varied, clever and charming.» (Schallplattenmann)