Dušan Jevtović "If You See Me"

Country: Serbia/Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date:  March 20, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Walking Seven (4:53)
2. Babe (Grannies) (6:13)
3. Blue (5:53)
4. If You See Me (5:18)
5. Something In Between (5:12)
6. Once Ocho (6:12)
7. Si Pooro (4:06)
8. Ending (2:46)

Total Time 40:33

Line-up: 
Dušan Jevtović - guitar
Markus Reuter - Touch guitars® AU8, live looping
Bernat Hernandez - fretless bass
Gary Husband - drums
Aleksandar Petrov - tapan (Macedonian traditional drums)

Description/Reviews: 

During If You See Me, Jevtović extends and arguably perfects a style that mixes western jazz fusion with Balkan folk music. Previously, there were colourful hints and subtle suggestions of this style in Jevtovic's No Answer and _Live at Home releases. However, his artistic vision to amalgamate progressive jazz fusion with a taste of the Balkans is fully realised to great effect in this album.

Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net

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Xavi Reija feat. Tony Levin, Markus Reuter, Dusan Jevtovic "The Sound Of The Earth"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 15, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Deep Ocean (6:42)
2. The Sound Of The Earth I (9:54)
3. From Darkness (7:33)
4. The Sound Of The Earth II (12:14)
5. Serenity (5:50)
6. The Sound Of The Earth III (9:14)
7. Lovely Place (4:41)
8. The Sound Of The Earth IV (16:36)
9. Take A Walk (4:11)

Total Time 76:55

Line-up: 
Xavi Reija - drums
   With
Tony Levin - bass guitar, upright bass, stick
Markus Reuter - touch guitar
Dusan Jevtovic - guitar

Description/Reviews: 

...“Deep Ocean” starts things off with a fanfare of muscular guitar and cymbals crashing like waves on the rocky coast, carving out the beach and unearthing a primal groove with growling bass and jittering spectral figures. “The Sound of the Earth I” brings to mind David Sylvian’s post-Japan near ambient instrumental excursions where space and pause became as integral to the “composition as place” as his trusty Prophet 5. Once this world is created, and with a decidedly Beckian vibe (Jeff, that is), Dusan wrings from the neck of his guitar, some of the most emotive broken phrases and edited soulful voicings. 

Read the full review by Dan Burke and stream the album at Bandcamp

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Dusan Jevtovic "No Answer"

Country: Serbia/Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 12, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Al Aire - Soko Bira (5:04)
2. Frusci (8:47)
3. Yo Sin Mi (8:33)
4. Video 4. No Answer (7:17)
5. A Ver (7:35)
6. Prayer (6:28)
7. Lifetime (6:18)
8. El Oro (6:56)
9. The Place With A View (8:02)

Total Time 65:00

Line-up: 
Dusan Jevtovic - guitar
Vasil Hadzimanov - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Mini Moog
Asaf Sirkis - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The inspired pairing of guitarist Dusan Jevtovic and pianist Vasil Hadzimanov, mobilized by the convincing playing of Asaf Sirkis on drum kit, has resulted in a sound that cross-pollinates the most forward thinking aspects of progressive music with the excitement of post-jazz. Think ECM record label vibe filtered through Radiohead played at an intimate after-hours jazz venue and you’ll catch the vibe. 

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Dusan Jevtovic "No Answer"

Country: Serbia/Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 12, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Al Aire - Soko Bira (5:04)
2. Frusci (8:47)
3. Yo Sin Mi (8:33)
4. Video 4. No Answer (7:17)
5. A Ver (7:35)
6. Prayer (6:28)
7. Lifetime (6:18)
8. El Oro (6:56)
9. The Place With A View (8:02)

Total Time 65:00

Line-up: 
Dusan Jevtovic - guitar
Vasil Hadzimanov - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Mini Moog
Asaf Sirkis - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The inspired pairing of guitarist Dusan Jevtovic and pianist Vasil Hadzimanov, mobilized by the convincing playing of Asaf Sirkis on drum kit, has resulted in a sound that cross-pollinates the most forward thinking aspects of progressive music with the excitement of post-jazz. Think ECM record label vibe filtered through Radiohead played at an intimate after-hours jazz venue and you’ll catch the vibe. 

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XaDu "Random Abstract"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Fusion
Label: MoonJune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 20, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Secrets (6:38)
2. Random Abstract (6:02)
3. Decaying Sky (7:58)
4. New Pop (7:10)
5. Something In Between (7:51)
6. Deep Ocean (6:53)
7. Place With A View (4:56)
8. Workplace (4:06)
9. No Hope (4:44)

Line-up: 
Xavi Reija - drums
Dusan Jevtovic - guitar

Description/Reviews: 

Now in choosing to work as a two-man configuration called XaDu, Xavi and Dusan must first establish each composition with its intrinsic melodic and rhythmic components, then allow it to partially deconstruct as they explore the vast sonic palette of guitar and drumkit. Dusan’s guitar and pedalwork conjure a soundscape that can range from the introspective and almost ambient/atmospheric to the urgency of careening snow-blind through a maelstrom of sound. Xavi is right in the vortex, coaxing riffs into life, laying chase to Dusan’s frenetic runs with his supremely musical tom work, or just falling away in a wash of cymbals when the wave of energy has crashed on the shore. The reductionist “connect-the-dots” approach to this playing serves to really pull the listener into the mix; whereas Dusan first lays down a “Feelies”-era strummed guitar chord structure on “New Pop”, the responsibility to maintain that sunny day disposition is left to Xavi’s rhythmic interpretation as Dusan ventures into a world of darkening skies through a series of elongated bursts and pedal colorations. Two musicians work together to economically craft a very filmic piece where every sustained and slightly vibrato’d note or chord play to maximum effect with the deep toms and choked cymbals. Math metal jazz and fuzzy fusion at the highest level, and the overall takeaway here is the great joy of listening to these two very talented players and witnessing their abilities to coax only the very best from each other in XaDu. It is most successful musical pairing indeed.

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Dusan Jevtovic "Am I Walking Wrong?"

Country: Serbia/Spain
Sub Genre: Ethnic, Jazz, Fusion, Avant Prog
Label: Moonjune Records
Release date: October 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. You Can't Sing, You Can't Dance (4:19)
2. Am I Walking Wrong? (4:36)
3. Drummer's Dance (4:38)
4. One On One (4:51)
5. In The Last Moment II (4:09)
6. Embracing Simplicity (6:13)
7. Third Life (5:27)
8. Tra-Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta (0:52)
9. Bluesracho (2:23)
10. If You See Me Again (4:39)

Line-up: 
Dusan Jevtovic - guitar
Bernat Hernandez - fretless bass guitar
Marko Djordjevic - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The spectacular international debut of Serbian guitarist, Dusan Jevtovic, is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride: full of twists and turns that you never see coming. Am I Walking Wrong? showcases moments of immense raw, explosive power, interspersed with swatches of playful dissonance, contemplative ambiance, riveting r'n'b-tinged grooves, authoritative rock vamps, and more. The tight, abundantly-capable trio confidently stride through an engaging set of original barn-burners that are as catchy and accessible as they are spellbinding and unpredictable.
Dusan wastes no time in making it clear that he is a vastly accomplished player, with a host of brilliant tones in his arsenal. (.. to go a long with a big bag of tasty chops, no less!) Armed with a style and vocabulary most players would kill for (Oz Noy meets Robert Fripp, maybe? ...), he propels a session that continuously cooks on high heat, providing fans of stellar guitar work -- especially satisfying to any die-hard "tone freaks" -- plenty of choice morsels into which to sink their respective teeth.

Read the full description at moonjune.com

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