Laughter Through Tears
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Laughter Through Tears is the second album released by London
, England
based experimental
band Oi Va Voi
. Some of the tracks on the album were originally on the band's debut Digital Folklore
, one example is the Hungarian folk song "A Csitári" whose vocals were performed by a male singer in the older album, and by Judit Németh in Laughter Through Tears. The album includes a remix of "7 Brothers" as a hidden track, it is found after the 3 minutes and 7 seconds of silence after "Pagamenska".
London
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, England
England
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based experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
band Oi Va Voi
Oi Va Voi
Oi Va Voi is a British band that takes its name from a Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew meaning, approximately, "Oh, dear!" It is an experimental band from London, England, which formed in the late 1990s...
. Some of the tracks on the album were originally on the band's debut Digital Folklore
Digital Folklore
Digital Folklore is the self published debut of London, England based experimental band Oi Va Voi. Some of the tracks on the album were later abridged and re-recorded for Laughter Through Tears, one example is the Hungarian folk song "A Csitari" whose vocals were performed by a female singer on the...
, one example is the Hungarian folk song "A Csitári" whose vocals were performed by a male singer in the older album, and by Judit Németh in Laughter Through Tears. The album includes a remix of "7 Brothers" as a hidden track, it is found after the 3 minutes and 7 seconds of silence after "Pagamenska".
Track listing
- Refugee (featuring KT TunstallKT TunstallKate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist from St Andrews, Scotland. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland...
) – 3:37 - Yesterday's Mistakes (featuring KT Tunstall) – 4:37
- Od Yeshoma – 4:54
- A Csitári Hegyek Alatt (featuring Judit Németh) – 4:14
- Ladino Song (featuring KT Tunstall) – 4:12
- 7 Brothers (featuring Sevara NazarkhanSevara NazarkhanSevara Nazarkhan is an Uzbek singer, songwriter, and musician. She was born 1978 in Andijan city, Uzbek SSR....
) – 4:33 - D'Ror Yikra (featuring Ben Hassan) – 5:57
- Gypsy (featuring Earl Zinger) – 4:46
- Hora – 3:57
- Pagamenska (featuring Majer Bogdanski) – 4:03
- 7 Brothers Hefner Remix (Hidden Track) – 4:58