Description:

Arhai project is based on collaborations with various musicians coming from different musical/ cultural background. First release ?Mysterion? is done in collaboration with eight musicians who performed both composed music and arrangements of the traditional songs from the region. These compositions covered the wide range of available instrumental and vocal combinations, but still retained the individual stamp of the author as well as reflecting the specific performance of each musician. As Arhai was initially created as purely acoustic ensemble, this release represents the need of the author to follow the natural combinations of instruments in acoustic environment, However, at the same time it was a crossroad ? using electric instruments changed the sound and brought new elements into music. As a group of musicians, Arhai performed for several years. Today, Arhai is a ongoing collaboration between Jovana Backovic and award winning folk guitarist, Adrian Lever. Second release \\\'Balkan worlds\\\' is in preparation.