Mikel Laboa - Коллекция - 1974-1994 (4 альбома)

Микель Лабоа (15 июня 1934, Пасахес — 1 декабря 2008, Сан-Себастьян) был одним из самых значимых поэтов-песенников и певцов Страны Басков.
Считался патриархом баскской музыки, его музыка имела влияние на младшие поколения. Почти все его песни были им спеты на баскском языке. Хитами стали его альбомы Bat-Hiru («Раз-два») и Ursuako Kantak.
Considered the patriarch of Basque music, his music has had an influence on younger generations. A testament to this is the tribute album Txerokee, Mikel Laboaren Kantak ("Cherokee: Songs of Mikel Laboa"), published in 1991 by various younger-generation rock and folk music groups. His album Bat-Hiru ("One-Three") was chosen in a reader poll by the local Diario Vasco newspaper as the greatest Basque album in history. Nearly all of his songs are sung in Basque.
Mikel Laboa was born June 15, 1934 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa.
He spent nearly two years of his childhood in the town of Lekeitio, Bizkaia. In the 1950s he studied medicine and psychiatry in Pamplona-Iruna. He would constantly balance his artistic career with his medical career, which began at the Children's Neuropsychiatry unit at Patronato San Miguel in San Sebastian, where he worked for almost 20 years.
During his student years he became interested in music, influenced by artists such as Atahualpa Yupanqui and Violeta Parra. Following in their footsteps, Laboa would likewise identify himself as a "political artist." In 1958 he made his debut at the Teatro Gayarre in Pamplona.
During the 1960s he, along with other Basque artists, founded the cultural group Ez Dok Amairu ("There is no 13"), which in many ways sought to revitalize Basque culture, long dormant under the Francoist regime. They dedicated their focus on the revival and social status of the Basque language. Within this group Laboa came into his own, emerging along with Benito Lertxundi as a prime example of what was called "new Basque music."
Laboa's music can be described as a combination of tradition, poetry and experimentalism, in the songwriting style of the 1960s and 1970s, but endowed with a strong personal touch and a unique voice. His work combines old standards reinterpreted in modern style, lyrical poetry from authors such as Bertolt Brecht, and suitable compositions. Deserving special mention are his Lekeitioak, experimental songs based on shouts and onomatopoetic sounds, which long predated the sounds of Bjo"rk and other vanguard musicians of today.
His album Bat-Hiru from 1974 was named "Best Album in History" in a reader poll by the Diario Vasco a few years ago. Some of his songs have already become popular classics in Basque folk music, especially Txoria txori ("A bird is a bird"), his most famous song, of which Joan Baez did an interpretation using the original Basque lyrics. There is also an orchestral version of the song, in collaboration with the Orfeo'n Donostiarra (Donostia Choir) credited as the Joven Orquesta de Euskal Herria (Euskal Herriko Gazte Orkestra or "Young Orchestra of the Basque Country"). Other prominent songs include Gure Hitzak ("Our words"), Haika mutil and Baga, biga, higa (also in collaboration with the Orfeon Donostiarra).
Mikel Laboa's final concert, July 11, 2006 in San Sebastia'n
Laboa was a creative force for 35 years, continuing well into his old age until his fragile health kept him away from the stage. He would collaborate often with jazz musician Inaki Salvador and worked with the Orfeon Donostiarra and other orchestral groups from the Basque Country. Some of his most well-known songs are featured in La pelota vasca ("The Basque ball"), a documentary by Julio Medem. On July 11, 2006 he gave his final performance, opening for Bob Dylan at a "Concert for Peace" held in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian.
A curious feature of his album titles is the fact that they are numeric. This custom began in 1974 with the release of his two-disc Bat-Hiru (1-3). The album 2, with songs based on the writings of Brecht, had been banned by Francoist censorship. This was followed by the double LP Lau-Bost (4-5) and 6. His Lekeitios comprised albums 7 through 11, although only a compilation of these was released through low-key marketing. These were followed by 12, and Laboa skipped number 13 in homage to the group Ez Dok Amairu, whose name means "There's no 13" in Basque. Afterwards, he released 14, and his live albums 15 and 16. Not including compilations, his most recent release was 17 (Xoriek).
His final collaboration was with the Pasaia group Naizroxa, where he contributed to the first and only song on the first disc, "Iqharaturic."
Mikel Laboa died December 1, 2008 at a hospital in Donostia-San Sebastian at the age of 74.

Mikel Laboa - Bat-Hiru
Год издания диска: 2010
Продолжительность: 75:22
Треклист:
01. Txinaurria (2:52)
02. Lanikan ezin egin (1:29)
03. Gogo eta gorputzaren zilbor-hesteak (3:00)
04. Haize hegoa (1:05)
05. Amai hil zaigu (3:01)
06. Urtsua. Uda (2:58)
07. Baztan (3:37)
08. Pasaiako herritik (5:41)
09. Bedeinkatua (2:00)
10. Nere juaneteak (0:47)
11. Geure bazterrak (1:35)
12. Baga, biga, higa (8:02)
13. Haika, mutil (4:02)
14. Txoria txori (3:26)
15. Zaude lasai (4:17)
16. Bereterretxen kanthoria (8:07)
17. Xori erresinula (4:35)
18. Oies errondan dabil (1:55)
19. Gernika, lekeitio (12:53)
Состав:
Mikel Laboa - gitarra, ahotsa
Jose Mari Zabala - gitarra akustikoa, gitarra elektrikoa, armonika
Alfredo Rodriguez - oboea
J.J. Tarragona - eskusoinua
Txomin Artola - banjoa
B. Agirre - flauta
Antton Valverde - moog
JosAnton Artze - olerkia

Mikel Laboa - 6
Год издания диска: 1985
Продолжительность: 44:08
Треклист:
01. Bentara noa (3:03)
02. Ihesa zilegi balitz (2:51)
03. Estudioa (2:17)
04. Gaztetasuna eta zahartasuna (4:14)
05. Denbora galduaren bila (Doneztebe) (2:48)
06. Negu hurbilak (7:46)
07. Lizardi (1:57)
08. Sorterriko koblak (5:53)
09. Haika mutil (3:11)
10. Itsasoa eta lehorra (Haizearen orrazia) (Lekeitio 7) (10:08)
Состав:
Mikel Laboa - ahotsa, gitarra
Inaki Salvador - pianoa, sintetizadorea, akordeoia
Jesus Artze - txalaparta
Andoni Aleman - txalaparta
Eduardo Salvador - gitarra elektrikoa, flauta
Alfredo Rodriguez - oboea
Ursula Wejman - biolontxeloa
Carlos Itoiz - gitarra espainiarra
Запись с пластинки.

Mikel Laboa - 12
Год издания диска: 1989
Продолжительность: 43:10
Треклист:
01. Lore sortu orduko (3:42)
02. Kirru (1:52)
03. Gaberako aterbea (5:37)
04. Round Midnight (3:14)
05. Lili bat (6:06)
06. Galderak (6:07)
07. Antzinako bihotz (7:34)
08. Cherokee (Lekeitio 8) (8:58)
Состав:
Mikel Laboa - gitarra, ahotsa
Inaki Salvador - pianoa, sintetizadorea
Josetxo Silguero - saxofoi altoa, saxofoi sopranoa
Eduardo Salvador - baxua
Mikel Valcarlos - tronpeta
Andrzej Bak - biolontxeloa

Mikel Laboa - 14
Год издания диска: 1994
Продолжительность: 43:35
Треклист:
01. Hegazti errariak (3:43)
02. Nao es tu, faculdade de sentir (2:04)
03. Goizuetan (3:47)
04. Assentire de grat (2:49)
05. Oroitzen zaitudanean, ama (3:00)
06. Gure oroitzapenak (5:33)
07. Baga-biga-higa I (Lekeitio 2) (4:51)
08. Baga-biga-higa II (Lekeitio 2) (4:34)
09. Mugak (Lekeitio 9) (11:00)
10. Gure bazterrak (2:14)
Состав:
Mikel Laboa - ahotsa, gitarra
Inaki Salvador - pianoa, teklatuak, akordeoia
Eduardo Salvador - kontrabaxua, gitarra
Josetxo Silguero - saxofoiak
Aitor Landeta - bateria
Jesus Artze - txalaparta
Joseba Urzelai - txalaparta
Carlos Itoiz - gitarra espainola
Pedro Caldeira Cabral - gitarra portugesa
Joseba Tapia - trikitixa
Hristo Voutxkov - biolontxeloa
Haizezkur saxofoi laukotea:
Josetxo Silguero - saxofoi sopranoa
Elixabete Elizalde - saxofoi altua
Idoia Mujika - saxofoi tenorea
Enrique Arostegi - saxofoi baritonoa