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Los nòstres vices e pecats

(Nufolk, nf013)

01. Alfaomega (Els Berros de la Cort) 02. A chantar (Beatriu, Comtessa de Dia) 03. Molt eram dolz mei conzir (Arnaut de Maroil) 04. De la gensor (Berenguer de Palol) 05. Aital dona (Berenguer de Palol) 06. Aissi cum (Raimon de Miraval) 07. Un sirventes novel (Peire Cardenal) 08. Chansoneta faray, Vencut (Raimon de Miraval) 09. Ques tolgues es tengues (Guiraut Riquier) 10. Reis glorios (Guiraut de Bornelh) 11. Festum ferox fuit (Els Berros de la Cort)

“Our vices and sins”

Els Berros de la Cort have a mastery of the instruments of a mediaeval band –shawms, bagpipes, hurdy gurdy drums, and more. But their mediaeval is now, more a place of bars, brawls and back-alleyways than courts, church and cloisters. Geoff Speed & friends - Folkscene (BBC Radio Merseyside) The new album is a step forward. They’ve certainly worked a lot on the actual music for this one, in both material and treatment. It’s strong and interesting in melody playing, and ingenious but natural in arrangement. Rather than historical reconstructions they play instrument that have long histories but are used today in Catalan folk music. No medievalist exercise, it’s music for today, and succeeds with no overt modernising features that would date it. Andrew Cronshaw - fRoots nº 349 If instead of folk music we were talking about rock, this would undoubtedly be psychedelia of the most progressive kind, highly generous in spaces conceived for the enjoyment of music. (...) This is one of the most rigorously “modern” records released in recent months. Gernot Dudda - Efe Eme

Els Berros de la Cort is the band that embodies the intriguing paradoxes of Catalan music and life: the medieval world is still part of the everyday; the raw and edgy sits besides the modern and stylish; their roots are both in the soil of that singular land, but also enriched by the wider world it’s cultivated over millennia.

Los nòstres vices e pecats (Our vices and sins) their third release, brings to life the repertoire of the Catalan and Occitan troubadour. Gluttony and lust are the themes in the album’s eleven different tracks, two of the most common sins, both in the Middle Ages and today.

All of the lyrics have been taken from medieval Catalan manuscripts like the 14th century Llibre de Sent Soví – the oldest preserved cookery treatise written in Catalan – and Speculum al foder, a medieval sex manual which is the first European treatise to include a whole section on sex positions.

Studying ancient songs and methods, and using the instruments from that earlier time Els Berros de la Cort share with today’s audiences what they’ve retrieved from the work of 12th to 14th century writers. Arrangements combine a rich and forgotten musical heritage in tune with popular music of today. Employing double reed wind instruments, string instruments, percussion, chorus and voices, the powerful unison creates a wild, impacting experience.

ELS BERROS DE LA CORT are: Jordi Batallé: percussions Jordi Comas “Peligru”: tarota and sac de gemecs Elda Daunis: tarota, hurdy-gurdy and vocals Marc Daunis: gralla, sac de gemecs, biniou, cornamuse du centre, hurdy-gurdy and vocals Xus Jiménez: percussions Alba Logan: gralla, tarota and sac de gemecs David Picazo: mandola

DISCOGRAPHY Los nòstres vices e pecats (Nufolk, 2012) Egregore (Galileo MC-Nufolk, 2008) Els Berros de la Cort (Galileo MC-Nufolk, 2006)

CD DISTRIBUTION DISCOVERY RECORDS (UK) www.discovery-records.com GALILEO MC (Germany) www.galileo-mc.de OJO MÚSICA www.ojo-musica.com

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LOS NÒSTRES VICES E PECATS in CD COMPILATIONS fRoots 40 CD compilation with fR350/351 (August/September 2012 )

Zillo Medieval 10 / 2012

Fira Mediterrània de Manresa 2012 (EDR Discos, 2012) with Enderrock October 2012

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LOS NÒSTRES VICES E PECATS: MEDIA LINK

TV La Sonora (TVC) http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4103470/Nou-disc-dEls-Berros-de-la-Cort-&-Vuitanta-anys-del-coreograf-Albert-Sans El Flaix (XTVL) http://www.xiptv.cat/el-flaix/capitol/capitol-1

RADIO Línia Folk (iCat FM) http://www.catradio.cat/audio/635533/Linia-Folk Mundofonías (REE-RNE) http://blog.rtve.es/mundofonias/2012/05/m%C3%BAsicas-del-13-de-mayo-en-mundofon%C3%ADas.html http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/mundofonias/mundofonias-confines-del-viejo-mundo-19-08-12/1509590/ Radio Gasconha http://radiogasconha.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/programa-deu-diluns-lo-14-dinc-au.html Tradición Sonora (Radio Cronica Folk Musical) http://rcfm-tradicional.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/publicacion-y-presentacion-nuevo-disco.html http://www.ivoox.com/tradicion-sonora-110-entrevista-els-berros-de-audios-mp3_rf_1232019_1.html Los sonidos del planeta azul (Radio UPV) http://www.lossonidosdelplanetaazul.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2201&Itemid=59 Orient Express (Radio Círculo) http://www.ivoox.com/orient-express-programa-23-05-2012-audios-mp3_rf_1250064_1.html http://www.circulobellasartes.com/radio_contenidos.php?id=9433&page=1 Hidrògen (iCat FM) http://www.catradio.cat/reproductor/639644/Hidrogen http://www.catradio.cat/audio/684164/Hidrogen Tarataña (Radio 3 -RNE) http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/taratana/taratana-nuevas-propuestas-cempes-els-berros-cort-02-06-12/1426577 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/taratana/taratana-espana-irlanda-17-06-12/1439158 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/taratana/taratana-veteranos-emergentes-23-06-12/1445078/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/taratana/taratana-guisando-berenjenas-otras-viandas-14-10-12/1551384/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/taratana/taratana-adios-2012-ii-aulaga-folk-directo-30-12-12/1629305/ Mestizaje (Otras Músicas) http://www.ivoox.com/29-05-12-mestizaje-audios-mp3_rf_1261118_1.html Músicas del Mundo (3/6/12) (Canal Sur Radio) http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/radio/programa/musicas-del-mundo/77 Discópolis (Radio 3 -RNE) http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/discopolis/discopolis-7998-luar-lubre-21-06-12/1443721/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/discopolis/discopolis-8011-celtas-cortos-3-berros-cort-06-07-12/1457028 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/discopolis/discopolis-8062-zani-diabate-04-09-12/1520288/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/discopolis/discopolis-8072-els-berros-cort-17-09-12/1529402/

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Ritmos Étnicos (Radio 5 -RNE) http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/ritmos-etnicos/ritmos-etnicos-els-berros-cort-07-09-12/1522293 Global Village (PBS FM –Melbourne; Australia) http://www.pbsfm.org.au/node/19044 http://www.pbsfm.org.au/node/19390 http://www.pbsfm.org.au/node/22503 Le monde est un village -RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone). http://www.rtbf.be/radio/podcast/player?id=1756617 Pure Musical Sensations (BBC Radio Merseyside) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00syr7y Folkscene (BBC Radio Merseyside) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sys5v La Jungla Sonora (Radio Euskadi –EITB) http://www.eitb.com/es/audios/detalle/931500/vuelo-costo-europa--audio-la-jungla-sonora/

Polskie Radio –Dwójka http://www2.polskieradio.pl/blogi/ossowski/audycje/artykul200064_nocturn_o_2300.html Caschlar (BBC Radio Ulster) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lbh32 A World in London (SOAS Radio) http://soasradio.org/content/world-london-episode-53 Concertzender Nederland http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?date=2012-10-18&month=0&detail=59380 Tradicionarius (Radio 4 -RNE) http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/tradicionarius/tradicionarius-els-berros-cort/1562148/ Desafinado Radio http://www.ivoox.com/15-fira-mediterrania-manresa-des8-25-audios-mp3_rf_1624297_1.html World Cafe (Fine Music Radio –South Africa) http://paul-worldcafe.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/5-december-2012-world-cafe_1.html

MAGAZINES fRoots n 349 july 2012 Andrew Cronshaw review fRoots n 350-351 August-September 2012 Alfaomega a compilation fRoots 40 Zillo Medieval (10/2012) Festum Ferox Fuit a compilation Zillo Medieval 10/2012 http://www.zillo-medieval.de/template.cgi?page=news_detail&id=270 Sonic Seducer 10/2012 http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/Inhalt/_.html

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PRESS El Punt Avui http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/541009-berros-i-virtuosos.html Cultura|s La Vanguardia (27/6/12). Resenya Ramon Súrio The Huffington Post (US Edition) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michal-shapiro/medieval-songs-of-sex-fro_b_2383824.html

INTERNET Tierrafolk http://www.tierrafolk.com/noticias/noticias.php?codi=2861 Enderrock (Disc del Dia 29/5/12) http://www.enderrock.cat/disc/980/nostres/vices/pecats Otras Músicas http://otrasmusicaspain.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/play-list-otras-musicas-22-05-2012-cypt.html B! Ritmos http://www.b-ritmos.com/novedad/els-berros-de-la-cort-2 Els Gegants Som http://elsgegantssom.org/entrevistes/els-berros-de-la-cort fRoots Magazine playlist http://www.frootsmag.com/content/issue/charts/frplaylist fRoots Magazine podcast July 2012 http://froots.podomatic.com/entry/2012-06-11T15_27_36-07_00 Efe Eme http://www.efeeme.com/el-disco-del-dia-els-berros-de-la-cort/ FolkWorld http://www.folkworld.eu/48/d/cds2.html#cort Metal District http://www.metal-district.de/md_cds::::6009:els_berros_de_la_cort_los_nstres_vices_e_pecats.html Miroque Versand http://www.miroque-versand.de/Musik/Dudelsack-Schlagwerk/Els-Berros-de-la-Cort-Los-nostres-Vices-e-Pecats::4620.html New Folk Sounds http://www.newfolksounds.nl/els-berros-de-la-cort-los-nostres-vices-e-pecats/recensies/2012 Babel Med http://www.babelmed.net/arte-e-spettacolo/121-francia/13177-la-fira-mediterrania-de-manresa.html B! Ritmos (Fira Mediterrània 2012) http://www.b-ritmos.com/festivales-2012/15-fira-mediterrania-de-manresa