Hybrid, by Elena Mindru

Hybrid

by Elena Mindru

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Hybrid is Elena Mîndru's first symphonic jazz album, a Hybrid of own compositions, carols, Romanian and Finnish songs.

10 years after her success in the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition, when Quincy Jones himself, as head of the jury, awarded Elena both the 2nd Prize and the Public Prize, 10 years after the release of her first album – Romanian Christmas Stories, Elena comes back at the end of 2022 with a musical story that celebrates – through feelings and experiences concentrated in 9 pieces – her hybrid life as a Romanian artist living in Finland. A mixture of nostalgia for the home she left behind, of Romanian traditions, poetry reflecting a Nordic landscape, vulnerability, family, the reflection of her childhood values in a completely different space – all of these have found their expression in her first symphonic jazz album featuring her quartet and the Moldovan National Youth Orchestra.

About the Hybrid album, the international music journalist specializing in jazz, Henning Bolte said, “Hybrid can also be considered a statement of one of the highly profiled Romanian jazz musicians working abroad. Romanian and Finnish temperaments are productively united in this project forming an extraordinary Eastern alliance of high significance for Europe.”

This project is co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund of Romania. The project does not necessarily represent the views of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund of Romania does not carry the responsibility for the content of this project, nor for the ways, the results of this project could be used.

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1.	Luca 06:03	lyrics	buy track
LUCA Music & Lyrics: Tuomas J. Turunen I AM JUST A LITTLE BOY WONDERING IN MY LITTLE WORLD I AM YOUR LITTLE BOY WANTING JUST TO BE HEARD I HAVE SEEN THE RAIN AND SUN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I HAVE SEEN EVERYONE WITH MY DEEP BROWN EYES THERE’S SO MANY THINGS TO BE LEARNED I WANT YOU TO SHOW THEM ALL TO ME THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN AND TO EXPLORE IN THIS WORLD OF WONDER AND BEFORE YOU REALIZE I HAVE GROWN SO MUCH I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO LAUGH HOW TO LAUGH AND LOVE. THERE’S SO MANY THINGS TO BE LEARNED I WANT YOU TO SHOW THEM ALL TO ME I WILL LEARN HOW TO WALK AND HOW TO TALK IN JUST FEW MOMENTS EVERYTHING I WILL DO, IT WILL REMAIN IN YOUR HEART AND I WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON ABOUT LIFE.
2.	Aseară pe-nserate & Legănelul lui Iisus 07:22	lyrics	buy track
ASEARA PE-NSERATE ASEARA PE-NSERATE FECIOARA MARIA IN VIFLAIM CETATE CALATORIND SOSEA SI FIIND OBOSITA SALAS ISI CAUTA SI-N VIFLAIMUL MARE NIMENEA N-O LASA ATUNCI SFANTA FECIOARA DIN VIFLAIM IESEA NASCUT-A PREACURATA UN MARE IMPARAT *** LEGANELUL LUI IISUS COLO-N SUS PE-UN DEAL FRUMOS, UNDE-I CERUL LUMINOS, INTR-UN LEAGAN STA CULCAT; FIUL MAICII INFASAT. LEAGAN VERDE, LEGANEL TOT DIN LEMN DE PALTINEL LEAGAN VERDE, LEGANEL TOT DIN LEMN DE PALTINEL. RAZA BLANDA A SOARELUI, SCALDA FATA DOMNULUI, VANTUL DULCE IL TRAGANA, PRUNCUL DE NI-L LEGANA. LEAGAN VERDE, LEGANEL TOT DIN LEMN DE PALTINEL LEAGAN VERDE, LEGANEL TOT DIN LEMN DE PALTINEL.
3.	Symmetry 04:41	lyrics	buy track
SYMMETRY THINK! COULD THERE BE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT? COULD THERE BE SAD WITHOUT GLAD? COULD THERE BE NEAR WITHOUT FAR? IT’S ALL A SYMMETRY! COULD THERE BE DAY WITHOUT NIGHT? COULD THERE BE END WITHOUT START? COULD THERE BE FIRST WITHOUT LAST? IT’S ALL A SYMMETRY! COULD THERE BE LOVE WITHOUT HATE? COULD THERE BE MAD WITHOUT SANE? COULD HE EXIST WITHOUT HER? IT’S ALL A SYMME-, ALL A SYMMETRY! OLD, YOUNG OR LOOSE, TIGHT, YES EACH THING HAS TWO SHADOWS. ONE MAKES YOU GLAD AND THEN ONE MAKES YOU FEEL SORROW, SO THINK HOW AMAZING THE WORLD HOW YOU ARE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL THING ALL IN BALANCE. THINK, EVERYTHING HAS A PAIR YOU’RE NOT ALONE, THERE IS SOMEONE FOR YOU ONLY BE AWARE! WHEN YOU START TO SEE IT AROUND IT WILL GET YOUR MIND OFF THE GROUND IT WILL MAKE YOU OUT OF CONTROL IT WILL DOMINATE YOUR SOUL, SO
4.	Alice 11:30	lyrics	buy track
ALICE Music: Sampo Kasurinen, Lyrics: Ulrika Heikinheimo YOU HAVE GROWN OLD, YET I AM STILL SO YOUNG YOUR HAIR IS WHITE, YET YOU INCENSSANTLY YOU STAND ON YOUR HEAD, IT CAN BE JUST DANGEROUS! DO YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS ALICE. ARE YOU REALLY HERE IN THIS WORLD AT ALL? YOUR MIND IS THERE WHERE EVERYTHING IS STRANGE TWISTED AND FUN, WHERE OLD BECOMES YOUNG AGAIN WHERE YOU FORGET THAT TIME EXISTS. IT RUNS THROUGH YOUR FINGERS AND LINGERS WHEN YOU WANT IT TO PASS IT HAS NO MERCY ON AGE YOU WILL SEE IT ON YOUR MOTHER’S FACE WHO CAN CONTROL TIME AND IT’S ENDLESS RUN? FLY WHILE YOU CAN ALICE BREAK RULES OF GRAVITY A HEART THAT’S BEEN OPEN WILL REMEMBER EVERYTHING WHEN MORNING HAS TURNED TO NIGHT IF I TAKE THE ROAD OF SURREALITY, OF INSANITY TRY A DIFFERENT VIEW FORGET ALL THE CHAINS OF NORMALITY WOULD I FIND MY WAY OR COME EVER DOWN? FLY WHILE YOU CAN ALICE BREAK RULES OF SANITY FORGET REALITY! LET MADNESS TAKE OVER TO SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE A HEART THAT HAS OPENED WILL LEAVE A MARK ON EVERYONE DO I BELIEVE IN YOU? TEMPTATION OR THE TRUTH? IS YOUR VOICE REAL? NO, YOU ARE HERE THIS IS SURREAL, BEFORE MY EYES! YOU HAVE GROWN SO OLD YET I AM STILL SO YOUNG WHERE ARE WE NOW? IS THIS THE WONDERLAND? IF I OPEN MY EYES DO I WAKE UP? THIS IS ALICE DO YOU HEAR ME? THERE’S NO TICK TACK AND THERE’S NO GRAVITY I SEE YOU, YOU SEE ME.
5.	Between A Smile And A Tear 06:53	lyrics	buy track
BETWEEN A SMILE AND A TEAR (Music: Tuomas J. Turunen, Lyrics: Elena Mindru) I STILL REMEMBER THAT TIME FIRST TIME OUR SIGHTS AND SOULS ALIGNED YOU WERE ALL TREMBLING AND I ONLY WANTED TO GET IN YOUR LOVELY ARMS. IT’S STILL SO FRESH IN MY MIND THE MEMORY OF THAT FIRST TIME WHEN WE KISSED, MY HEART WAS HAMMERING LIKE BEATING WINGS, EVERY FEELING OF LOVE CAME TO ME. IS IT A SMILE? IS IT A TEAR OF HAPPINESS THAT COMES NOW OUT OF MY SOUL? IS IT A FIRE? IS IT A STORM OF FEELINGS BURSTING INSIDE MY HEART? IT’S SO AMAZING, SO ASTOUNDING LOVE! CODA: I STILL REMEMBER THAT LOVELY TIME!
6.	100 Romania 15:14	lyrics	buy track
100 ROMANIA MOCIRITA CU TRIFOI, MOCIRITA CU TRIFOI M-OR PETAT LA MAICA DOI M-OR PETAT LA MAICA DOI SPUNE-MI PUIULE DE CUC SPUNE-MI PUIULE DE CUC DUPA CARE SA MA DUC DUPA CARE SA MA DUC HEI TU MANDRULEANA ME' HEI TU MANDRULEANA ME' DUCE DUPA CARE-I VRE' DUCE DUPA CARE-I VRE' ASEARA TI-AM LUAT BASMA SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA EA, ASEARA TI-AM LUAT BASMA SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA EA LA, LA ASEARA TI-AM LUAT CERCEI SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA EI LA, LA, LA, LA, laaaa, la, la, la, ASEARA TI-AM LUAT BASMA ASEARA TI-AM LUAT MARGELE ASEARA TI-AM LUAT CERCEI 1,2,3,4 la la la la, laa, la, la, la, 3 bars 2 bars ASEARA TI-AM LUAT BASMA La, la, la, la, la, la SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA EA La, la, la, la, la, la CINE TI-O MAI LUAT BASMA La, la, la, la, la, la SA SE SPANZURE CU EA La, la, la, la, la, la ASEARA TI-AM LUAT MARGELE La, la, la, la, la, la SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA ELE La, la, la, la, la, la CINE TI-O MAI LUAT MARGELE La, la, la, la, la, la SA SE SPANZURE CU ELE La, la, la, la, la, la ASEARA TI-AM LUAT CERCEI La, la, la, la, la, la SI-ACUM TE VAD FARA EI La, la, la, la, la, la CINE TI-O MAI LUAT CERCEI La, la, la, la, la, la SA SE SPANZURE CU EI La, la, la, la, la, la CINE TI-O MAI LUAT CERCEI La, la, la, la, la, la SA SE SPANZURE CU EI La, la, la, la, la, la DUPA CEL FRUMOS M-AS DUCE DUPA CEL FRUMOS M-AS DUCE CA ARE GURITA DULCE CA ARE GURITA DULCE LUME, LUME, SORĂ LUME LUME, LUME, SORĂ LUME CÂND SĂ MĂ SATUR DE TINE CÂND SĂ MĂ SATUR DE TINE LUME, SORĂ LUME CÂND S-O LĂSA SEC DE PÂINE SI PĂHĂRUȚUL DE MINE POATE-ATUNCI M-OI SĂTURA POATE-ATUNCI M-OI SĂTURA CÂND O SUNA SCÂNDURA CAND O SUNA SCÂNDURA LUME, SORĂ LUME CÂND M-OR BĂGA ÎN MORMÂNT ȘI N-OI MAI FI PE PĂMÂNT HTTPS://WWW.VERSURI.RO/W/PO4 LUME, SORĂ LUME C-AȘA-I LUMEA TRECĂTOARE C-AȘA-I LUMEA TRECĂTOARE UNUL NAȘTE ALTUL MOARE UNUL NAȘTE ALTUL MOARE LUME, SORĂ LUME ĂL DE NAȘTE NECĂJEȘTE ĂL DE MOARE PUTREZEȘTE LUME, SORA LUME C-AȘA-I LUMEA TRECĂTOARE UNUL NAȘTE ALTUL MOARE LUME, SORĂ LUME ĂL DE NAȘTE NECĂJEȘTE ĂL DE MOARE PUTREZEȘTE LUME, SORĂ LUME
7.	Maa on niin kaunis 07:32	lyrics	buy track
MAA ON NIIN KAUNIS 1. MAA ON NIIN KAUNIS, KIRKAS LUOJAN TAIVAS, IHANA ON SIELUJEN TOIVIOTIE. MAAILMAN KAUTTA KULJEMME LAULAIN, TAIVASTA KOHTI MATKA VIE. 2. KIITÄVI AIKA, VIERÄHTÄVÄT VUODET, MIESPOLVET VAIPUVAT UNHOLAAN. KIRKASNA AINA SIELUJEN LAULUN TAIVAINEN SOINTU SÄILYY VAAN. 3.ENKELIT ENSIN PAIMENILLE LAULOI, SIELUSTA SIELUHUN KAIKU SOI: KUNNIA HERRAN, MAASSA NYT RAUHA, KUN JEESUS MEILLE ARMON TOI.
8.	Swan 09:44	lyrics	buy track
SWAN (Tuomas J. Turunen / Elena Mindru) NOW MY HEART IS SORE, FIRST TIME ON THIS SHORE AND MY SOUL HAS BEEN TRAPPED WITH THE VIEW OF THAT WONDERFUL SCENE, OF THAT MARVELOUS LOOK AND I FELT RHYTHMS OF WINGS, GENTLY FLOWING TO THE BEAT, OF THE WIND CAN YOU TAKE MY HAND, TRY TO FIND MYSELF TRY TO WAKE FROM THE SPELL OF THE SWAN IT CONTROLS ALL MY THOUGHTS, IT TOOK OVER MY HEART I CAN NOT FREE MY MIND OF THAT BEAUTIFUL SOUND OF ITS SONG HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SWAN THAT FLEW OVER THE MOON AND SUN TOUCHED MY HEART AND MAKE ME SWOON, DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY. AND WHEN THE SWAN SLIDES ON THE FROZEN LAKE SHE GENTLY PARTS THE WATER'S FACE LEAVES SOFT WHITE LEAF ON HER WAY MUST COME FROM OUTER SPACE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SWAN THAT FLEW OVER THE MOON AND SUN TOUCHED MY HEART AND MAKE ME FLY, A WONDER OF THIS LIFE!
9.	O, ce veste minunată 06:22	lyrics	buy track
O, CE VESTE MINUNATĂ! O, CE VESTE MINUNATĂ! ÎN BETLEEM NI S-ARATĂ ASTĂZI S-A NĂSCUT CEL FĂR' DE-NCEPUT CUM AU ZIS PROROCII. CĂ LA BETLEEM MARIA SĂVÂRŞIND CĂLĂTORIA, ÎNTR-UN MIC SĂLAŞ, LÂNGĂ-ACEL ORAŞ, A NĂSCUT PE MESIA. PE FIUL ÎN AL SĂU NUME, TATĂL L-A TRIMIS ÎN LUME, SĂ SE NASCĂ ŞI SĂ CREASCĂ, SĂ NE MÂNTUIASCĂ.

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released November 11, 2022

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Elena Mindru Helsinki, Finland

A Montreux Jazz Voice Competition awardee, Elena Mindru has performed in many countries around the globe, including venues in the US (New York), Germany, France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Finland or Romania, as a jazz vocal soloist with the European Jazz Orchestra, the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra among many others. ... more