TOZD UMAZANI PRSTI —
Prešernovi Bluzi
Melting Delta Blues sound with 19th century Slovenian poetry? Music collective TOZD Umazani Prsti did it! The project —led by Samo Ferluga with the help of various musicians, actors, readers, artists— came up with a theory that the themes of the Slovenian poet France Prešeren's lyrics are musically compatible with the bluesy atmospheres of Mississippi. France Prešeren (1800 — 1848) is considered the greatest Slovene poet. In his poems he tied together the motifs of his own unhappy love with that of an unhappy, subjugated homeland; he developed severe alcoholism and tried to kill himself on at least two occasions, facing rejections and seeing most of his closest friends die tragically. So — pretty weirdely— common conceptual thematics with Delta Blues' introspective, soulful, passionate, fiery musical roots. The Prešernovi Bluzi (translated: The Blues of Prešeren) record contains six musical adaptations of Prešeren's poems (listen to the album here). The album layout and graphics features a vintage-style artwork: printed on ivory matt paper with two spot colors, it shows a '800 linocut-style Prešeren's illustrated portait on the cover and througout the within package. The booklet's typeset is done with monotype retro characters, the fingerprints on the inlay are a reference to the artistic collectiv's name (Umazani Prsti = Dirty Fingers). The CD album was released on February 8th, which is the Prešeren Day (the day of death of the Slovene poet, established and celebrated as the Day of the Slovenian culture).
Offset four colors print (Pantone 2310 U + Pantone 1807 U + Pantone 654 U + Pantone Process Black) on 150 gsm uncoated ivory paper (booklet and inlay). Silkscreen on cd label with the same Pantone colors, on a total white background surface.
