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Voi-La Intruder
Rock · 1999 · 15 tracks

Voi-La Intruder

A raw, lo-fi explosion of immigrant identity. Accordions and violins collide with punk energy in a basement-recorded manifesto of 'gypsy punk' origins.

January 1, 1999 · Sub Pop

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A chaotic, high-velocity celebration of outsider identity and survival.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Sacred Darling
1:49
02
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Voi-La Intruder
3:08
03
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Greencard Husband
2:20
04
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Passport
4:22
05
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Start Wearing Purple
3:26
06
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Shy Kind of Guy
3:28
07
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Mussolini vs. Stalin
2:43
08
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Letter to Mother
3:51
09
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): God-Like
5:34
10
Movement One (Songs of Immigration in Voi-La Minor): Nomadic Chronicle
4:22
11
Movement Two (Optzay Pertruder): Letter to Castro (Costumes for Tonight)
3:22
12
Movement Two (Optzay Pertruder): Unvisible Zedd
4:27
13
Movement Two (Optzay Pertruder): Sex Spider
3:08
14
Movement Two (Optzay Pertruder): No Threat
3:33
15
Movement Two (Optzay Pertruder): Against the Nature
7:23
Moments Worth Listening For
The frantic, unhinged acceleration of the accordion in the title track that feels like a train coming off the rails.
The early, more skeletal version of Start Wearing Purple that relies on raw vocal grit rather than stadium-sized production.
The sudden shift from melodic folk storytelling to abrasive punk shouting in Mussolini vs. Stalin.
Reviews

How does Voi-La Intruder sound next to the rest of Gogol Bordello's catalogue?

Lo Fi+3.5σ

The production is built around lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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