Notes
Not long ago, the great Serbian-American poet, Charles Simic, discovered in the book called A Dictionary of Angels that "the angels were once as plentiful as species of flies. The sky at dusk used to be thick with them. You had to wave both arms just to keep them away." Today it's different - there are no angels in the sky. After all, if there are some left, they certainly cannot be seen, except in the movies, such as Wings of Desire and City of Angels or in the Renaissance paintings and frescoes on the walls of the Byzantine churches. Darunam/Milan's music opens a secret window in the sky through which angels can once again be observed. As a listener, all you have to do is find a way to reach the sky and look through that window. Suddenly, you'll be able see the mighty angels Gabriel, Raphael, Ariel and small Cupid buzzing around like a fly. Looking through the secret window and listening to this eclectic music you can also wave to the powerful Hindu deities Bodhisattva and Sarasvati, chat with saints like Amma and Mahatma, meet the Orthodox Saint Sava, and greet the Islamic saint Rabia and the Catholic Saint Mother Theresa. At the same time, the ancient god Bacchus will cheer you with a glass of red wine, while the controversial "god" of the fallen communist "religion", Karl Marx, will greet you with a sign reading Religion is Opium for the Masses. All of them now exist and belong to the heavens and in heaven - everything is possible. Still, a question remains: is there a single angel left on the Earth today? The answer is yes - it is You! The Last Angel on Earth. The latest collaboration between Darunam, the popular duo comprised of Radovan Jovicevic and Manu Narayan (two artists with significant individual followings in their own rights) and internationally acclaimed virtuoso clarinetist Milan Milosevic under the banner DARUNAM/MILAN is entitled The Last Angel On Earth. A forward looking endeavor joining innovation and tradition on a multicultural musical journey, The Last Angel On Earth also reflects the wide ranging experiences of it's three members. World music with an otherworldly view, inspired by the myriad original forms heard side-by-side in New York City, the songs on the disc, created in cyberspace across the North American continent, blend sounds stretching across the planet into a unique whole that is very much more than it's many individually identifiable parts. Serbian born, Radovan Jovicevic is an internationally applauded artist who first garnered attention in Europe, selling over 5 million of albums as a member of the wildly popular band Zana and an equal number of discs as a composer for other acts. Since moving to the United States he has composed for numerous musical milieus, including films, videos and television. Indian-American Manu Narayan is best known for his starring role in the Mike Myers movie The Love Guru and on Broadway in as the lead in the Andrew Lloyd Weber/A. R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams. Narayan, who has sung with artists ranging from Cyndi Lauper, the Band's Garth Hudson and Frank London of the Klezmetics, is also an accomplished saxophonist who has studied in India with world renowned master Sri Kadri Gopalnath. Radovan and Manu met in New York City (where they both presently reside) in 2005 and eventually formed Darunam, releasing the contemporary rock EP and music video All That's Beautiful Must Die a year later. For The Last Angel On Earth, they enlisted the talents of clarinet master Milan Milosevic, who has been praised as "eclectic, groundbreaking and innovative," terms that describe his colleagues equally well. A former member of the Belgrade National Orchestra, Milan, who currently lives in Vancouver, has performed in a wide-ranging number of settings, including as a leader of his own jazz/ethno themed group on his CD Pearls and Yarn. The new collective Darunam/Milan - which will be performing a live concert in Vancouver on January 8th, 2009 (2 days after the rele
