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''Izvor'' (in
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: Извор, English translation: ''Spring'') is the ninth
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by Macedonian singer
Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva (, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian singer. She launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating i ...
released on 23 February 2018.
Avalon Production Avalon Production (original title in Macedonian Cyrillic: Авалон Продукција, transliterated to English as ''Avalon Produkcija'') is a Macedonian record label founded in 1993 by brothers Boban and Daniel Milošeski. Daniel Milošesk ...
released the album in
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and subsequently, it was made available for streaming on platforms such as iTunes Store and
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. In April 2019, the album was also released in
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through
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, marking the singer's first release in the country. As with her two previous releases, Nikola Micevski and Dejan Momirovski served as the main producers, while Vesna Malinova served as the main songwriter. Musically, the album marks a more
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-oriented shift as opposed to the ethno and Macedonian folk music sound prominent on her previous two releases '' Makedonsko Devojče'' and '' Makedonsko Devojče 2''. The album was well-received by the audience and by several
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. The album was commercially successful in North Macedonia and Croatia, where it managed to peak at number 33 on the
Croatian Albums Chart The Top of the Shops or TOTS are the main Croatian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Croatian Phonographic Association HDU (''Hrvatska diskografska udruga''). The charts are a record of the highest selling albums in various g ...
on 13 March 2019. "Dzvona" was released as the album's
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on 19 December 2017 along with an accompanying
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. "Beli cvetovi" was released as the album's second single on 31 October 2018 along with a music video. Both singles were well-received by the singer's fanbase and the wider audience and have garnered 3.3 million and 1.4 million views on
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as of 2022, respectively. The album was promoted through a seven-concert tour in February and March 2018 at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet in
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. The promotional tour also visited other cities in the country, including
Ohrid Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...
,
Bitola Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing ...
,
Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...
,
Gostivar Gostivar ( ; sq-definite, Gostivari) is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is the seat of one of the larger municipalities in the country with a population of 59,770, and the town also covers . Gostivar has ...
,
Kumanovo Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic ...
,
Štip Štip ( ) is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of North Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2021 census, the city of Štip had ...
and
Strumica Strumica (, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF)
in so ...
.


Background and release

In 2014,
Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva (, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian singer. She launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating i ...
released her
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and ethno-oriented album '' Makedonsko Devojče 2''. As the previous album in the project ''Makedonsko Devojče'' the album was very well-received by the
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and listeners. The album was also extensively promoted with a
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tour of concerts, gigs and festival performances in
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,
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and
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. After the conclusion of the promotion in 2016, the singer started working on a new studio album. The
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for the album and its title were revealed on the singer's
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account several days before its release in February 2018. It shows a portrait of Gočeva painted by her husband, Mihail Korubin who is also a professional artist. The album consists of eleven songs, nine of which were written by Vesna Malinova and one by Vesna "Bejbi" Petrushevska. All songs were recorded, mixed and
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at XL Studio in
Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
. Nikola Micevski and Dejan Momirovski served as producers for all songs. ''Izvor'' was released in North Macedonia on 23 February 2018 through
Avalon Production Avalon Production (original title in Macedonian Cyrillic: Авалон Продукција, transliterated to English as ''Avalon Produkcija'') is a Macedonian record label founded in 1993 by brothers Boban and Daniel Milošeski. Daniel Milošesk ...
. It was also made available for digital downloading and streaming through platforms such as
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, iTunes Store and
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. In April 2019, the album was also released in Croatia through the record label
Croatia Records Croatia Records is a record label in Croatia owned by AUTOR d.o.o., based in Zagreb. Summary Croatia Records d.d. is a joint-stock company currently led by the chief executive officer Želimir Babogredac, a sound engineer. It releases mostly (but ...
, marking the singer's first album to be released in the country.


Music and lyrics

During an interview, Gocheva said that while the album was representative of a similar stage of her life as the two albums of the ''Makedonsko Devojče'' project, it marked a change in sound, being closer to the
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genre as opposed to the more ethno sound of the previous projects. As she worked with the same producers and songwriters, the songs share the same arrangements. She also revealed that due to the expectations from the audience following the success of the ''Makedonsko Devojče'' projects, the singer and her collaborators felt burdened to do it justice. Nevertheless, after the finalization of the project, she felt that ''Izvor'' marked a step forward in her career and a sound she identifies herself the most with. "Dzvona", released around the date of
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and
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, is holiday-themed and features an all-female choir. It is a "nostalgic" track that commemorates certain people who are "present in our hearts but are not present in our lives". "Budna", the last song on the album's track listing, is an emotional
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.


Promotion


Singles

"Dzvona" was released as the album's first
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on 19 December 2017. It was released on the singer's official
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channel along with an accompanying
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directed by Ognen Shapkovski. The video shows Gocheva, accompanied by an all-female children choir singing the lyrics of the song. All of the songs were released on YouTube on the day of the album's release. "Beli cvetovi" was released as the album's second single. A music video directed by Chedo Popovski was filmed in
Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
and premiered on 31 October 2018. The video shows the singer walking, running and biking through a city while singing the lyrics of the song.


Tour

Starting on 24 February 2018, the first concert out of seven in total, in promotion of the album took place at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet (MOB) in
Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
. The set list of the two and a half hour-long concert consisted of two parts - the first half consisted only of songs from the album ''Izvor'' while the second included songs of her previous projects as well. The concert was well-received by the public and Milica Džarovska of the female magazine ''Ženski magazin'' who praised the emotional vocal rendition and the warm atmosphere. Other concerts in promotion of the album took place on 25 and 26 February and 1-3 March. With this feat, the singer broke her previously held streak of five consecutive concerts in promotion of the album ''Makedonsko Devojče 2''. In early March 2018, she held four more concerts accompanied at the Macedonian Philharmonic accompanied by the philharmonic orchestra as well as one concert accompanied by her ten-member band at the Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall in
Ohrid Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...
. On 27 and 28 March, she also held two concerts at the Culture Center in
Bitola Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing ...
. From April to May, the singer also gave concerts in
Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...
,
Gostivar Gostivar ( ; sq-definite, Gostivari) is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is the seat of one of the larger municipalities in the country with a population of 59,770, and the town also covers . Gostivar has ...
,
Kumanovo Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic ...
,
Štip Štip ( ) is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of North Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2021 census, the city of Štip had ...
and
Strumica Strumica (, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF)
in so ...
. On 10 And 11 August 2018, Gočeva held two more open concert at the
Heraclea Lyncestis Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis (; ; ), was an Ancient Greek architecture, ancient Greek city in Macedon, ruled later by the Romans. Its ruins are situated south of the present-day town of Bitola, North Macedonia. In ...
theater in Ohrid. After the promotion of the album concluded, many songs from ''Izvor'' continued being performed during the singer's live performances. This for instance, included a performance on 24 March 2024, with songs such as "Beli cvetovi" and "Da e son".


Critical and commercial reception

A writer for the Croatian website Glazbeni.info praised the singer's vocals and called the album a "brilliant" pop record with swing, jazz and etno elements. Džarovska from ''Ženski magazin'' felt that the songs on the album presented a "warm and a musically rich, mature story". "Ti ne dojde" received the award for Etno/World Music Song of the Year at the
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held in Belgrade where the singer also performed it. ''Izvor'' charted in Croatia following its release. For the week ending 13 March 2019, the album debuted and peaked at number 33 on the
Croatian Albums Chart The Top of the Shops or TOTS are the main Croatian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Croatian Phonographic Association HDU (''Hrvatska diskografska udruga''). The charts are a record of the highest selling albums in various g ...
. The following three consecutive weeks, the album charted at positions 36, 37 and 35 before falling off the chart for the week ending 3 June 2019, having spent a total of four weeks on the chart.Chart positions for ''Izvor'' on the
Croatian Albums Chart The Top of the Shops or TOTS are the main Croatian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Croatian Phonographic Association HDU (''Hrvatska diskografska udruga''). The charts are a record of the highest selling albums in various g ...
for weeks 21-24: * * *


Track listing

*All songs produced by Nikola Micevski and Dejan Momirovski for XL Studio Productions.


Personnel

Credits adapted from the
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of ''Izvor''. *Nikola Micevski –
accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
*Ljupka Arsovska – backing vocals *Makedonka Petreska – backing vocals *Helena Susha – backing vocals *Blagojche Trajkovski –
clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
*Emilija Kjiproska – design *Kiril Kuzmanov –
flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...
*Damjan Pejchinoski – guitar *Zoran Kostadinovski – guitar *Timko Chichakovski - qanun *Goce Domovski -
kaval The kaval is a Diatonic and chromatic, chromatic end-blown flute, end-blown oblique flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and ...
*Vesna Malinova Babamova - lyrics *Vesna Petrushevska Bejbi - lyrics *Nikolchee Micevski – music,
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, programming,
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,
piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
*Mihail Korubin – painting *Dejan Momirovski – producer *Zlatko Miladinovski -
tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...
*Dzhambo Agushev –
trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
*Vladimir Kostov –
violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
*Vladimir Krstev – violin *Jasmina Dragomanska – violin *Branislav Avtovski – violin *Maja Efremova – violin *Kiril Josifov -
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Charts


References


External links


Playlist on Gocheva's YouTube channel
with all of the album's songs {{Authority control 2018 albums Karolina Gočeva albums Macedonian-language albums