The Dartz is a pop-folk (as they name themselves) band from Saint Petersbur… Read Full Bio ↴The Dartz is a pop-folk (as they name themselves) band from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The band called their genre "pop-folk", meaning "popular, merry, modern, understandable, appealing, positive". The musicians are inspired by songs and dances of Europe: Irish, Scottish, Breton, Balkan, Spanish, Jewish, Scandinavian, Russian melodies. The band is extraordinary free with folk music, and almost always composes its own Russian texts, putting them onto traditional melodies, or sometimes translates the songs into Russian. That's why The Dartz consider themselves a folk band as well as authors. This principal line still exists since their first album. These days the folk lore is understood in a deeper sense, it went deeper, and diffused in arrangements, and even in blues compositions something celtic appears sometimes, and rock'n'roll motiffs can be met in jigs, for instance - a guitar solo. In authentic celtic music guitar never plays solo and isn't even recognized as an instrument.

The members of the band are Dmitry "Dee" Kourtzman, Anton "Deodan" Gorelikov, Sergey "Ondion" Chibiryov, Igor "Pan" Starostin, Alexander Popov, Roman "Punnen" Slivinskiy, Igor Burmistrov and Andrey "Beholder" Khokhlov.

Средиземноморье
The Dartz Lyrics

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Покажи на карте
Там, где зреет в марте
Там, где зреет в марте
Первый апельсин
Где в тени оливы
Смотрит на долины
Смотрит на долины
Пулемёт "Максим"

Где крадётся мавр
Вечный Минотавр
Ждёт, когда вернёшься ты
Ждёт. когда тебя отпустит
Царство вечной мерзлоты

Напиши на бампере
"Пиетари-Тампере"
"Пиетари-Тампере", и потом - на юг
"Каталония семпре!"
Крикни в уши ветру
Прямо в уши ветру
Пусть попляшет друг

Жёлтый путь и красный
Черный безобразный
Вниз, под Южные Кресты
Путь, который ты проложишь
В царстве вечной мерзлоты

Трата-та-та-татата
Трата-та-та-татата
Трата-та-та-татата
Тарам-тарам-там

Трата-та-та-татата
Трата-та-та-татата
Трата-та-та-татата
Тарам-тарам-там

Где крадётся мавр
Вечный Минотавр
Ждёт, когда вернёшься ты
Ждёт. когда тебя отпустит

Царство вечной мерзлоты...

Overall Meaning

The Dartz's song "Средиземноморье" is a dreamy and whimsical exploration of the Mediterranean region. The lyrics urge the listener to show the way to the land where the first orange grows in March, where the olive trees cast their shade over the valleys, and where the Maxim machine gun stands. The song maintains an enchanting and mysterious feel as the lyrics shift to strange and alluring visions of mythical creatures and immortal kingdoms. The listener is invited to inscribe "Pietari-Tampere" on the bumper and to chant "Catalonia siempre" into the winds that blow across the Mediterranean. The song relays the idea of traveling through the yellow and red paths to face the black ugliness, and descend beneath the Southern Crosses on a journey to the land of perpetual thaw.

The song appears to be exploring the allure of the Mediterranean region and the possibility of a journey towards the heart of that region. The lyrics bring to mind images of ancient myths and legends, the beauty of the region's natural landscapes, and the possibility of discovering hidden and ageless secrets. The song speaks to the part of us that longs for adventure and discovery, and challenges us to be open to the unknown, and to keep moving forward no matter what challenges we may encounter.

Line by Line Meaning

Покажи на карте
Show me on the map

Там, где зреет в марте
Where it ripens in March

Первый апельсин
The first orange

Где в тени оливы
Where in the shade of an olive

Смотрит на долины
Looks at the valleys

Пулемёт "Максим"
Maxim machine gun

Где крадётся мавр
Where the Moor sneaks

Вечный Минотавр
Eternal Minotaur

Ждёт, когда вернёшься ты
Waiting for you to return

Ждёт. когда тебя отпустит
Waiting for when you're released

Царство вечной мерзлоты
Kingdom of eternal permafrost