Music CD details

'BalkanBeats'

Various Artists

(EBM003)

Record label - EASTBLOK, Germany
Released 2005

Hailed a the ultimate Balkans Compilation! With Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic, Goran Bregovic and featuring several unpublished tracks. Traditional and urbane sounds emerging from Gypsy Grooves, Tribal Beats and Balkan Ska makes this compilation an addictive sampler.

With wild energy, multicolored, fresh tone qualities, the inexhaustible variety of eastern European Roma and Jewish music traditions are plundered.

From record label:
"When the first grenades were fired in the disintegrating Yugoslavia of the early 90s, a young Bosnian named Robert äoko came to Berlin to start a new life. He didn't care if his neighbour was Bosnian, Serbian, or Croatian. Robert began to throw parties with like-minded emigrants and played the old yugo hits - a symbol of long gone, peaceful Yugoslavia. Vital survival training of emigrants trying to regain a lost past, their own history, and identity. After over 10 years, the BalkanBeats parties are "legenda". Twice a month, BalkanBeats are blasting in Berlin's Mudd Club: Gypsy grooves, tribal beats and Balkan ska. BalkanBeats became an international cult affair. Now, äoko plays New York and L.A. on a regular basis. BalkanBeats are highly addictive - it's in their savage energy, the colourful, fresh timbre, and passion. The inexhaustible diversity stems from Slavonic, Oriental, Jewish traditions, and from the culture of the Roma people. The music's natural openness enables an easy and exciting transfer to modern times. Fresh Balkan bands pick up those traditions and process them into an individual cultural amalgam. Artists such as Let 3 and Magnifico spoof their own Balkan roots, fuse them with rock, ska, or metal, and nevertheless pay respect. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Karandila, and the Boban Marković Orkestar radicalize classical Balkan brass music with maximum virtuoso skill, thus renewing an old tradition to something sounding fresh and exciting. Many of the bands are inspired by completely different traditions. Mahala Ra Banda throw you out of the Bucharest slums into the heat of New Orleans. BalkanBeats presents the greatest hits from the Mudd Club on a CD. Traditional and urban sounds - diverse, explosive, and just over the top."

GBP 8.97

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'BalkanBeats'

Various Artists

(EBM003)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Magnifico & Turbolentza (Slovenia) - Hir Ai Kam, Hir Ai Go 2. Besh O Drom (Hungary) - Meggyújtom A Pipám  3. Mahala Ra Banda (Romania) - Colindat 4. Yugoton and Kazik (Poland, Croatia, Serbia) - Malcziki 5. Legen (Croatia) - Zumba 6. Kultur Shock (USA, Bosnia, Japan, Bulgaria) - Blagunjo Dejce 7. Let 3 (Croatia) - Tazi-Tazi 8. Kayah and Bregović (Poland, Bosnia) - Prawy Do Lewego 9. Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars (USA) - Tsu Der Kretshme 10. Karandila Feat. Maya (Bulgaria) - Djelem, Djelem 11. Ssassa (Macedonia, Switzerland) - Romanela 12. Sanja and Balkanika (Serbia) - Kermes 13. Boban Marković Orkestar (Serbia) - Od Srca 14. Fanfare Ciocărlia (Romania) - Dusty Road 15. George Dalaras & Goran Bregović (Greece, Bosnia) - Night (Nihta) Bonus Video Tracks: Magnifico & Turbolentza - Hir Ai Kam, Hir Ai Go Let 3 - Tazi-Tazi

Our mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long and of low(ish) quality for a fast download (file size app 300KB)

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