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Nu Med (CD)

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Balkan Beat Box Artist Snapshot:

Israeli saxophonist Ori Kaplan has been a fixture on New York City's downtown music scene since the early 1990s, playing with gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and the ethno-garage outfit Firewater. He and Firewater drummer/producer Tamir Muskat split off in 2005 to form Balkan Beat Box. As the name suggests, their music is highly danceable, and takes the melting pot approach of the members' previous bands to the next level, giving the traditional sounds of various Middle Eastern and Eastern European styles an au courant electronica polish. A bit hipper than most world fusion acts, the duo (who perform live with a large ensemble of guest musicians) don't just graft traditional sounds to modern--they have alchemized a style all their own.

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DISC 1 for Nu Med (CD) Album By Balkan Beat Box (Artist)
1   Keep 'Em Straight (Intro)
2   Hermetico
3   Habibi Min Zaman
4   Bbbeat
5   Digital Monkey
6   Balcasio
7   Pachima
8   Quand Est-Ce Qu'on Arrive?
9   Mexico City
10   Delancey
11   Joro Boro
12   Gypsy Queens
13   $20 For Boban
14   Baharim (Outro)
 

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Review

Spin (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]raditional Middle eastern instruments pair off with electronic beats, and the oompah-backed grooves are sultry..."
The Wire (p.59) - "[T]heir hearts remain in the right place, linking them to a lineage of skilled comedic musicians from 3 Mustaphas 3 to the Spike Jones revue shows of the 1950s."
Dirty Linen (p.76) - "Wacky and wonderful, silly and strange....BBB's unique sound fuses the traditional styles of Jewish, Mediterranean, and Balkan music with modern rap, hip hop, reggae, dub, acid, and electronica."
Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.42) - "Loaded with brassy oompah and no shortage of chutzpah, Balkan Beat Box bring back their unapologetic gypsyelectrofunkcircus on their sophomore release, NU MED."

Title Note

Balkan Beat Box: Jeremiah Lockwood, Uri Kinrot (guitar); Eyal Talmudi, Peter Hess, Ori Kaplan (saxophone); Itamer Ziegler, Ben Handler (bass guitar); Tamir Muskat (drums); Tomer Yosef (percussion).

Additional personnel: Gilber Bilmore, DUNIA, Dessislava Stefanova (vocals); Vinny Sau (electric violin); Michael Nikolic (accordion); Ismail Lumanovski (clarinet); Ben Holmes (flugelhorn); Dana Leong (trombone); Ron Caswell (tuba); Lance Muncan (keyboard).

International sound fusionists Balkan Beat Box work more of their energetic, hybrid magic on their sophomore release, NU MED. There are plenty of Eastern European influences here, sure, but it's the elements of hip-hop, funk, electronica, R&B, reggae, and traditional brass-band sounds that makes the album a nonstop joy-ride of rhythmic and melodic surprises. By creating party music that blends every style under the sun, Balkan Beat Box makes the powerful, evergreen political statement that universal brotherhood is only as far away as one's ability to keep an open mind while grooving.

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