An ancient Ottoman song made into contemporary balkan beats! Antwerp based up and coming deejay and producer MERDAN TAPLAK mashed up the old groove with modern electronic beats. Dancefloor slammer!
The track will be released on the next Balkan Beats compilation (“Balkan Beats, A night at the Lido”), compiled by Robert Soko.
Check out the clip, with images shot in Petrol Club in Antwerp and Ost Klub in Vienna.
A couple of techno remixes/mashups of Gogol Bordello and J.U.F. from Berlin’s Miss Blitz.
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London based Drunken Balordi is combining rugged vocals, acoustic instruments and folky licks to produce a fresh gypsy punk sound reminiscent of early Gogol Bordello. This one year old band is able to raise havoc with the crowd in minutes, as I witnessed last night in Mehanata.
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Thanks to our friends from the Bulgarian Bar (aka. Mehanata), for these classic tracks from the old gypsy tabor on Broadway and Canal.
You can still see Yuri with his Grand Masters of Gypsy Music ensemble filling up the floor with their Bulgarian Wedding hits in New York’s Mehanata every Friday night.
Balkanaila
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Virtuoso brass band formed of immigrants from four continents the Slavic Soul Party! has been around since the very beginnings of the NYC Balkan music scene, and still touring extensively in the US, Europe and beyond.
Missy Sa-Sa
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Influenced by the Rroma parties of Northern Greece, the Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar brought great performances to New York audiences until recently.
Doli Goca
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Whether you hear their waterfront practice sessions or their NYC shows, when it comes to live performances it’s hard to imagine something more captivating and surreal than the twenty and some members of the Hungry March Band.
Bubamara
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This was an instant Mehanata classic from our Brooklyn friends of BoomBoxRepairKit.
I rather dance with a strangerFour years and countless remixes after the release of their the debut album, here’s “Ghetto Blasters”. The new album is a mix of all that good stuff in the Balkan music: great percussion and vocals, mesmerizing solos, all on top of raw, syncopated brass straight from the Mahala’s of Bucharest.
Ghetto Blasters medley
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Listen to some of the new songs on their myspace page. Watch out for “Zuki Zuki” and “Nu mai beu”. CD released on October 16th on Asphalt Tango.
The four Israeli DJs and numerous other collaborators produce some folky, oriental sounding hip-hop that reminds me of Balkan Beat Box. No wonder. They’re released on JDub records and collaborate with Tomer Yosef, BBB’s front man.
Check out the promotional mix tape and their single down the page and buy the full album on iTunes.
Tracklisting :
01. El Nur feat. Ghostface, Tomer Yosef & Saz
02. Exotic on the Speaker feat. Rye Rye
03. Pitom Banu feat. Axum
04. Put ‘em Up feat. Lyrics Born & Axum
05. Darboukatron
06. SOS feat. Pigeon John & Ceci Bastida
07. Politrix feat. Del the Funky Homosapien
08. Come Back feat. Onili
09. Avood MeAhava feat. Oren Barzilay
10. We Keep On feat. Rebel Sun & Soul-J
11. Queen of Hearts feat. MC ZULU
12. Bo Be Easy feat. Axum & C. Le
13. 1,000 Nights feat. Ravid Khalni
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Tracklisting :
01. Omri’s Drop
02. Exotic Introduction
03. “Exotic On The Speaker” (Soulico Edit) / Cutty Ranks “Pon Pause (Acapella)”
04. “Bo Be Easy” ft. Axum and C. Le (Edit) / Bangers & Cash “Loose (Instrumental)” / Modeselektor “The Dark Side of the Sun (Edit)”
05. “Pitom Banu 2020″ ft. Axum, Peled, and Ortega (Remix)
06. “Politrix” ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
07. Sabbo ft. Livity “Dem A Gangsta”
08. Balkan Beat Box “Digital Monkey (Soulico Remix)”
09. “Put ‘Em Up” ft. Lyrics Born and Axum
10. Rye Rye ft. M.I.A. “Bang (Shimmy Sonic Remix)”
11. “Avood Me’ahava” ft. Oren Barzilay (NDV Remix)
12. Shimmy Sonic “Robot”
13. “Jim & Joe” ft. Onili
14. “SOS” ft. Pigeon John and Ceci Bestida / Bounty Killer “I Am (Acapella)” / Horace Andy “Rasta Don’t (Dub)”
15. “Queen of Hearts” ft. MC Zulu / Unfinished Business Riddim (Instrumental)
16. “There 4 Me” ft. Alijah
17. “Darbukaton Interlude”
18. “30 Year Old Baby” ft. Fishi
19. “Body Work” ft. MC Zulu (Noiz in Zion Remix)
20. “1000 Nights” ft. Ravid Kahalani (Soulico Remix)
Press Release :
SOULICO TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM “EXOTIC ON THE SPEAKER”
The Debut Album From Tel-Aviv’s Soulico Fuses Hip-Hop with Sounds From The Middle East; Features Guest Appearances From Ghosface Killah, Rye Rye, and Others
New York, NY: JDub Records announced today the October 6th release of Soulico’s (http://www.myspace.com/soulicocrew) debut album, Exotic on the Speaker. The album features guest appearances by Ghostface Killah (Wu Tang), Del the Funky Homosapien, MIA’s protege Rye Rye, Pigeon John, MC Zulu, Ceci Bastida and Middle Eastern MCs Tomer Yosef (of Balkan Beat Box), Onili, Saz and more. Streaming tracks are currently available at http://jdubrecords.org/press/soulico/.
Comprised of four DJs from Tel Aviv, DJs Sabbo of Mad Decent fame, Rob, Shimmy Sonic and Wido (more on the DJs is below), Soulico’s sound combines their trademark eclectic blend of energy-charged beats with a masterful fusion of everything from hip-hop, reggae and dancehall to Israeli folk and disco.
ABOUT THE DJS:
DJing since 1998, Eyal Rob (DJ Rob) founded Israel’s most popular music website and blog, mooma.co.il, as well as Israel’s music channel, Channel24. An accomplished writer on music and culture, Rob edited 2003’s Ain’t What it Used to Be: Stories of Israeli Club Culture and currently contributes to several Israeli publications.
Ido Saar (DJ Wido) has written and produced songs for such Israeli luminaries as Zahava Ben, and produced the top selling Israeli Now That’s What I Call Hip Hop volumes I and II for Helicon. With an artist visa secured in 2002, Saar spent a year working on staff at VP Records in NYC.
Ronen Sabbo (DJ Sabbo) has been awarded numerous Gold records as a song-writer and producer for HaDag Nachash, Asaf Amdursky, and Mookie. Sabbo has worked with Stephen and Damien Marley and produces alongside “Thru You” DJ/Producer Kutiman. He also acts as Mad Decent’s Tel Aviv correspondent.
Michael Emmeth (DJ Shimmy Sonic) has taught sound design at Jerusalem’s renowned Bezalel Academy of Art and Design since 2002. He was nominated for the Best Sound Design award in 2000 by the Israeli Film Academy (akin to the Oscars) for his work on Mars Turkey and won the Best Sound Design award from the prestigious Jerusalem Film Festival in 2006 for his work on No Exit.
About JDub
JDub Records is a non-profit dedicated to innovative Jewish music community and cross-cultural dialogue. JDub has released albums by Matisyahu, Balkan Beat Box, and Michael Showalter among others.
From DJ Soumnakai of Turkey and France, a couple of heavy electronic rromixes.
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Joro Boro is back with a new mix spreading the Balkanization across the continent…
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Tracklisting :
Sonic Guru – Gypsy
Besh O Drom – Makedon
DJ Delirium & DJ Buzz Fuzz – Immortality
Balkan Beat Box – Gypsy Queens
Esma Redzepova – Korkori Phirava
Gidigimajimaji – Atoti Pt. 2
Diplo vs Cutty Ranks – Untitled
Attwenger vs. Boban Markovic – Sie Dan
Dhruva & Haj vs Jukali – The Balance
Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta
Tinariwen – Imidiwan Winakalin
Baby Cham – The Return (Dub)
Marcelinho Da Lua – Tranquilo
Beam Up vs Fanfare Ciocarlia – Hora Arabeasca
Kuduro Sound System vs Gata Agresiva – Kuduro Pra Qui E Pra La
Attwenger vs Boban Markovic – Huad
The Orientalist – Arrabic Ensemble Trapped in a Dessertronic Sand Storm
The BUG vs Fowdan – Jah Wa
Edu K vs. Deize Tigrona – Sex-o-Matic
Mestre Suassuna E Dirceu – Maculele
Tigarah – Girl Fight
Goran Bregovic – Pampur Galbeno
M.I.A. – Boyz
Badawi – Horse Dance
Conjunto Tipico Vallenato – Cumbia Sampuesano
Systemwide – Dub Plate
Formed from Belgian DJs Sam Rabam and Typsy Gypsy, Balkan Hot Step has been compiling good Balkan music mix tapes for a few years. A few weeks ago I found these excellent mashups signed by BHS on “This is Balkan Beats vol.1″. Great party starters.
Intergalactic Boy (Shantel vs. Beastie Boys)
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