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After the 2007 release Nu Med, the Balkan Beat Box is coming back strong with their new album Blue Eyed Black Boy released in the US on April 27 on NatGeo Music and Crammed Discs. Produced in Belgrade, Tel Aviv and Vienna, the new release borrows something from virtually all musical styles, from Hip-hop to Reggae, Balkan brass bands to electronic beats or from Israeli and Arabic rhythms to cumbia.
Apart from being fun and interesting in its own, the amalgam of styles is given deeper meaning by powerful lyrics infused with messages of tolerance, anti-war and brotherhood and references to other like minded songs (like Max Romeo’s “I Chase the Devil” in the opening track).

Here are a couple of remixes of BBB’s new tracks.

War Again (RJD2 remix)

Move It (Radioclit Remix)

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

Soulico – Put Em Up

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Exotic on the Mixtape

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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.

Joro Boro is back with a new mix spreading the Balkanization across the continent…

Disco Disoriental

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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