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Balkan Beat Box
Also Playing: The Brass Messengers
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Wed Aug 4
8 pm
Balkan Beat Box and The Brass Messengers at Cedar Cultural Center
In the musical language of Balkan Beat Box, elements of Eastern Europe mingle with beats and basslines that hit a lot heavier than anything kicked up by a gypsy-folk group. Fans of clarinets will hear much to enjoy, as will holdouts waiting for a good dose of horns and caterwauling vocals in songs with titles like “Bulgarian Chicks” and “9/4 The Ladies.” Balkan Beat Box usually gets less credit than Gogol Bordello (with whom BBB’s Ori Kaplan used to play) for the sound, even though the group is a good deal more inviting. Its singular fusion of Mediterranean traditions and dizzying hip-hop continues unabated on the new album Blue Eyed Black Boy. (This show was originally scheduled for June 4.)
Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. S., Twin Cities, MN
In the musical language of Balkan Beat Box, elements of Eastern Europe mingle with beats and basslines that hit a lot heavier than anything kicked up by a gypsy-folk group. Fans of clarinets will hear much to enjoy, as will holdouts waiting for a good dose of horns and caterwauling vocals in songs with titles like “Bulgarian Chicks” and “9/4 The Ladies.” Balkan Beat Box usually gets less credit than Gogol Bordello (with whom BBB’s Ori Kaplan used to play) for the sound, even though the group is a good deal more inviting. Its singular fusion of Mediterranean traditions and dizzying hip-hop continues unabated on the new album Blue Eyed Black Boy. (This show was originally scheduled for June 4.)
Updated 07/28/2010
