BALKAN BEAT BOX @ The El Rey

i couldn't tell you when the first time i heard of this Brooklyn group but i could never forget their music:

their "unique sound by fusing the musical styles of Jewish klezmer, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions with hip-hop and dancehall beats" gets you jumping, screaming, clapping, just right uber excited about life....


before the show i had to explain myself to a few peeps, "what's a balkan beat box?" and before my initial response of anger and confusion and little frustration (what kind of music are you listening to) i was quick to mention Gogol Bordello (deer in a headlight moment continues). I would have included a link of the LADPS' post of the Gogol Bordello show but to my disbelief no entry exists. Gogol Bordello is one of the reasons for The LA Dog and Pony Show blogspot...you take Gogol Bordello mix it with some Jim Bianco add a dash of Ingrid Michaelson and a splash of Airborne Toxic Event reduce and simmer...drain and add to a processor. Transfer paste to a bowl season with Alex & Sam and Cat Power. Yields: generous life servings. i've seen gogol bordello live twice now and each show is different and amazing full of life and unexpected surprises i urge you to go...but enough about them and back to BBB. anyway upon my research about BBB i read this news to me little tidbit: "Balkan Beat Box is a world music group founded by ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan" i wouldn't say their music is identical but i just get a fuzzy warm feeling when i think of these two. in any event i enjoyed the show mainly because of Tome Yosef (mc and lyricist) and Ori Kaplan (saxophonist)...




Balkan Beat Box will be heading up to san fran and seattle and from there to the midwest and then to europe...you only live once find them go to a show and rock out! actually Gogol Bordello will be at LA Weekly Detour Music Festival in Downtown LA Oct. 4..check it before you wreck it (just so the next time someone says gypsy punk you'll remember a time in your life when the troubles didn't really matter and you were just rockin and rollin...)




enjoy the mucic.