BALKAN BEAT BOX

Combining assorted flavours from all around the Mediterranean with solid rock reggae foundations, this New York-based band are one of the electro/world sensations of the last three years.

Although the media have associated them with the so-called Gypsy Rock movement, their roots are reaching way beyond that: they blends Greek guitars, Arab & Bulgarian guest singers, Balkanoid horns and elements of ragga and hip hop. Balkan Beat Box are an awesome live band, they've been making crowds go wild on all major festivals they appeared at, around Europe and North America

Balkan Beat Box is centered around saxophone player Ori Kaplan, drummer/ programmer/ producer Tamir Muskat and charismatic vocalist/MC Tomer Yosef.

The band's founding members had been active for over a decade in some of NYC's premier underground bands (including Gogol Bordello, Firewater, Big Lazy, Shotnez), before joining forces and bringing together their combined experiences and ideas to create the powerhouse called Balkan Beat Box.

Balkan Beat Box were nominated several times for BBC World Music Awards.

Press quotes

'A global peacekeeping mission that you can dance to' (Spin, USA)
'Festive, powerful, volcanic' (Trax, France)
'Incendiary live shows... fascinating album...' (The Independent, UK)
'Nu Med mixes giant hip hop beats and electronica with klezmer, Romanian folk and reggae' (Time Out London, UK)
'Totally indispensable and strongly recommended!' (Mondomix)
'A dizzying array of musical hybrids' (The New Yorker)

Discography :

New release "Give" 28 february 2012 - Crammed Discs.

Blue Eyed Black Boy	Nu Made	Nu Med	Balhan Beat Box