pop! of the week: Balkan Beat Box
Monday, March 31, 2008
Ok, I know that I promised something about mafia and chalga, but that will have to wait, as the story still develops. Today, I will expand on the theme of balkanization of western pop music that I started with the Shantel post a while back. This band, Balkan Beat Box are a combination of people from New York and Israel, but they are mad influenced by balkan elements. Most notably is the use of horns that are most commonly associated with the Roma (gypsy) tradition here in these parts. That brings us to this clip here: Bulgarian Chicks. It uses a traditional Bulgarian folk song juxtaposed against Roma music with western beats. What do you think?
The best song of the newest album, Nu Med, is called Hermetico:
Posted byshizzaun at 9:11 PM
