ARTIST: Balkan Beat Box
TITLE: Nu Med
LABEL: JDub Records
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 193kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 50m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-05-15
RIP DATE: 2007-05-01
Track List
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1. Keep 'em Straight (Intro) 1:14
2. Hermetico 5:08
3. Habibi Min Zaman 3:52
4. BBBeat 4:00
5. Digital Monkey 3:43
6. Balcasio 3:32
7. Pachima 5:42
8. Quand Est-Ce Qu'on Arrive? 3:31
9. Mexico City 3:45
10. Delancey 3:12
11. Joro Boro 3:41
12. Gypsy Queens 3:31
13. $20 For Boban 3:27
14. Baharim (Outro) 1:52
Release Notes:
Balkan Beat Box is steeped with an intense lifetime of research into their own
non-Western roots as well as other cultures. A quasi-circus event, BBB performs
with a core of 6 musicians, collaborating with artists from Bulgaria, Morocco,
Spain, Israel, and Turkey who draw on a variety of styles from around the world.
Every event keeps the audience guessing what the next surprise will be.
BBB makes connections that politics often keep separate. Jewish, Gypsy, Arabic,
and American are united by hip hop beats and dancehall toasts. BBBÆs musical
hitch-hiking continues as they mix things up with dub and electronics,
juxtaposed with ancient Moroccan and Mediterranean melodies. The bandÆs
uncategorizable sound gives equal weight to soulful acoustic timbres and digital
rhythms creating a uniquely organic sound with electronic elements.
ôGypsy is the definition of a soul, not a color or place. ItÆs a take on life.ö
û Tamir Muskat in SPIN, Jan. 2007
ôA magnificent mash-up melding music from every conceivable corner of the globe
and its history." û Chicago Sun Times