Balkan Beat Box-Nu Med-2007-RTB

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. BBB’s musical

hitch-hiking continues as they mix things up with dub and electronics,

juxtaposed with ancient Moroccan and Mediterranean melodies. The band’s

uncategorizable sound gives equal weight to soulful acoustic timbres and digital

rhythms creating a uniquely organic sound with electronic elements.



“Gypsy is the definition of a soul, not a color or place. It’s a take on life.”

– Tamir Muskat in SPIN, Jan. 2007



“A magnificent mash-up melding music from every conceivable corner of the globe

and its history." – Chicago Sun Times