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Besh o droM's serve up that mix of differing styles and genres so loved by the fans of East European music: hot Balkan rhythms and gypsy tunes spiced with a sense of humour and modernity. They are frequent guests of the main festivals around Europe and America. This album follows the path of the previous two, but is more diverse and more up-to-date.
On the release Besh o droM are joined by two popular female singers: Ági Szalóki and Mónika Mitsoura.
Besh o droM = Wild Gypsy music plundered from the folk music of the Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Southern Slav, Greek people - with a distinct Gypsy, Turkish and Middle Eastern flavour.
01. Újcsocsek
02. Tortapapír
03. Makedón
04. Lei Toi
05. Fidóé
06. Meggyújtom a pipám
07. Kavalos
08. Lake Jakha
09. Mániás depresszió
10. Úgy elmennék
Gergő Barcza - alto saxophone, kaval, vocal
Ádám Pettik - derbuka, water can, percussion, lead vocal
József Csurkulya - cimbalom, vocal
Attila Sidoo - guitar, vocal
Tamás Zsoldos - bass guitar
László Békési - tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocal
Péter Tóth - trumpet, vocal
Csaba Talabos - tapan drum
Guests:
Laci Molnár - double bass
Mónika Miczura Juhász - voice
Ági Szalóki - voice
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Besh o droM was founded in 1999. The band plays Balkan and Romanian gypsy and Middle Eastern traditional music in their unique interpretation, mixing various styles and musical background. Most of the tunes they play are traditional ones and they take the liberty to use any tunes they really like and enjoy.
Their first concert in Budapest was a great success and they have become extremely popular in Hungary since than. They play at Hungary's best festivals, clubs and cultural venues, always to great audiences. Wherever Besh o droM plays, their audiences instantly get on their feet and dance.
Besh o droM in Gypsy language means "sit on the road" literally, but its real meaning is "follow your path, get on with it". It is also wordplay in Hungarian meaning "I am rolling?" (a cigarette). Besh o droM's first CD entitled "Macsó hímzés" (again a wordplay with a local folk connotation, 'Macho embroidery' in literal translation).
Balkan trance & gipsy madness on XXI century's way. Sax instead of trumpet, cimbalom instead of tambura, Besh o droM instead of Goran Bregovic. Dance and enjoy!
01. Pusztító
02. Space Maudi
03. 9 S
04. Mahala
05. Katalin
06. Román Swing
07. Lazító
08. Talyata
09. Sufi Light
10. Kecskés
Ági Szalóki - vocals
Ádám Pettik - percussion
Gergély Barcza - soprano and alto saxophone, ney, zurna, flute
Csába Bese - bass guitar
Attila Sidoo - guitar, tambura
József Csurkulya - cimbalom
Róbert Farkas - violin, accordion
Géza Orczy - percussion
Péter Tóth - trumpet
DJ Mango (Márk Jávor) - scratch
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"Attention, World Music fans, beware: the Hungarians are coming! Here is a group whose following takes to the dance floor at the first notes of each concert and just cannot stop dancing. Besh o droM's music is a highly original alloy of East European folk music vernaculars such as Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Southern Slav, Greek musical dialects, not to speak of the marked Gypsy, Turkish and Mid-East leanings. The group often finds itself at odds with the folk purists as they take their material out of the museum showcase to arrange it in their highly original fashion - considering this heritage as anyone's treasure trove. Their name, Besh o droM, is a Gipsy idiom for "Go your own way!". And so they do."
"They start at full speed with "Nekemtenemmutogatol Oro," as they whirl between a few different melodies during the piece. They slow down for "Neyem, Neyem..." and there is a precision to the music that brings out the dance. "Csango Menyhart" is a fun piece that would fit any slapstick chase. The vocals in "Engem Anyam Megatkozott (My Mother Cursed Me)" have a nasal edge to them that takes a moment to get used to, and then it fits right in with the music. "Introduction" is an instrumental introduction to the group that flows right into "Cigansko Oro," with its mixture of old and new styles of music. "Afghan" is enticing, the notes sliding around you; foreign, unknown and intoxicating. They start off with some jazz in "Csujogato (Yell)," then add some rap into the mix and somehow it all works. "Pergeto (Scat Song)" seems to contain a bit of all the previous songs plus some others and it is a blast. There is a strong bluegrass flavour to "Koczkae," the shortest piece on the CD. They introduce you to the melodies first in "Kanna Solo" and then they twist them ever so slightly as they repeat them. "Igenyes Iegenyes (Man's Dance)" has an irreverent edge to it; somehow you know they are messing around with the melodies even if you can't quite tell how. They throw in some sound effects for "Manocsavo," and close the piece off on one. The last song, "Szeles Vilag (Big Wide World)" has the feel of a parting song.Besh o droM take traditional melodies and then go off in new directions. At times there is a strong sense that the melodies on Can't Make Me! are traditionally played very differently. The music they create stays with you -- it is fun, and it is wonderful. Listen, no dance to it, interact with it and enjoy."
Musicians:
Ádám Pettik - derbuka, water can, percussion, lead vocal
Gergö Barcza - alto saxophone, ney, vocal
Attila Sidoo - guitar, vocal
József Csurkulya - cimbalom, vocal
Péter Tóth - trumpet, vocal
László Békési - tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocal
Tamás Zsoldos - bass guitar
Guests:
Juhász Miczura Mónika (Micu) – lead voice (4,9) and oral bass (9)
Géza Orczy – tapan (1-14), buzuki (1)
DJ Mango - rap (6), scratch (6,8)
Busa - scratch (8)
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Besh o droM founded in 1999 by Hungarian brothers-in-law Gergely Barcza and Ádám Pettik, the band has evolved from a trio to the mad cat big band it is now. Their music is inspired by Balkan, Hungarian and Romanian Gypsy tunes and Middle Eastern traditional music. They interpret this music in their unique style, mixing various musical genres and backgrounds. Most of the tunes they play are traditional but they take the liberty to use any tunes they really like and enjoy. From their home base in Budapest, they have travelled the road to international success at the same speed of light that characterizes the songs on their last two albums GYÍ and Once I Catch The Devil. They are one of the favourites of the major world music and jazz festivals in Europe.
"An urban wedding band, Besh o droM’s sound is ethnic tradition with the best of club culture, the unique sound of the cimbalom, a fantastic Balkan brass section with locked-down funk grooves. A 1000mph musical mayhem, a real audience pleaser with very strong musicianship. On this album featuring the world famous Gypsy singer Mitsou and Ági Szalóki who’s name sounds more and more familiar.
A splendid flight of wildness and joyus exuberance that rarely pauses for breath”
01. Dedoi
02. Ha megfogom az ördögöt
03. Bivaly
04. Ayelet chen
05. Gyere ki te gyöngyvirág
06. Rumelaj
07. Bonchidai
08. Egy ádáz csocsek
09. Amikor én még kissác voltam
10. Kamionos kút
11. Geampara
12. Cimbalmos
Gergő Barcza - alto saxophone, kaval, vocal
Ádám Pettik - derbuka, water can, percussion, lead vocal
József Csurkulya - cimbalom, vocal
Attila Sidoo - guitar, vocal
Tamás Zsoldos - bass guitar
László Békési - tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocal
Péter Tóth - trumpet, vocal
Csaba Talabos - tapan drum
Guests:
Laci Molnár - double bass
Mónika Miczura Juhász - voice
Ági Szalóki - voice
All tracks are composed by Besh o droM using folk songs and traditional melodies,except for track 9.
The origins of the traditional melodies are as follows:
01. Serbian and Moldavian
02. Romanian and Hungarian folk song from Moldavia
03. Gypsy folk song
04. Macedonian and Jewish folk song from Yemen
05. Folk song from Moldavia
06. Bulgarian Gypsy folk song
07. Hungarian folk song from Transylvania, Klezmer, Romanian
08. Macedonian
10. Gypsy folk song, Greek
11. Romanian
12. Romanian
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