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Balkan Beat Box - Blue Eyed Black Boy Instores April 27th
Nat Geo Music is proud to present Balkan Beat Box’s label debut, Blue Eyed Black Boy. Their third album, and first of all new material since 2007.
Balkan Beat Box was founded by Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat, who have both been part of the burgeoning Eastern European underground music scene in New York City for over a decade. Kaplan as part of Gogol Bordello and Tamir Muskat as a member of both Firewater and Big Lazy.
Kaplan and Muskat got together in the hopes of creating a pan-Mediterranean sound for a new era. Equal parts Balkan-Mediterranean tradition, punk intensity, electronic cool, jazz discipline and hip-hop swagger – they take it to the next level on Blue Eyed Black Boy.
Recorded in Belgrade and Tel Aviv, Blue Eyed Black Boy takes BBB to their roots, scouring the Balkans and beyond for unique collaborations and new inspirations for their globalized urban mashups.
BBB will be touring the world over in 2010, including a Canadian stop in Vancouver March 18 at Venue. More dates on these shores are coming later in the fall. The band will also be performing at this years SXSW festival.
Album reviews are confirmed to appear in Rolling Stone, Paste, Relix, Pomatters, and more. Plus coverage in The New York Times, NPR’s Wrold Cafe, USA Today and others.
Visit www.natgeo.net to watch their video for, ‘War Again’.
For the latest information and tour dates, please visit www.balkanbeatbox.com
“4 Stars! A global peacekeeping mission you can dance to.” – SPIN
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