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- Date Released: September 20, 2005
- Genre: International
- Style: World Fusion
- Label: JDUB Records / The Orchard
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We Say...
Israeli-born Tamir Muskat and former Gogol Bordello saxophonist Ori Kaplan team up here for a rollicking mixture of Balkans (most of the tracks’ melodic lines are taken up by the voluminous horn section), beats (those horns are usually supported by hip-hop, trip-hop, whatever-else-hop riddims), and boxes (where do you think those beats came from?). Highlights abound, but the fusion is most apparent on a track like “Adir Adrimi,” where each building block is plainly laid out: a simple scratchy beat, an insistent guitar riff, a second gleaming flourish of a riff that doubles the first, Victoria Hanna’s evocative religious chanting. It sounds like a recipe for boredom, but in BBB’s hands, the song becomes hypnotic and mysterious — despite the ostensible simplicity of its elements. Must be something in those boxes.
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They Say...
With the tag "world music" applying to everything in an easy catch-all umbrella category, it's hard to disseminate between a quality exercise in the fusion of cultures and a bargain-bin, second-rate throwaway imitation. Beyond some sort of run-of-the-mill world music act, Balkan Beat Box's eponymous debut fuses Arabic, Hassidic, and other traditional music with hip-hop beats without sounding generic and obvious. The opening number, "Cha Cha," is easily a standout among this session with its dubbed-out beats and blend of tension and release. The haunting Middle East-inspired guitar playing on "Adir Adirim" is another highlight. But like Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, and other large ensembles, the energy from this group stems from its vibrant and high-energy live performances, where songs are stretched and twisted every which way and the improvisation runs high. Sometimes albums are only documents that attempt to capture the essence of the performances and the results fall flat, doing the groups a slight disservice by misrepresenting what they're all about. Thankfully this is not the case here.
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| 01. |  |
Cha Cha |
4:10 |
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| 02. | |
Bulgarian Chicks (Featuring V. Tomova. M. Alexiava) |
5:52 |
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| 03. | |
Adir Adirim (Featuring Victoria Hanna) |
5:19 |
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| 04. | |
9/4 The Ladies |
4:03 |
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| 05. | |
Shushan (Featuring Shushan) |
4:42 |
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| 06. | |
Ya Man |
3:35 |
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| 07. | |
Gross (Featuring Boom Pam) |
6:09 |
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| 08. | |
Sunday Arak (Featuring Dana Leong) |
5:07 |
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| 09. | |
Hassan's Mimuna (Featuring Hassan Ben Jaffar) |
5:35 |
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| 10. | |
Meboli (Featuring Vlada Tomova) |
3:53 |
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| 11. | |
La Bush Resistance (Featuring Tomer Yosef) |
4:25 |
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11 Total Tracks, 52:50 Total Length
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Credits
- Yossi Fine - Mastering // Tod A. - Cover Art Concept // Itamar Ziegler - Bass // Itamar Ziegler - Guitar // Itamar Ziegler - Guest Appearance // Itamar Ziegler - Live Crew // Ori Kaplan - Saxophone // Ori Kaplan - Woodwind // Ori Kaplan - Liner Notes // Ori Kaplan - Group Member // Tamir Muskat - Percussion // Tamir Muskat - Programming // Tamir Muskat - Engineer // Tamir Muskat - Liner Notes // Tamir Muskat - Mixing // Tamir Muskat - Group Member // Dana Leong - Trombone // Dana Leong - Trumpet // Dana Leong - Guest Appearance // Dana Leong - Live Crew // Boom Pam - Performer // Tomer Yosef - ? // Tomer Yosef - Live Crew // Eyal Talmudi - ? // Eyal Talmudi - Live Crew
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