Balkan Beat Box is an American world music duo consisting of ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat of Firewater and Big Lazy. As a musical project they often cooperate with a host of other musicians both in the studio as well as on stage. Their current live crew consist of Tomer Yosef, Billy Levy, Ben Hendler, Itamar Ziegler, Dana Leung, Eyal Talmudi, Jeremiah Lockwood, and Peter Hess. Amongst their other collaborators are Victoria Hannah, the Bulgarian Chicks, Uri Kinrut, and gnawa player Hassan Ben Jaffar. World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... Look up Duo, duo, and duo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999. ... Ori Kaplan (born October 1, 1969 in Israel) is a jazz saxophonist from Israel. ... Tamir Muskat is a musician/producer-engineer who was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel as son of a Romanian immigrant. ... Firewater is an indie rock group founded by Tod A. in 1995. ... Peter Hess is the name of Peter Hess (Swiss politician), President of the Swiss National Council 2000/2001 Peter Hess (Hamilton, Ontario) Category: ... Gnawas around 1920s Gnawa or Gnaoua (in Arabic چنّاوة) is a group of musicians who might be descendants of former slaves originating from Sub-Saharan Africa or came freely to Morocco with Caravans during the Trans-Saharan trade trade, or both. ...

Balkan Beat Box establish their own unique sound by fusing the musical styles of Jewish, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions as well as the cultural influences of their home turf of New York City with some tints of electronica. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ...

They cite Boban Marković, Rachid Taha, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Manu Chao, and Charlie Parker amongst their musical influences. Boban Marković is a Serbian trumpet player and folk ensemble leader, frequently recognized as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans. ... Rachid Taha (born 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is a French-Algerian musician. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France) is a French, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, English language singer of Galician origins. ... Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ...

Discography

• Balkan Beat Box (2005) - released on JDub Records
• Nu Med (2007) - released on JDub Records

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External links

• Official Homepage
• Balkan Beat Box at MySpace