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	GYPSY, KLEZMER & BALKAN BEATS

		A fusion of horns, strings and drums blended with contemporary dance beats... A trip in the music of the Balkans.

Events for 2009

Backbeating Sounds presents:

Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats feat. “GYPSY HILL” (Live set)

Friday 16 October ‘09

10pm-4am

At The Angel, Aberystwyth

“Gypsy Hill” is a collaboration between DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert forming a Balkan/Gypsy/Swing/Mediterranean amalgam with a touch of electronic beats, scratching and uplifting bass lines. They bring you the best beats from the Balkans, mixed with blasting Gypsy brass and the soul of the Flamenco. Read More...

Backbeating Sounds presents:

Alejandro Toledo & the Magic Tombolinos (live)

In a Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats Night

@ The Attic Bar, Stokes Croft, Bristol -Thursday 16 April ‘09

@ “Y Consti”,Costitution Hill, Aberystwyth - Friday 17 April 2009

Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos are a sextet made up of traveling musicians from different parts of the globe (Argentina, France, Greece, UK, Slovakia, Portugal) who bring together their backgrounds and experiences in a celebration of music with no regional boundaries.

The band “burst on to London's thriving Gypsy Balkan music scene […] and arrived with something of a bang” Lecool, UK. In the few months since the band's debut in London, they have become very popular amongst the underground party scene while at the same time performed at leading venues around London, the UK, and overseas causing mayhem and selling out on several occasions. Led by Alejandro Toledo (Fanfare Ciocărlia student, PhD in Balkan Gypsy Saxophone Performance), this high energy band delivers the most exciting performances Balkan ethnic music has to offer with wild, unruly tunes, potent rhythms and their general uncontrollable energy.


Backbeating Sounds presents: Sheelanagig (live) In a Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats Night @ “Y Consti”,Costitution Hill, Aberystwyth - Friday 15 May 2009 @ The Quarry Club, Lampeter - Saturday 16 May ‘09

	Sheelanagig have been honing their eclectic blend of folk, jazz and world music since early 2005. Equally at home on festival stages, music venues and street corners the band have developed a devoted following with album releases and a hectic touring schedule. Blistering live performances have made Sheelanagig festival favourites across the UK and into Europe, and caused dancefloor mayhem from the Scottish Islands to the South of Italy. The five members of Sheelanagig bring a wide range of musical backgrounds to the band’s unique sound, and are united by their commitment to energetic performance with the highest quality instrumental music. Western swing meeting Irish reels, gypsy jazz catching Eastern European melodies, Arabic tunes watching over salsa beats and tabla putting a spring into ska fueled klezmer.




		“A massive hit on the festival scene who practically burst the marquee” Venue Magazine "Here’s fun music that also makes for great listening - if you can stop yourself from dancing! Brilliant!" Wheaton Aston Festival “High energy and incredible musicality.” The Living Tradition “Sheelanagig made several dazzling appearences. Each time their set drew more people in, spellbound them with beautiful arrangements then hit the accelerator.” Larmer Tree Festival “Dancefloor mayhem, and an atmosphere that was more party than concert. I can't wait to see them in action again.” Totnes Times “Sheelanagig delighted the audience with their barnstorming fusion of jazz, folk and world music.” The Morning Star


	Events - 2008

Backbeating Sounds presents: “Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats” featuring…

FLATWORLD

Supported by the Backbeating Soundsystem

Fri. 28 November

9pm-1am

RAFFA, Aberystwyth

Rich compelling melodies and tight driving rhythm, Flatworld play an eclectic mix of music from Eastern Europe and beyond. Distinctive tunes played on saxophone, fiddle and mandolin, woven with lyrical, classically rooted violin harmonies will lodge themselves firmly in your head, while the energetic rhythm section of guitar, bass and djembe ensures your feet are rarely still.

Tickets: £5 on the door/ £4 (members).

For more details visit our websites: www.backbeating.co.uk & www.myspace.com/backbeating or contact us at admin@backbeating.co.uk tel. 07875635836




		Backbeating Sounds presents: “Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats” featuring… MALARCHY Supported by the Backbeating Soundsystem Fri. 26 September 10pm-3am The Brasserie of the Royal Pier, Aberystwyth Malarchy play a devious brew of trans-European travelling sounds, stirring spirits and guiding lovers onto higher plains. Enthusiastic European roots rhythms from this quintet, destined to lift the weariest souls and have us all dance-floor bound before we know it. Centuries of tradition collide with contemporary styles throughout the songs. The five-piece consists of guitar, violin, accordion, bass, and percussion and only very occasional singing or whooping. They are at their best when, halfway through the set, they launch into some Klezmer - guitar, bass and percussion combine into one powerful and infectious rhythm section, encapsulating nightfall and its mysteries and allowing the violin and accordion more freedom to explore the music and scales. Malarchy are the history of rhythm and harmony, topped off with measures of jazz and moonlight. This style of music seems to have an appeal as near to universal as anything heard - the raw emotional impact seems to transcend cultural and national boundaries. Perhaps this is not surprising, given that the Gypsies and the Jews who gave so much to this music must be two of the most travelled peoples in the world. Tickets: £7 in advance/ £9 on the door. Tickets are available at Andy’s Records (Aberystwyth) Or online at www.wegottickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk (There is an additional booking fee for the online bookings added by ticketweb & wegottickets. No additional fee for the tickets purchased by Andy's Records; the booking fee is covered by the organisers). For more details visit our websites: www.backbeating.co.uk & www.myspace.com/backbeating or contact us at admin@backbeating.co.uk tel. 07875635836




		www.myspace.com/laxula www.laxula.com Backbeating Sounds presents: “Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats” featuring… LaXula Supported by the Backbeating Soundsystem Fri. 10 October 10pm-3am The Brasserie of the Royal Pier, Aberystwyth LaXula leads audiences on a journey of wonder and decadence. Songs drift effortlessly from the dusty sun-baked routes of Southern Spain to the urban vibrancy of the East London underground. There is a plaintive fiesta of influences from Flamenco to Arabic, Tango to Roma, laced with indie-rock psychedelia… the result is a uniquely dark and beguiling sound, that sounds oddly new and familiar at the same time. Deeply routed in an ancient feminine spirit, this travelling band of captivating musicians and alluring performers present sensuous and bewitching music, with a remarkable stage presence that brings together neo-burlesque glamour and gypsy defiance. Fronted by charismatic lead singer and songwriter Monte Palafox, LaXula come across as a very powerful live band indeed. “Intense, colourful and intriguing.” THE OBSERVER “evokes the passionate spirit of flamenco but tempered by a dark undertow of gothic rock adding depth and understated menace.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY “A defiant and seductive mix” fRoots MAGAZINE “exotically bohemian” DAILY TELEGRAPH Tickets: £8 in advance/ £10 on the door. Tickets are available at Andy’s Records (Aberystwyth) Or online at www.wegottickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk (There is an additional booking fee for the online bookings added by ticketweb & wegottickets. No additional fee for the tickets purchased by Andy's Records; the booking fee is covered by the organisers). For more details visit our websites: www.backbeating.co.uk & www.myspace.com/backbeating or contact us at admin@backbeating.co.uk tel. 07875635836