Balkan Beat Box - Bulgarian Chicks live in Stockholm
Balkan Beat Box is a "gypsy punk, fusion" mostly Israeli spin off of the mostly Jewish Russian Gogol Bordello, but far more interesting, and much more klezmeratic with few chasuna tunes in between.
Wiki: "Co-founders Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat both grew up in Israel, but met in Brooklyn. Both had grown up with music and Kaplan had been a klezmer clarinetist, while Muskat was a drummer in a punk band. They began playing together and had trouble finding a style that they felt represented themselves, so they decided to create one. They established their own unique sound by fusing the musical styles of Jewish klezmer, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions with hip-hop and dancehall beats. The group was extremely influenced by Jamaican dub, another influence visible in their hybrid musical form."
Wiki: "Co-founders Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat both grew up in Israel, but met in Brooklyn. Both had grown up with music and Kaplan had been a klezmer clarinetist, while Muskat was a drummer in a punk band. They began playing together and had trouble finding a style that they felt represented themselves, so they decided to create one. They established their own unique sound by fusing the musical styles of Jewish klezmer, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions with hip-hop and dancehall beats. The group was extremely influenced by Jamaican dub, another influence visible in their hybrid musical form."

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