Balkan Beat Box is a world music group founded by ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef (MC, vocals, perc, sampler unit). 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, Ben Hendler, Itamar Ziegler, Eyal Talmudi, Uri Kinrot, Jeremiah Lockwood, and Peter Hess.

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  • Balkan Beat Box is a world music group founded by ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef (MC, vocals, perc, sampler unit). 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, Ben Hendler, Itamar Ziegler, Eyal Talmudi, Uri Kinrot, Jeremiah Lockwood, and Peter Hess. Amongst their other collaborators are Victoria Hannah, the Bulgarian Chicks, and gnawa player Hassan Ben Jaffar. 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. Balkan Beat Box’s goal was to take ancient and traditional musical traditions and fuse those with hip-hop in order to create a new mix of musical styles out of the traditional world music context that would appeal to listeners in a club or a dancehall. As children, they had felt that traditional music was outdated and felt as though it did not adequately reflect their experiences of the growing world culture, so hoped to bring new relevance to these old traditional musical forms. They also hoped to encourage and foster peace between citizens around the world by combining traditional music from various areas in the world, hoping that by doing this they can create peace, and believe in the elimination of political borders. At one point, the group even brought a Palestinian rapper on stage at a concert in Israel and members were pleased when the audience responded positively to him and his music. Balkan Beat Box’s first album (released in 2005) and their 2007 follow up, entitled “Nu-Med,” both received global acclaim. While their first, self-titled album focused more on Mediterranean sounds, their new album included Arabic and Spanish influences. The song Bulgarian Chicks off their new album has already become popular in clubs and dancehalls, proving that the music scene is ready to embrace diverse and hybrid musical forms. As of December 2006, Tomer Yosef was considered a core member of the group and is now represented this way in the Balkan Beat Box logo and press photos. They cite Boban Marković, Rachid Taha, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Manu Chao, and Charlie Parker amongst their musical influences.
  • Balkan Beat Box ist eine Weltmusikgruppe, die von Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat und Tomer Yosef gegründet wurde. Die Mitgründer Ori Kaplan und Tamir Muskat sind beide in Israel aufgewachsen, trafen sich jedoch erstmals in Brooklyn. Beide sind mit Musik groß geworden. Kaplan war ein Klezmerklarinettist, während Muskat Schlagzeuger einer Punkband gewesen ist. Die beiden entwickelten einen sehr eigenen Stil, indem sie die musikalischen Klänge von jüdischem Klezmer, Klängen des Mittelmeer- und Balkanraums mit Hiphop- und Dancehallbeats kombinierten. Die Gruppe ist stark beeinflusst von jamaikanischem Dub, wobei sich auch andere Einflüsse in ihrer musikalischen Mischform befinden. Die Ziele von Balkan Beat Box waren es, alte und traditionelle musikalische Traditionen mit denen des Hiphops zu verschmelzen, um eine neue Musikform zu erstellen, mit der man die Besucher von Clubs oder Diskotheken ansprechen kann. Balkan Beat Box verstehen ihre Musik als Versuch Frieden und Völkerverständigung zu unterstützen. Das erste Album Balkan Beat Box wurde 2005 veröffentlicht. Im Jahr 2007 folgte das zweite Album mit dem Titel Nu-Med. Beide Alben erhielten weltweit Aufmerksamkeit. Während das erste Album sich mehr auf mediterrane Klänge konzentriert, beinhaltet das zweite Album mehr arabische und spanische Einflüsse. Die Band nennt Boban Marković, Rachid Taha, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Manu Chao, und Charlie Parker als Einflussgeber ihrer Musik.
  • Balkan Beat Box est un groupe de musique formé par Tamir Muskat et Ori Kaplan, deux Israéliens vivant à New York et différents intervenants tant en studio que sur scène. Leur musique est la rencontre entre des infuences des musiques traditionnelles d'Israël, de la Méditerranée et des Balkans avec un son électro.
  • Balkan Beat Box - zespół muzyczny stworzony przez Ori Kaplana i Tamira Muskata. Grupa tworząc swoją muzykę, powołuje się na wpływy takich wykonawców jak: Boban Markovic, Yuri Yunakov, Manu Chao, Firewater, Gogol Bordello, MIA, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker, Rachid Taha, Gypsy brass?, Captain Beefheart, Jesus Lizard, Missy Eliot, Tinariwen.
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  • Balkan Beat Box is a world music group founded by ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef (MC, vocals, perc, sampler unit). 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, Ben Hendler, Itamar Ziegler, Eyal Talmudi, Uri Kinrot, Jeremiah Lockwood, and Peter Hess.
  • Balkan Beat Box ist eine Weltmusikgruppe, die von Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat und Tomer Yosef gegründet wurde. Die Mitgründer Ori Kaplan und Tamir Muskat sind beide in Israel aufgewachsen, trafen sich jedoch erstmals in Brooklyn. Beide sind mit Musik groß geworden. Kaplan war ein Klezmerklarinettist, während Muskat Schlagzeuger einer Punkband gewesen ist.
  • Balkan Beat Box est un groupe de musique formé par Tamir Muskat et Ori Kaplan, deux Israéliens vivant à New York et différents intervenants tant en studio que sur scène. Leur musique est la rencontre entre des infuences des musiques traditionnelles d'Israël, de la Méditerranée et des Balkans avec un son électro.
  • Balkan Beat Box - zespół muzyczny stworzony przez Ori Kaplana i Tamira Muskata. Grupa tworząc swoją muzykę, powołuje się na wpływy takich wykonawców jak: Boban Markovic, Yuri Yunakov, Manu Chao, Firewater, Gogol Bordello, MIA, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker, Rachid Taha, Gypsy brass?, Captain Beefheart, Jesus Lizard, Missy Eliot, Tinariwen.
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