Kafana Balkan Presents
" Fanfare Ciocārlia" Balkan Brass Legends from Romania,
Inspector Gadje, Elizabeth Strong & DJ Željko
Fanfare Ciocarlia are a 24-legged brass beast whose eastern funk groove has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energy and ingenuity having won them fans from Melbourne to Memphis, Tokyo to Toulouse. Having learnt their craft at the feet of their fathers and grandfathers Fanfare's members proudly approach every concert as a challenge to both entertain audiences and keep the true spirit of Gypsy music alive. Fanfare Ciocarlia went on to conquer the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Gypsies may only have spoken their local Romany dialect but their music spoke an international language and audiences responded to their fierce Balkan funk by turning concerts into parties. What Fanfare Ciocarlia played was something new. The Times of London described it as "a heavy, heavy monster sound" and Fanfare's recordings have taken their eerie Balkan groove into dance clubs across the planet.
http://www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia/
https://soundcloud.com/fanfareciocarlia
This tour is supported in part by the globalFEST Touring Fund: globalFEST.org.
Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, “Music of the World”) and an "instant party atmosphere” (The SF Chronicle).
Elizabeth Strong is a life long dancer, raised in the folk communities of California, where she was exposed to music and dance of the Balkans and Middle East from a young age. In addition to over a decade of study in the Bay Area, She has traveled and studied dance ethnology in Turkey and Egypt, the first student of Reyhan Tuzsuz in Istanbul, and student of Sahra Saeeda in Egyptian dance and culture.
Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind organized by DJ Željko Petković in the Bay Area. Željko hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and, lucky for us, he now calls San Francisco home. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Željko promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. Since February 2015, he’s joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker, who is helping Kafana Balkan grow and evolve.Željko lovingly promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. KB event has won "The Best of" both Bay Guardian and SF Weekly weekly newspapers.
DJ Željko Kafana Balkan Mastermind is credited with single handedly dragging the amazing Jolly Raukus Balkan Music of his homeland out of the old folks home (here in San Francisco) and into the streets where people can be found dancing laughing and have a great time. His fantastic sensibility and vision for curating events reflect his great love of the musical traditions of Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia......well, and The Balkans in general (and sometimes a touch of swirling Arabic sounds). You will not hear any four on the floor Turbo Folk music when you come to Kafana Balkan - no electronic thump watered down for appeal to younger generations. You will hear good ol acoustic, raukus brass. Picture this... you will be smiling, enjoying the odd metered bliss that is Balkan music and and your feet will be stomping the floor even if you don't know where the down beat is! who cares, let the music take you away!
There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk:!
Gino from Spirolls
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" Fanfare Ciocārlia" Balkan Brass Legends from Romania,
Inspector Gadje, Elizabeth Strong & DJ Željko
Fanfare Ciocarlia are a 24-legged brass beast whose eastern funk groove has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energy and ingenuity having won them fans from Melbourne to Memphis, Tokyo to Toulouse. Having learnt their craft at the feet of their fathers and grandfathers Fanfare's members proudly approach every concert as a challenge to both entertain audiences and keep the true spirit of Gypsy music alive. Fanfare Ciocarlia went on to conquer the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Gypsies may only have spoken their local Romany dialect but their music spoke an international language and audiences responded to their fierce Balkan funk by turning concerts into parties. What Fanfare Ciocarlia played was something new. The Times of London described it as "a heavy, heavy monster sound" and Fanfare's recordings have taken their eerie Balkan groove into dance clubs across the planet.
http://www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia/
https://soundcloud.com/fanfareciocarlia
This tour is supported in part by the globalFEST Touring Fund: globalFEST.org.
Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, “Music of the World”) and an "instant party atmosphere” (The SF Chronicle).
Elizabeth Strong is a life long dancer, raised in the folk communities of California, where she was exposed to music and dance of the Balkans and Middle East from a young age. In addition to over a decade of study in the Bay Area, She has traveled and studied dance ethnology in Turkey and Egypt, the first student of Reyhan Tuzsuz in Istanbul, and student of Sahra Saeeda in Egyptian dance and culture.
Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind organized by DJ Željko Petković in the Bay Area. Željko hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and, lucky for us, he now calls San Francisco home. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Željko promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. Since February 2015, he’s joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker, who is helping Kafana Balkan grow and evolve.Željko lovingly promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. KB event has won "The Best of" both Bay Guardian and SF Weekly weekly newspapers.
DJ Željko Kafana Balkan Mastermind is credited with single handedly dragging the amazing Jolly Raukus Balkan Music of his homeland out of the old folks home (here in San Francisco) and into the streets where people can be found dancing laughing and have a great time. His fantastic sensibility and vision for curating events reflect his great love of the musical traditions of Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia......well, and The Balkans in general (and sometimes a touch of swirling Arabic sounds). You will not hear any four on the floor Turbo Folk music when you come to Kafana Balkan - no electronic thump watered down for appeal to younger generations. You will hear good ol acoustic, raukus brass. Picture this... you will be smiling, enjoying the odd metered bliss that is Balkan music and and your feet will be stomping the floor even if you don't know where the down beat is! who cares, let the music take you away!
There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk:!
Gino from Spirolls
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More on Inspector Gadje - https://www.inspectorgadje.com
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More on Elizabeth Strong - http://strongdancer.com/
Kafana Balkan Presents
" Fanfare Ciocārlia" Balkan Brass Legends from Romania,
Inspector Gadje, Elizabeth Strong & DJ Željko
Fanfare Ciocarlia are a 24-legged brass beast whose eastern funk groove has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energy and ingenuity having won them fans from Melbourne to Memphis, Tokyo to Toulouse. Having learnt their craft at the feet of their fathers and grandfathers Fanfare's members proudly approach every concert as a challenge to both entertain audiences and keep the true spirit of Gypsy music alive. Fanfare Ciocarlia went on to conquer the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Gypsies may only have spoken their local Romany dialect but their music spoke an international language and audiences responded to their fierce Balkan funk by turning concerts into parties. What Fanfare Ciocarlia played was something new. The Times of London described it as "a heavy, heavy monster sound" and Fanfare's recordings have taken their eerie Balkan groove into dance clubs across the planet.
http://www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia/
https://soundcloud.com/fanfareciocarlia
This tour is supported in part by the globalFEST Touring Fund: globalFEST.org.
Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, “Music of the World”) and an "instant party atmosphere” (The SF Chronicle).
Elizabeth Strong is a life long dancer, raised in the folk communities of California, where she was exposed to music and dance of the Balkans and Middle East from a young age. In addition to over a decade of study in the Bay Area, She has traveled and studied dance ethnology in Turkey and Egypt, the first student of Reyhan Tuzsuz in Istanbul, and student of Sahra Saeeda in Egyptian dance and culture.
Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind organized by DJ Željko Petković in the Bay Area. Željko hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and, lucky for us, he now calls San Francisco home. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Željko promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. Since February 2015, he’s joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker, who is helping Kafana Balkan grow and evolve.Željko lovingly promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. KB event has won "The Best of" both Bay Guardian and SF Weekly weekly newspapers.
DJ Željko Kafana Balkan Mastermind is credited with single handedly dragging the amazing Jolly Raukus Balkan Music of his homeland out of the old folks home (here in San Francisco) and into the streets where people can be found dancing laughing and have a great time. His fantastic sensibility and vision for curating events reflect his great love of the musical traditions of Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia......well, and The Balkans in general (and sometimes a touch of swirling Arabic sounds). You will not hear any four on the floor Turbo Folk music when you come to Kafana Balkan - no electronic thump watered down for appeal to younger generations. You will hear good ol acoustic, raukus brass. Picture this... you will be smiling, enjoying the odd metered bliss that is Balkan music and and your feet will be stomping the floor even if you don't know where the down beat is! who cares, let the music take you away!
There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk:!
Gino from Spirolls
SHARE THIS EVENT
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More on Inspector Gadje - https://www.inspectorgadje.com
More on Kafana Balkan -www.facebook.com/kafana.balkan
More on Elizabeth Strong - http://strongdancer.com/
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" Fanfare Ciocārlia" Balkan Brass Legends from Romania,
Inspector Gadje, Elizabeth Strong & DJ Željko
Fanfare Ciocarlia are a 24-legged brass beast whose eastern funk groove has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energy and ingenuity having won them fans from Melbourne to Memphis, Tokyo to Toulouse. Having learnt their craft at the feet of their fathers and grandfathers Fanfare's members proudly approach every concert as a challenge to both entertain audiences and keep the true spirit of Gypsy music alive. Fanfare Ciocarlia went on to conquer the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Gypsies may only have spoken their local Romany dialect but their music spoke an international language and audiences responded to their fierce Balkan funk by turning concerts into parties. What Fanfare Ciocarlia played was something new. The Times of London described it as "a heavy, heavy monster sound" and Fanfare's recordings have taken their eerie Balkan groove into dance clubs across the planet.
http://www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia/
https://soundcloud.com/fanfareciocarlia
This tour is supported in part by the globalFEST Touring Fund: globalFEST.org.
Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, “Music of the World”) and an "instant party atmosphere” (The SF Chronicle).
Elizabeth Strong is a life long dancer, raised in the folk communities of California, where she was exposed to music and dance of the Balkans and Middle East from a young age. In addition to over a decade of study in the Bay Area, She has traveled and studied dance ethnology in Turkey and Egypt, the first student of Reyhan Tuzsuz in Istanbul, and student of Sahra Saeeda in Egyptian dance and culture.
Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind organized by DJ Željko Petković in the Bay Area. Željko hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and, lucky for us, he now calls San Francisco home. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Željko promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. Since February 2015, he’s joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker, who is helping Kafana Balkan grow and evolve.Željko lovingly promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. KB event has won "The Best of" both Bay Guardian and SF Weekly weekly newspapers.
DJ Željko Kafana Balkan Mastermind is credited with single handedly dragging the amazing Jolly Raukus Balkan Music of his homeland out of the old folks home (here in San Francisco) and into the streets where people can be found dancing laughing and have a great time. His fantastic sensibility and vision for curating events reflect his great love of the musical traditions of Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia......well, and The Balkans in general (and sometimes a touch of swirling Arabic sounds). You will not hear any four on the floor Turbo Folk music when you come to Kafana Balkan - no electronic thump watered down for appeal to younger generations. You will hear good ol acoustic, raukus brass. Picture this... you will be smiling, enjoying the odd metered bliss that is Balkan music and and your feet will be stomping the floor even if you don't know where the down beat is! who cares, let the music take you away!
There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk:!
Gino from Spirolls
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More on Inspector Gadje - https://www.inspectorgadje.com
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More on Elizabeth Strong - http://strongdancer.com/
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