Balkankan listings

BalKanKan madness on the dance floor with bands and DJs from around Europe! Lets call it a late Valentine and celebrate it in style, bring your date down to the dance floor! Dont have one? Then you really cant miss this one! Mash up of all things Balkan and Gypsy, it will turn your heads and have you begging for more!

http://www.facebook.com/events/297405346971699/

Gypsy Fever (UK)

A slightly manic six-piece London based Ethno/Rock/Gypsy fusion band. They draw inspiration from their diverse musical backgrounds Rock, Jazz, Folk, Gypsy, Swing and Funk to create a unique sound all of their own. Drawing from their multi-ethnic roots (Serbian, Hungarian, English, Croatian and Italian) they mix Balkan Gypsy, various traditional, ethno sounds and Gypsy Jazz with Rock and Funk based grooves. Gypsy Fever experiment with various Eastern rhythms and fuse them into more contemporary grooves, creating a soulful, exciting and danceable music.

Guaranteed to stir your soul and get your feet dancing!

www.facebook.com/GypsyFeverBand

Radio Zastava (Italy)

Born in 2005 as a marching brass band, and strongly characterized by its multietnic origins (Serbian/Bosnian/Slovene/Austrian/Friulian), Radio Zastava fast became popular with their classical passages of the Balkan and Klezmer repertoire fused with the composition of original pieces influenced by swing, manouche, alpine folk and punk. They have hundreds of performances under their belt, including the UK, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy and France, participating in many international festivals: Fete de la Musique (Paris), BalkanBeats and Paradise Gardens (London), Frequenzen Festival (Meldorf-Germany).

Todays repertoire of the Radio Zastava, and their mix of tradition and innovation, allows for the virtuosity, improvisation and strong theatricality that countersigns the group. The atmosphere transmitted by Radio Zastava seduces women and men, rich and poor, old men and young folks, taking under siege city plazas, weddings, parties, great and small stages on their path!

www.myspace.com/radiozastava

DJ Soumnakai (France)

With the name that translates gold in Romani language, he invites you to travel along the Gypsy roads. A fine selection of native folk musics, all the way from Asia, via Europe and Africa to the the Americas will enrich your experience and take you from one side of the globe to the other.

A committed artist, Soumnakai brings together the most diverse identities in a resolutely libertarian culture mix, imagining a world where frontiers would not exist.

knows how to mix unexpected sounds and to deliver them with relevance and talent. He is the crossroads of nomadic peoples, the Roma sound » Fete Du Panier (Marseille 19 June 2010)

www.myspace.com/soumnakai

DJ Shefitza (UK)

Resident DJ at Balkan Fiesta @ the Secret Garden and the brain behind BalKanKan, shes played at after parties for Boban & Marko Markovic, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Shantel & the Bucovina Orkestar, supported Orkestra del Sol, had guest appearances at Rumpus and Balkan Sonik. She is the original Balkan girl who will take you on a journey to the deepest south of the Balkans where the best Gypsy tunes come from, spinning the fastest brass in a mad Balkan house style!