HUNGRY FOR HUNGARY, HUNGARIAN NIGHTS JANUARY - JUNE 2007

A SERIES OF NIGHTS CREATED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT MODERN, POPULAR AND TRADITIONAL HUNGARIAN MUSIC IN THE INDEPENDENT AND YOUTH CULTURE SCENE.

Resident Djs for each party : Beata Pozitiva & Axi-man

JAN.2007 - LIVE :
PARNOGRASZT - invigorating romagypsy sound
PANNONIA ALLSTARS ORCHESTRA - much loved
ska - fusion band to keep you dancing all night long!

FEBR.2007 - LIVE :
FALKAFOLK mit VÁNDORVOKÁL, anschliessend Tanzhaus mit Tanzlehrer (Live Begleitung der Band)
Djs:
Imre Keszthelyi - Volksmusik Sendung, Tilos Radio Budapest
Erizo - Djane a la Hungaro-Latino

MARCH.2007 - LIVE:
IRIE MAFFIA - young Hungarian reggae band from Budapest with ten members and a unique sound featuring a vast array of instrument
GIMMESHOT CREW featuring MC's MANGO, KEMON, BUSA, COLUMBO
hiphop-reggae-ragga from this collective started by Mango at Tilos radio featuring a hungaro-roma-ghanaian-carribean crew. Berci Markos, renowned trannsylvanian chello player, provides improvised classical strings

APRIL.2007 - LIVE:
KARAVAN FAMILIA - This shining Hungarian Roma family are at the forefront of the gypsy world music scene. Through their music, they popularise and preserve the artistic and human worth of gypsy culture. They have recorded tracks with Romano Kolako, Transglobal Underground and Boban Markovic. Beautiful songs, brilliant musicians, inspiring vocals , invigorating dancing.
SANTA DIVER
Members : András Halmos - Drums, Dávid Szesztay - Bass Guitar – Luca Kézdy – Violin.
Tools: Delay, loop, overdrive. Popjazzrockaudiotechnofolk to loose yourself in.
DJ NOMEX : Balkanbeats party : Tanzen ohne Grenzen zu electro-gypsy - balkanbeat - radiochango -punkchansons - bhangrabeat - klezmerhiphop - quawwali flamenco und wilde welt musik.

MAI.2007 - LIVE:
BRAINS - Five talented boys from Szentendre who play it like they mean it and tell it as it is. Not drum and bass but „Drum and Brains”. Their music features a further dynamic array of interrelated styles : Ragga, dancehall, Dub, funky, Ethno. Frontman MC Columbo delivers the lyrics in frenzied English/Jamaican Patois (Patwa). Tonight they will present tracks from their latest album, Humanual, of which 2 songs „We play” and „Healing of the nation” are already in the top 3 of Budapests Cafe radio.
DJ TITUSZ - (The Carbonfools, Bëlga, Tilos radio Budapest)

JUNE.2007 - LIVE:
BALKAN FANATIK - The Balkan Fanatik crossover project injects synth pop, hip hop, and contemporary electronic dance music into traditional Eastern-European folk sounds. Lepe is the Brain. He plays the keyboard, he is a Programmer, Sound Engineer, Orchestrator and Producer. Yorgos is the Heart. He is native Greek but was born in Hungary. He represents a mythical meeting point of the different cultures in Eastern-Europe, singing folk songs, and playing almost each and every typical folk-instrument of the region such as lute, trump, flute, shepherds' pipe and hurdy gurdy.
Live performances feature guest musicians and singers from rap to opera. In 2004 the band received the prestigious Bezerédj Award given by the Hungarian Cultural Ministry for preserving the heritage of folk music

WIEN, OST KLUB
WEB: http://hungryforhungary.blogspot.com/

Photos:

http://balazs.sonnevend.com/BalkanFanatik
http://balazs.sonnevend.com/Brains/
http://balazs.sonnevend.com/Falkafolk
©2007, Balázs SONNEVEND