"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Balkan Beat Box is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Balkan Beat Box concert reviews describe live shows and performances as resonant and powerful.
Balkan Beat Box is a world music group consisting of ex-Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat of Firewater and Big Lazy. As a musical project they often cooperate with a host of other musicians, both in the studio as well as on stage.
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Chunky Glasses (USA)
May 17, 2017
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By now, fans of the New York-based trio have come to expect one thing: a musical excursion through sounds both old and new, familiar and foreign, with a crowd as diverse as their sound.
Thursday, 1st of October saw Scala host a well organized celebration of Mediterranean sound, Balkan vibes and Gipsy melodies, featuring Israeli band Balkan Beat Box.
Early June came bearing such weather-based gifts, and residents responded by fleeing their apartments and migrating to the best patches of greenery to swallow up sunrays.
But this is explained by the depth of their music’s roots: they incorporate ska, klezmer, punk and hip-hop into their sound, and the way that the histories of these genres interweave is felt in their sound with a powerful and resonant result.