Balkan Beat Box playing dates this week

Balkan Beat Box first burst out of New York City's underground music scene in 2005, with a self-titled debut album. Founded by Israeli-born expats Ori Kaplan (ex-Gogol Bordello) and Tamir Muskat (ex-Firewater), the band built their reputation on explosive live shows, becoming an audience favorite and a critic's darling. BBB soon added frequent collaborator Tomer Yosef as frontman - – his wild onstage energy galvanizing live audiences ever since.

On their new album 'Give' inspired by the global protest movements of the last year, BBB expand into new territories the trademark Mediterranean-inflected sound they became famous for and have now incorporated the energy and roughness of those Afro-Asian-South American electronic club music, and their globalised forms of ragga, hip hop and dancefloor electronic. BBB (Balkan Beat Box) are an inspired blend of international beats, deep pulsating rock, hipster world music flourish and spot-on-the-zeitgeist intelligent protest: an exciting band at the height of their powers able to fully capture the mood of today – and an awesome live band, making crowds go wild.

They will be playing four gigs this week supported by the Imperial Tiger Orchestra

Tuesday 15 May MANCHESTER, Band On The Wall
£14 + booking fee / www.bandonthewall.org / 0845 2500 500

Wednesday 16 May GLASGOW, O2 ABC2
£15 + booking fee / www.o2ABCGlasgow.co.uk / 0844 477 2000

Thursday 17 May LONDON, O2 Academy Islington **
£15 + booking fee / www.o2Academyislington.co.uk / 0844 477 2000

Friday 18 May BRIGHTON, Concorde 2 **
£14 + booking fee / www.zazamusic.com / 01273 673 311

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