The 1960s: Miles Davis, having first heard Balkan brass band music in what used to be Yugoslavia, was astonished, exclaiming he’d no idea “the trumpet could be played like that.”  The brass-charged mini-orchestra of trumpeter Boban Markovic extends that tradition – and if you think this is merely some quaint Euro-oompah-pah, guess again, Truthseeker.  Boban’s boys sling some heady yet highly festive stuff – it’s full of captivating minor-key Gypsy/Rom melodies (sometimes evoking klezmer, mariachi, and Middle Eastern folk and classical), abrupt changes that would give Frank Zappa or XTC the willies, knotty unison horn-harmonies, breathtaking trumpet playing (pun intended), joyously manic tempos, and big bass-drum beats.  As a bonus, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars guests on “Magija,” a beautiful Jewish tango co-written with Markovic.  If you ever muse “there’s nuthin’ ta listen to” (I’ve heard people say that) or you think you’re a “hip” cultural gatecrasher, GET THIS, as it’s BOSS.  Record company website: http://www.piranha.de/.