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The internationally acclaimed, Brooklyn-based collective Balkan Beat Box is erasing political borders with their contemporary ethnic music they even invited a Palestinian rapper onstage at a show in Jerusalem. Founders Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat are originally from Israel, born into Eastern-European Jewish families. At an early age, Kaplan picked up the clarinet and tuned in to Egyptian pop, Russian and Moroccan music on the radio. Later, he turned to lively klezmer, the Eastern European Jewish dance music. Later still, he was pulled into the transatlantic currents of jazz, rock and industrial music. Muskat, also from an eclectic musical background, was an accomplished punk-rock drummer who was producing the works of Mediterranean singers in his basement by the time he was 18. Together they concoct Mediterranean dancehall, a genre-bending sound, belly dancers included. Others refer to it as Balkan-inspired electronic urban folk with hip-hop beats. In true gypsy circus style BBB's performances are a postmodern, multimedia pastiche of folk traditions, electronic beats, video projections and a rotating cast of guests.Monday, 8 pm; $12-$14. The Social, Orlando. 407-246-1419. 04/30/07
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