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Billboard, CD Review >>
BALKAN BEAT BOX
Nu Med
JDub
In Roman mythology, the Titan god Saturn, fearing that one of his sons would overthrow him, ate his infant sons. Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan, co-founders of Balkan Beat Box, have apparently eaten all the music from Mecca to the Bronx. The result of this musical repast is "Nu Med," an album that is the working definition of crosspollenization. "Keep 'Em Straight (Intro)" and "Hermetico" set the groove. You're hearing shades of Balkan Gypsy brass band music, rap, klezmer, drum'n'bass, electronica and North Africa. The BBB sound is the entire Mediterranean worid splattered across a map of American and European beats. These are some uncanny tunes, simultaneously invoking traditional Gypsy and Jewish music and the techno, hip-hop and dancehall songs you downloaded yesterday on your iPod.—PW 05/26/07
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