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"Šiško’s Blues" from Teknochek Collision
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"¡Ruchenitsa!" from Teknochek Collision
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Teknochek Collision
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SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!
Teknochek Collision (Barbès)
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Gypsy Groove (Putumayo/Koch)

-By Rupert Bottenberg

As the Balkan-beat sound gains global momentum, two new discs pour gas on the flames. The Putumayo comp, characteristically, shies away from anything too raw or boisterous, though amid its wide spread of material, several tracks pass muster—Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Balkan Beat Box and Eastenders crank up the energy,and numbers by Slovenian sex guerrilla Magnifico and Uzbeki heartthrob Karen Gafurdjanov impress with their originality. Brooklyn’s SSP!, meanwhile, offer the opposite. A few moments of calm break up a furious Balkan brass frenzy with a subtle, and at times not so subtle, American accent.  Both 7.5/10  04/16/07 >> go there
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