I now present, the touring/recording band that has become part of the beirut project. (who appeared on the EP and will on future recordings)
1. Nicholas Petree-A taoseño drummer with a pacemaker where his heart should be- (Charles Papaya)
2. Perrin Cloutier-An extremely misguided, drunken land pirate (and ex-shark hunter, true story) from the pristine valleys of California- ..o and accordion
3. Jason poranski- An ex-harlem pool shark from Jersey, on guitar and mandolin
4.Paul Collins-
http://www.myspace.com/softlandings
yes
5. Jon Natchez-Road dog/ SAT question writer, Park sloper, baritone sax, clarinet and glockenspiel, ukulele, mandolin etc etc.....
6. kristin ferebee Ben Goldmonger's ex-intern, Ms. Texas grammar queen 1999- on violin
7.Kelly Pratt- Euphonium, (2nd...though I can't play as high or fast as him)trumpet, flugel horn-.....but... he deserted to join the arcade fire. so, we took his wife-
8. Tracy Pratt- trumpet, euphonium, flugel horn. from Kentucky.
9.Heather Trost- violin, viola from a Hawk and a Hacksaw 10. Zach Condon- last seen in the south of france, worrying about the new album
Influences
Jacques Brel Magnetic Fields. The smiths, Klezmer, the kocani orkestar ( and any balkan brass music) ,crooners. Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Montand. caetano Veloso
a trumpet from Paris, farfisa organ, accordion, piano, ukelele, mandolin, glockenspiel, violin, cello, tambourine, The air powered organ I bought on twelth street, Congo drum donated from the neighbors....A broken microphone stolen from the university of new mexico....
premier LP Gulag Orkestar available now, via badabingrecords.com, or at your local record store.
dear friends, fellow musicians, artists, dreamers, activists and wonderful people all around, i wish you a silent and holy night!
"our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us." nelson mandela
Discover one of the new side projects of the Jack The Ripper's musicians : The Fitzcarraldo Sessions featuring Moriarty, Joey Burns (Calexico), Stuart Staples (Tindersticks), Dominique A, Syd Matters, Tuxedomoon... First album out !
March of the Zapotec (2009) vinyl available @ OYB
The Flying Club Cup (2007)
Lon Gisland EP (2006)
Gulag Orkestar (2006) 
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COLLAGES L MOLET (2009)
