CURRENT LINEUP (of the 150 plus members that have traveled with us over the last seven years)
XXX VIOLINS: Raffe, Amazie
XXX GUITAR- BANJO: Laurent, Talis
XXX ACCORDION- PIANO: Dr. Durak, Shaye
XXX TRUMPET: Bots, Shaye, Fred, Christeen
XXX TROMBONE: Marinos
XXX DRUMS: Christos, Jan
XXX SAX: Talis
XXX CONTRABASS: Johnnie
XXX TUBA : Flocko Motion
XXX VOCALS: Erica, Meschiya, Fred, Christeen, Raffe
XXX CLARINET: Jimbino Vegan
XXX HANDSTAND SOCIETY : the Mighty Monahans and introducing Gabby!
Influences
CYCLOWNS BIKE TO BEIJING AIRED ON CHINESE TELIVISION
NEW CYCLOWN CIRCUS DOCUMENTERY MOVIE OUT NOW !!!
NEW DOCUMENTARY MOVIE TRAILOR
As for visual: though no one has ever seen any of his superior and meticulous animations, we all seem to dream in Jan --vankmaje, and then awake strangely, without ever discussing our night worlds. As for audio: the Chinese opera, in particular the percussion section, has provided us with all the necessary ingredients to create a cacophonous blend of skrunk jazz.
video for "Egyptian Ella" in Jakarta
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Video for Jimmys song "Little Bicycle" by Moku in Japan
Sounds Like
Imagine if Fats Waller and Sidney Bechet were taxi drivers in Istanbul... Peter Ralchev walks in front of their car as they ascend the steep hill heading towards the Tunel to find new clarinet reeds. Peter, understandably, is upset because they are driving too fast without regard to the rights of pedestrians or stray dogs. A heated argument commences, and Sidney Bechet pulls out a pistol and fires a shot in the air. The Beyoglu Belediyesi Polis come to solve the argument with a loud resounding "Yok," and tell them that music is not allowed on Istiklal Sokak. They say to the cop "Sen cok aptal!" and the cop moves them on. Now, united in their rage against the Belediyesi, they go to a cafe to get sick and their music is a cacophony of hot jazz and Bulgarska deedling. Nobody can make out a rhythm, nore a distinguishable melody.
We are not that good. Although we lack rhythm and melody, we are not of the professional status of the WallerBechetRalchev trio... Listen to find out....
video of the Cyclowns play an Islamic wedding in Johor, Malaysia
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Brains the magnitude of dingleberries. We travel by bicycles altered in such a fashion that our feet fail to touch the pavement while straddling the saddle. This occasionally presents us with certain problems with respect to local laws (unjust laws, in our opinion. We are trained professionals, of course!) but more often provides the adequate solution to those troubles we face at post soviet borders, in traffic against irritated rush hour drivers, or at fruit bearing trees and farm walls. Through 43 countries, a handful of autonomous regions and supposed countries recognized by neither the UN nor the rest of the "civilized" western world, crossed over a period of 6 years, we have somehow emerged with relatively few scars but a veritable phone directory of interesting, bizarre, clever, talented, religious, atheist, insane, and/or humorous people around the world that have enlightened us with their stories. Blowing hot jazz has brought us to the tropical climates of Asia and south towards equatorial environs of Indonesia and Jakarta. Having returned to the cobblestones of Europe on our bikes has given us great satisfaction eating smelly cheese and drinking wine. We are now planning our next assault on eastern europe and planning our next bike ride to New Deli !
China
Laos
Georgia (not the state)
Turkey/Cypress
Mongolia
Russia
Indonesia/Malaysia
Cambodia
Italy
Vietnam
Thailand
Japan
New Orleans
Greece
Scandanavia
Denmark
Croatia
Belgium
Czech/ Hungary/ Slovenia
France
Jive Turkey
Viva Italia
Germany
greece
turkey
we proudly present our first Techno-DnB free release "Decoded Darkness" by Smash System (myspace.com/hennzen). For streaming/downloading it check soundcloud.com/bf-recordings/decoded-darkness-by-smashsystem or simply go to our profile. feel free to leave a comment and dont forget to check out the Dubstep-releases (free downloads as well).
Hello !!! I saw some pictures from Estonia!! "Belle ambiance" .Thanks to you to offer such an experience to my boy ( the one with big hair and gipsy guitar !!!!)Hope to meet you sometime!!
check out our new dubstep-release "Wanna Get High?" by The Attic Project (myspace.com/projectattic). For streaming/downloading it FOR FREE check out http://soundcloud.com/bf-recordings/the-attic-project-wanna-get-high or check our site! Stay tuned for the next releases "198" by Moestep and "Decoded Darkness" by Smash System (both Drum'n'Bass).
Hey there! Hope everything's smooth! I'm living a very productive period once again! :P Soon, I'll upload nu trax, so stay tuned! I 've recently played a gig at an open air party and recorded it for people who couldn't make it.. You can download it here:
drip drop-tip toe-to the tip tops-oozing-dew drops-keep it comin love, don't stop-hit it-tick tock-hard as a rock- jam my lock-cruise my dock-forget me not-this aint no prop-i like you alot... namaste, kundalinicandy
