Balagan

Bio:

A Bag of CDRs - Funk Pesadao Mix

Funny Accent Out Now on Modular Moods/Shemspeed

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Balagan breaks down thusly: "Balagan": Persian->Turkic "wooden shack"->Russian "circus sideshow; farce"->Yiddish/Polish/Israeli Hebrew "mess; chaos" In Hebrew I also break it down "ba'al ha-gan" = "master of the garden" (reference to Voltaire's Candide) In Arabic "bala jnaan" can be "without craziness" and Balaganoosh is what I will name my first cookbook. Mmm... THE SCIENCE IS TOO THICK!!! Oh and I make words into sentences that describe music for Baltimore City Paper, Wax Poetics, and other fine publications. ..

Member Since:

June 07, 2005

Members:

Sam Hopkins, his MacBook, MPC 2000XL, drums, bass guitar, USB keybored, normal records, Torq box, Trigger Finger drum pad

Influences:

KJHK Lawrence, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mantronix, Newcleus, The Specials, Funk Carioca, Chicago House, MIA, 90s Dancehall, David Byrne, Jorge Ben, Iraqi Choubi, Baltimore Club, dubstep, grime, Milton Nascimento, Edan, Afrika Bambaataa's "Death Mix," Aphex Twin, David Axelrod, Abdel Halim Hafez, DJ Shadow, Tim Maia, Divine Styler, Hadag Nachash, Shabak Samech, Beastie Boys, Egyptian Lover, Shannon, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under the Stairs, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, TTC, Liquid Liquid, disco blues, disco rap, Talking Heads, Fairuz, Umm Kulthum, Man Parrish, Organized Konfusion, Roscoe Holcomb, Bunker Hill, Nortec Collective, Marley Marl, Arthur Baker

Sounds Like:

you went to visit the united nations on musical show 'n tell day and everyone quit being douchebags to each other long enough to get down.

Record Label:

Funny Accent international mix on Modular Moods!