Pandemic is a rotating cast off::::::::
PETE-gypsybrasshole!/instigator of general activities stop/
JUDDY: i write reviews so i have everthing. stop/
CAULEN: i work in a record store so i have everything stop/
Influences
gypsy brass, baile funk, arab pop, turkish dancehall, brazilian booty beats, asian psych, bosnian hip hop, balkan reggaeton, african rap, manu chao, and more and more and more...
Sounds Like
my favorite of the gypsy brass bands//// fanfare ciocarlia
and karandila
>ARTICLE ON US FROM THE PGH CITY PAPER!!!!
JULY 12, 2007
Pittsburgh joins the rest of the world, pulsing with global dance music
BY MANNY THEINER
ALSO IN UNDER THE WIRE
Local DJ ABZ brings dubstep to Pittsburgh
Is the Pittsburgh music scene going gray?
Area improvisers offer summer experimental music and video classes for the young
More (17)...
Since the Pandemic night started at Brillobox a year and half ago, DJ Pete Spynda and his cohorts have been opening Pittsburgh minds to global dance music. Spynda has also been instrumental in bringing live incarnations of what he's been spinning -- mostly Balkan music -- with sweaty shows for groups such as Slavic Soul Party, KAL, Balkan Beat Box and Boom Pam.
"Every month seems to be a different crowd," Spynda says. "White and black, young and old, punks and yuppies, Eastern Europeans and South Americans and Arabs. They give us feedback about what we're playing, tell us about music they've listened to, and let us know what music we should get."
These days, the Pandemic DJs -- which include Caulen Kress and City Paper contributor Justin Hopper -- are often invited to DJ other parties, concerts and cultural events. This month alone, Kress and Spynda will provide interim tunes for an Afrobeat show at the Shadow Lounge (July 12) and New York klezmer punks Golem at Club Café (July 20). They've also been invited to the Big Apple's premier Bulgarian dance club, Mehanata.
In contrast, Spynda says he's been rebuffed by traditional folk organizations -- and there are many in Pittsburgh, especially Eastern European societies -- when he's tried to involve them in Pandemic events. "If the group isn't from their region, they don't want to work with us," he says. "When we brought a Gypsy band from Serbia and approached the Serbian club about it, they said they had no interest. There's prejudice there against Gypsies, and a lot of people in the old guard are ethnically divided."
The young people, however, mostly just want to dance. Spynda collaborates with DJ Soy Sos (a.k.a. Herman Pearl of Soma Mestizo) to rework traditional folk music for the dancefloor. He's also planning to bring in Brooklyn Afrobeat band Budos in August, Bulgarian wedding-music heroes Yuri Yunakov and Ivo Papasov in October, and, in November, Dutch collective Gypsy Sound System.
"Ethnicity is hip right now," notes Annette Ezekiel, the lead singer and accordionist for the very lively Golem. "Sacha Baron Cohen obviously hit something big with his Eastern European shtick. The soundtrack to Borat was all Balkan music, like Esma (the gypsy Ethel Merman) and bands like Kocani Orkestar and Fanfare Ciocarlia." Golem's debut, Fresh Off Boat, has in turn garnered the right kind of attention in places like NPR's Fresh Air.
"The craze is not just in New York -- it's in Berlin, all over the former Soviet Union and the Balkans," Ezekiel continues. "Personally, that's not what Golem does -- we're a live band ... But people dance at our shows too, and I'm happy if they want to remix our songs and put the beats in. I'm open to everything."
photos from make shop rock show and flux::::::
we condemed that place.
thanks to all that came out and danced hard.
PHOTOS OF SLAVIC SOUL PARTY and KAL:
from NOVEMBER 9 @ BRILLOBOX!!!!!
also SPECIAL GUEST DJ JORO_BORO (resident dj or nyc's MEHANATA CLUB.
and Balkan Beat Box
God bless you and keep you under His magnificent wings-protection and love abounds!
Have a beautiful week and weekend!
Warm hugs and love,
(ex auntie) Anna
Really nice sounds!! visit a new web_radio www. groovalizacion. com urban world music... non stop!! Send us your music or dj set’s!! greetings from lisbon cucurucho
JAN. 31: VIPERS SOUL CLUB One Year Anniversary
with DJ Andy Smith (The Document series, Let's Boogaloo, Portishead)
Advance tickets available now @ Brown Paper Tickets
10pm, SATURDAY Nov. 22, 2008
Shadow Lounge, 5972 Baum Blvd., East Liberty
VIPERS SOUL CLUB presents THE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA
DJ's Juddy 'n' Gordy spinning 1960s R&B, Motown, and Northern Soul
18+/21+ to sup the stuff of life, $4
"UNION PROJECT'S OFFICIAL UNWRAPPED AFTER PARTY"
(Free admission w/ Unwrapped ticket purchase!)
PETE-gypsybrasshole!/instigator of general activities stop/
JUDDY: i write reviews so i have everthing. stop/
CAULEN: i work in a record store so i have everything stop/ 
and karandila
>ARTICLE ON US FROM THE PGH CITY PAPER!!!!
JULY 12, 2007
Pittsburgh joins the rest of the world, pulsing with global dance music
BY MANNY THEINER
ALSO IN UNDER THE WIRE
Local DJ ABZ brings dubstep to Pittsburgh
Is the Pittsburgh music scene going gray?
Area improvisers offer summer experimental music and video classes for the young
More (17)...
Since the Pandemic night started at Brillobox a year and half ago, DJ Pete Spynda and his cohorts have been opening Pittsburgh minds to global dance music. Spynda has also been instrumental in bringing live incarnations of what he's been spinning -- mostly Balkan music -- with sweaty shows for groups such as Slavic Soul Party, KAL, Balkan Beat Box and Boom Pam.
"Every month seems to be a different crowd," Spynda says. "White and black, young and old, punks and yuppies, Eastern Europeans and South Americans and Arabs. They give us feedback about what we're playing, tell us about music they've listened to, and let us know what music we should get."
These days, the Pandemic DJs -- which include Caulen Kress and City Paper contributor Justin Hopper -- are often invited to DJ other parties, concerts and cultural events. This month alone, Kress and Spynda will provide interim tunes for an Afrobeat show at the Shadow Lounge (July 12) and New York klezmer punks Golem at Club Café (July 20). They've also been invited to the Big Apple's premier Bulgarian dance club, Mehanata.
In contrast, Spynda says he's been rebuffed by traditional folk organizations -- and there are many in Pittsburgh, especially Eastern European societies -- when he's tried to involve them in Pandemic events. "If the group isn't from their region, they don't want to work with us," he says. "When we brought a Gypsy band from Serbia and approached the Serbian club about it, they said they had no interest. There's prejudice there against Gypsies, and a lot of people in the old guard are ethnically divided."
The young people, however, mostly just want to dance. Spynda collaborates with DJ Soy Sos (a.k.a. Herman Pearl of Soma Mestizo) to rework traditional folk music for the dancefloor. He's also planning to bring in Brooklyn Afrobeat band Budos in August, Bulgarian wedding-music heroes Yuri Yunakov and Ivo Papasov in October, and, in November, Dutch collective Gypsy Sound System.
"Ethnicity is hip right now," notes Annette Ezekiel, the lead singer and accordionist for the very lively Golem. "Sacha Baron Cohen obviously hit something big with his Eastern European shtick. The soundtrack to Borat was all Balkan music, like Esma (the gypsy Ethel Merman) and bands like Kocani Orkestar and Fanfare Ciocarlia." Golem's debut, Fresh Off Boat, has in turn garnered the right kind of attention in places like NPR's Fresh Air.
"The craze is not just in New York -- it's in Berlin, all over the former Soviet Union and the Balkans," Ezekiel continues. "Personally, that's not what Golem does -- we're a live band ... But people dance at our shows too, and I'm happy if they want to remix our songs and put the beats in. I'm open to everything."
photos from make shop rock show and flux::::::
VIPERS SOUL CLUB presents THE WILD PARTY II
9pm, Sat., May 30
Shadow Lounge, (5972 Baum Blvd. East Liberty)
18+ / 21+ to drink / $4.00 ($3 before 10)
