Peter Hess (alto sax and clarinet)
Peter Stan (accordion)
Matt Moran (bass drum)
Chris Stromquist (snare)
Ronald Caswell (tuba)
Ben Holmes (trumpet)
John Carlson (trumpet)
Eva Primack (vocals)
Timothy Vaughn (trombone)
Roland Barber (trombone)
Influences
Peter Stan, Vranjski Biseri, Kocani Orkestar, who is Chris Sauer?, Missy Elliott, Boban Markovic Orkestar, the Meters, Banda El Recodo, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Ekrem Sajdic, McCollough Sons of Thunder, Lee Dorsey, Goran Bregovic, Saban Bajramovic, Osman Zekov, Madison's Lively Stones, James Brown, The Tzampazis, Busta Rhymes, Johnny Cash, Rebirth Brass Band, Yuri Yunakov, Nicolae Gutsa, Stevie Wonder, Jova Stojiljkovic, Adrian Simionescu, Andrew Thompson, The Hungry March Band, Biggie Smalls, Bon Marley, Ciguli, Beyonce, Dick Connette, The Dresden Dolls, Granville Williams Orchestra, the Luminescent Orchestrii, Eugene Hutz, Extra Action Marching Band, Neil Young, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, Esma Redzepova, Led Zeppelin, Orkestar Salijevic, the Venetian Snares.
Sounds Like
Throbbing funk grooves, fiery Balkan brass, Gypsy accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official 1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk. SSP! has created an acoustic mash-up of Balkan and Gypsy sounds with North American music, weaving the gospel, techno, funk, dub, jazz, and Latin influences of New York’s neighborhoods seamlessly into a Balkan brass setting. Their original sound has never been clearer than on their new cd Taketron, a surprising re-imagining of brass band dance music that includes only two traditional songs (a blazing Moldovan oompah and a soulful Gospel journey). SSP!’s music has won the ear of fans and musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, and their tunes have been learned by Serbian brass stars Boban Markovic Orkestar and New Orleans funk sensations Galactic, among others. In addition to touring throughout the US and Europe, SSP! holds down a residency every Tuesday in Brooklyn which has become a destination for music fans from around the world.
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!'S 5TH ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPT. 22 2009
Slavic Soul Party! is more than a band, it’s a promise. Anyone who has seen them live can attest to that. The massive brass band is a supercollider of Eastern European sounds from the Balkans and all the funk of American musical traditions like second-line, gospel, and jazz. Hybridity isn’t just a buzzword with this New York City-based group – domestic and foreign, new and old – it’s a fact of life. The fusion even carries over into the title of the band’s fifth album, Taketron, mashing up Japanese drummer Take Toriyama’s love of electronic music with the rapid fire of Balkan brass, and the incessant creativity of some of New York’s finest musicians.
Throbbing funk grooves, fiery Balkan brass, Gypsy accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official 1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk. SSP! has created an acoustic mash-up of Balkan and Gypsy sounds with North American music, weaving the gospel, techno, funk, dub, jazz, and Latin influences of New York’s neighborhoods seamlessly into a Balkan brass setting. Their original sound has never been clearer than on their new cd Taketron, a surprising re-imagining of brass band dance music that includes only two traditional songs (a blazing Moldovan oompah and a soulful Gospel journey). SSP!’s music has won the ear of fans and musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, and their tunes have been learned by Serbian brass stars Boban Markovic Orkestar and New Orleans funk sensations Galactic, among others. In addition to touring throughout the US and Europe, SSP! holds down a residency every Tuesday in Brooklyn which has become a destination for music fans from around the world.
Ciao Matt! How are you? When will you come to Italy for concerts?
Here's our second gypsy singing and dance workshop in Rome, Italy in support of roma culture. We also need support from all our friends to let everybody know about the antigypsysm growing up now in Italy.
We keep fighting for it and never give up! Opre roma!
Cristina Gypsyliana
GYPSY SINGING and DANCE
with
KALI CERCHEN TRIO Studies of gypsy roma songs repertory and roma dance.
Rome, thu 8 - fri 9 - sat 10 - sun 11 October 2009 at IALS SCHOOL, from 5 to 9 PM Via Fracassini, 60 www.ials.org
with Marian Balog, Milan and Jaroslav Godla
[ROMA -ZIGANE SINGING and DANCING WORKSHOP with KALI CERCHEN TRIO and CRISTINA BARZI. ROME, 2/5 APRIL 2009]
from Romathan Theatre of Kosice, (Slovakia)
price: 170 eur, (150 eur for university and IALS students).16 hours of lessons.
Looking forward to seeing you in Cleveland when you play the Cleveland Museum of Art's Summer Solstice Celebration on June 20th! Are you guys excited??
