{"id":5783,"date":"2014-03-10T15:21:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbar.cz\/?post_type=program&#038;p=5783"},"modified":"2014-06-03T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:45:56","slug":"balkan-beat-box-izrusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/program\/balkan-beat-box-izrusa\/","title":{"rendered":"BALKAN BEAT BOX (IZR\/USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the summer break we prepare for you a wild party in Prague! On the 26<sup>th<\/sup> of June is the Israeli-American band Balkan Beat Box coming to the LMB! For the uninitiated, Balkan Beat Box first burst out of New York City\u2019s underground music scene in 2005, with a self-titled debut that introduced the world to their Mediterranean-inflected, globalized electronica sound. Founded by Israeli-born ex-pats Ori Kaplan (ex-Gogol Bordello), Tamir Muskat (ex-Firewater), the band built their reputation on explosive live shows. BBB soon added frequent collaborator Tomer Yosef as frontman \u2013 his wild onstage energy galvanizing live audiences ever since. The three emerged as a cohesive songwriting trio on 2007\u2019s Nu Med \u2013 Tamir crafting hard-edged beats, Ori orchestrating melodies and Tomer writing the hard-hitting lyrics \u2013 and took their sound to Belgrade and other points East on 2010\u2019s Blue Eyed Black Boy. Inspired by last year\u2019s people\u2019s protest movements across the globe \u2013 from the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall St., to Israel\u2019s own massive social protests Balkan Beat Box&#8217;s new album Give captures the cautious hope and re-energized spirit of our time. Brimming over with handcrafted beats and samples, and recorded primarily at Tel Aviv\u2019s Vibromonk East studio, Give was conceived of as \u201ca smaller, more introverted album,\u201d according to Ori Kaplan. \u201cIt was fun for us to see what just came out of the three of us while we played with old analog synths and children\u2019s toys\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is our most hardcore album so far,\u201d says Tamir Muskat. \u201cDefinitely musically \u2013 there\u2019s more of a harder-edged, electronic sound. The songs and their subjects are also kind of darker and more political.\u201d One of the other animating forces on Give is fatherhood \u2013 all three members have become fathers since the recording of their last album, and Tomer explains how that influenced the band\u2019s outlook: \u201cWhen you have kids, you become a little more aware of what\u2019s happening in the world and what kind of world that we\u2019re leaving your kids. \u201c \u201cIt was kind of a crazy vibe in the studio sometimes,\u201d Tamir laughs. \u201cWe were recording some of our most hardcore songs ever, but our kids would be there, too, running around and playing in the middle of everything. I think it gave things a hopeful vibe, too\u2026 it reminds us that we\u2019re fighting for something, not just against everything.\u201d<br \/>\nThis concert is perfect to celebrate the summer, come and enjoy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the summer break we prepare for you a wild party in Prague! On the 26th of June is the Israeli-American band Balkan Beat Box coming to the LMB! For the uninitiated, Balkan Beat Box first burst out of New York City\u2019s underground music scene in 2005, with a self-titled debut that introduced the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-program"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}