http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472117&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rssNew York underground scenesters Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat have been wreaking musical mayhem for years in bands as diverse as Gogol Bordello and Firewater. But their project Balkan Beat Box may up the ante, straining Eastern European folk music through a dubby, electronica-heavy sensibility. They recorded their 2005 self-titled debut before they'd actually performed live, but crafting a dynamic stage presence wasn't hard for the consummate performers: they gained accolades on tours with acts such as Matisyahu and at festival appearances. Their 2007 release, <i>Nu Med</i>, drew on the band's live dynamism, simultaneously looking farther afield for influences and forming a more cohesive sound. Unofficial kings of the burgeoning gypsy punk movement, the band signals an ongoing -- and welcome -- sea-change in ideas about what constitutes hip dance music. - Sarah BardeenBalkans/Eastern Europeen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:48:51 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472117&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss New York underground scenesters Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat have been wreaking musical mayhem for years in bands as diverse as Gogol Bordello and Firewater. But their project Balkan Beat Box may up the ante, straining Eastern European folk music through a dubby, electronica-heavy sensibility. They recorded their 2005 self-titled debut before they'd actually performed live, but crafting a dynamic stage presence wasn't hard for the consummate performers: they gained accolades on tours with acts such as Matisyahu and at festival appearances. Their 2007 release, <i>Nu Med</i>, drew on the band's live dynamism, simultaneously looking farther afield for influences and forming a more cohesive sound. Unofficial kings of the burgeoning gypsy punk movement, the band signals an ongoing -- and welcome -- sea-change in ideas about what constitutes hip dance music. - Sarah Bardeen http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333462&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333462 tra.14333462 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true Hermetico tra.14333462 308000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333462&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333462&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270828&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270828 tra.10270828 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Cha Cha tra.10270828 250000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270828&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270828&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270830&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270830 tra.10270830 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Adir Adirim (Featuring Victoria Hanna) tra.10270830 319000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270830&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270830&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966426&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 26966426 tra.26966426 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Made (Remixes) alb.26956172 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Habibi Min Zaman (Mr. Tunes Remix) tra.26966426 408000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966426&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966426&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270835&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270835 tra.10270835 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Sunday Arak (Featuring Dana Leong) tra.10270835 307000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270835&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270835&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270829&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270829 tra.10270829 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Bulgarian Chicks (Featuring V. Tomova. M. Alexiava) tra.10270829 352000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270829&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270829&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333463&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333463 tra.14333463 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true Habibi Min Zaman tra.14333463 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333463&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333463&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333461&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333461 tra.14333461 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true Digital Monkey tra.14333461 223000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333461&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333461&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270834&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270834 tra.10270834 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Gross (Featuring Boom Pam) tra.10270834 369000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270834&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270834&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333473&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333473 tra.14333473 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true Keep 'em Straight tra.14333473 74000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333473&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333473&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270833&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270831&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270825&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270825 tra.10270825 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Hassan's Mimuna (Featuring Hassan Ben Jaffar) tra.10270825 335000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270825&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270825&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333460&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333460 tra.14333460 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true BBBeat tra.14333460 240000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333460&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333460&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333471&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333471 tra.14333471 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Med alb.14328159 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true $20 For Boban tra.14333471 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333471&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333471&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270832&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270832 tra.10270832 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Shushan (Featuring Shushan) tra.10270832 282000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270832&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270832&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333465&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 14333465 tra.14333465 Balkan Beat Box 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http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/1/1011911_170x170.jpg 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 2007-05-15 00:00:00.0 true Mexico City tra.14333467 225000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333467&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14333467&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270827&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 10270827 tra.10270827 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Balkan Beat Box alb.10268830 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true La Bush Resistance (Featuring Tomer Yosef) tra.10270827 265000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270827&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/3/1333299_170x170.jpg 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Meboli (Featuring Vlada Tomova) tra.10270826 233000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270826&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270826&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966425&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss Balkans/Eastern Europe Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Balkan Beat Box on Rhapsody Online 26966425 tra.26966425 Balkan Beat Box art.7472117 0.99 Nu Made (Remixes) alb.26956172 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Pachima (UBK Remix) tra.26966425 286000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966425&variant=play&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26966425&variant=data&rws=%2Fbalkan-beat-box%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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