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!DelaDap - the sound of urban gypsies

Started in 2001 as a project idea in the studio of the prague born producer Stani Vana !DelaDap developed first into a trio later into a seven member live ensemble. By now the band turns more and more into a creativity platform for Gypsy rooted, central-european world sound.


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dunkelbunt - about colours, spices, mixing & music

dunkelbunt has established himself as a fixed point within the Viennese Balkan scene. Whether with his several musical landscapes or with his famous oriental spice-mixtures: Ulf Lindemann, aka dunkelbunt extracts, subjoins, and mixes with passion, celebrating feasts for the senses.

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Russkaja - you call, we ska!

Real Russian Wodka is made of rye. Real Russian Ska is made by Russkaja. Though the ingredients are different, the effect is the same. Wodka and Russkaja hit you right between the eyes!
The gigs of Russkaja are orgies of powerful rythmn, freaky vocals, extatic dance and they are electrifying the audience like hardly any other live-act.
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Turlitawa Shutka - Mighty electric stew from "Germazedonia"!

With Turlitawa Shutka the Macedonian "Singczigan" Mustafa Zekirov and Iwan "Beautiful Noise Wizzard" Harlan from Transgermanien present an Electro-Ethno mix which would do honour to any Emir Kusturica Movie but transfers these gipsy images into the 21st century. This is not tricky DJ-patchwork, here you have avantgarde troubadours making an electrifying dance interpretation of traditional balkan gypsy music.
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