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NYHETER UKE 10 - 2010FORHÅND 29. MARSCDTracklistIntroMove ItBlue Eyed Black BoyMarcha de la VidaDancing With The MoonKabulectroMy BabyBalcumbiaLook Them ActSmatronLjepa MareWhyBuhalaWar AgainBALKAN BEAT BOXBLACK EYED BLUE BOYCrammedCRAW 550876623005964They’ve been wowing festival and club audiences around the world non-stop for the last couple of yearswith their wild, powerful show, and now they are back with their strongest album so far.Balkan Beat Box - the three-headed, dancefloor-conquering powerhouse principally comprising TamirMuskat, Ori Kaplan and Tomer Yosef - have been busy since the release of 2007’s devastating debutfor Crammed < Nu-Med > (not forgetting last year’s fine remix collection < Nu-Made >) honing a soundthat mixes musical gene pools more effectively than ever : they have arrived at < Blue Eyed Black Boy> - as loud, proud and politically-engaged a statement as you could hope for from this most 21st centuryof bands. Recorded across a suitably diverse range of European locations - Ori’s adopted city ofVienna, Austria, the Serbian capital of Belgrade and the band’s mutual hometown Tel-Aviv in Israel wereall bases covered on this album’s journey - < Blue Eyed Black Boy > finds BBB going that bit deeper,finding striking melodies, rock-solid song structure and an ever-sharper political awareness alongsidetheir typically artful sonic collision of global musical styles and thundering danceloor beats.First full track < Move It > is a trademark BBB block-rocker, with duelling brass blowing a minor-scalemiddle eastern wind across chunky tabla-assisted rhythms as MC Tomer spouts lyrical, cheekily referencingthe band’s past glories (‘the digital monkeys on a move’) as well as dropping the immortal linesof roots-reggae legend Max Romeo, with an individualist twist (< we can show u how to send u to outerspace/to fly on your ownŠ >). Yet with the title track that follows we are shown a new, more measured sideto BBB : the pace slows to a loping groove, guitars shimmer and Tomer delivers a thoughtful paean tostruggles of the racial, social and political kind, seen through the ‘blue eyes’ of the ‘black boy’ in question.In general the mood throughout < Blue Eyed Black Boy > remains buoyant and empowered, with< Marcha de la Vida >, < Balkumbia > and incendiary closer < War Again > destined to be new liveanthems, and the contagiously poppy hip hop bump of < Look Them Act > coming off like some classicTimbaland production given a Mediterranean coast makeover. This unique trio of musicians havesuccessfully nailed the communal spirit and energy of their live shows down to tape, and the result isthe brightest, most confident and adventurous model of BBB to date. All this, and they haven’t evenhit the road yet.FORHÅND 29. MARSDUM DUM GIRLSI WILL BESub PopSPCD 840 / SP 8400098787084023 / 0098787084016CD/LPTracklist1. It Only Takes One Night2. Bhang, Bhang, I’m a Burnout3. O Mein M4. Jail La La5. Rest of Our Lives6. Yours Alone7. Blank Girl8. I Will Be9. Lines Her Eyes10. Everybody’s Out11. Baby Don’t GoI Will Be is the debut full-length by the Dum Dum Girls. Recorded at home by Dee Dee andmixed with the help of Richard Gottehrer (Strangeloves, Voidoids, Blondie, The Go-Gos and,more recently, The Raveonettes), I Will Be is a decidedly medium-fi record. Just under thirtyminutes with eleven songs, it’s a short tribute to love, fun and the classic pop form of the ‘60sgirl groups and early punk rockers.http://www.myspace.com/dumdumgirlsTuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - NorwayTlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.comXII