Äl Jawala

Gypsy Roots taken to the dancefloor!A highly charged cocktail in which all cultural limits go missing.With their combination of Balkan Soul and funky dance beats AL JAWALA boil up European clubs and festivals from France to the Black Sea.AL JAWALA create an absorbing and innovating urban sound that takes the soul of Balkan-brass to the dancefloor. But thereby the quintet goes a few steps further then the common “Crossover” formats: They dare to go deeply into previously unexplored area,break loose, transform – become an orchestra, DJ, Punkband, Storyteller, they get the blues, get gloomy, playful, avant-garde, euphoric, out of control…AL JAWALA are the big surprise of the Balkan boom. They combine dancefloor- capabilitywith virtuosity and stunning musical open-mindedness. No wonder they where invited to support Emir Kusturica´s Orchestra or as live-act at Shantel´s Bucovina Club.„Challenging, fiery, fascinating, cosmopolitan, technically exiting but still accessible without digression. An absolutely emotive band that certainly can get every crowd goingl“ wrote Drums & Percussion magazine.2007 AL JAWALA won the „Creole-Award for World music from Germany“ in Dortmund. Besides the award of the international jury, they also won the audience-award of the festival.„Balkan Big Beatz“ stands for a spirited and original sound-culture, speaking a thousand tongues: the slangs of urban melting-pots – a traveller’s dialect.In Eastern-Europe – especially in Romania – where the deepest roots of their music can be found, AL JAWALA have been discovered to be re-importers and even innovators of Roma-Music and of the beloved and hated “Manele-Pop” Hence the title of their actual album: „Lost In Manele“AL JAWALA - a danceable culture-shock! Too independent to be just a trend!
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