Asphalt Tango Records

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Member Since: 04/10/2007
Band Website: www.asphalt-tango.de
Band Members: Mahala Rai Banda (Romania); Kottarashky (Bulgaria); La Cherga (Ex Yugoslavia); Oana Catalina Chitu & Bucharest Tango (Romania); The Gypsy Queens and Kings (Various); Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania); ErsatzMusika (Russia); KAL (Serbia); Motion Trio (Poland); Jony Iliev & Band (Bulgaria); Besh o droM (Hungary); Romica Puceanu (Romania); Ion Petre Stoican (Romania); Toni Iordache (Romania); Dona Dumitru Siminica (Romania); Earth Wheel Sky Band (Serbia); Gabi Lunca (Romania); Princes Amongst Men (Various) and many more...

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Influences: New album "GHETTO BLASTERS" by Mahala Rai Banda out October 16th 2009!

____________________________________________________________ _______ Eager to outwit history, ERSATZMUSIKA have inaugurated the Old Wave and now resurrect melodies from the late Soviet to the end of the Wende. Since history decrees inevitability and progress infinitely, Ersatzmusika recall old riffs, recast old texts and diverge only from what was said by saying it more forcefully.

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!!! OUT NOW !!!

"Songs Unrecantable"

or download the album @ ____________________________________________________________ _______ Serbia's Gypsy rebels KAL turn up the volume with an album of original material. Kal's sound is Rock'n'Roma, a blend of folk roots and punk energies. Angry, articulate and outspoken, KAL refute cliches and confront rather than simply entertain. Here is the sound of the new Gypsy generation!

*** The CD release includes a track with the very special guest Serbian rapper MARCELO *** The limited Vinyl-LP edition (500 consecutively numbered copies only) includes 2 infectious remixes by BJ Nevenko ( LA CHERGA ) *** An exclusive iTunes edition of the album includes 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks.

International release date: 30TH JANUARY 2009

"Radio Romanista"

"LP - Radio Romanista"
or download the album including 2 bonus tracks @ ____________________________________________________________ ___________ OANA CATALINA CHITU's Bucharest Tango takes a look at the period between the Wars without a false sense of nostalgia. Oana Catalina Chitu with her charming soulful voice opens the doors to tangos and songs of the suburbs from Bucharest, the sleazy Paris of the East, which were until now only known to insiders.

"Bucharest Tango"
or download the album @___________________________________________________________ ___________ LA CHERGA - Ripe, bright and tasty as stuffed peppers, LA CHERGA create 21st Century electro-roots music with a pan-Balkanic consciousness! The debut album "Fake No More" is also available as Vinyl! Watch the band trailer !

"Fake No More"
"EP - Fake No More"
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!!! iTUNES TOP ALBUM OF THE MONTH !!! ____________________________________________________________ ______ PRINCES AMONGST MEN - Journeys with Gypsy Musicians is Garth Cartwright's celebrated book exploring the music and culture of the Balkans' Romany communities "reads like a road movie" (MOJO). This accompanying compilation provides a soundtrack to the book and illuminates the genius of Balkan Gypsy music.

"Princes Amongst Men"
or download the album @ ____________________________________________________________ ________ GABI LUNCA - the diva of the Romanian muzica lautareasca was referred to as the "Tziganca de matase", the silken Gypsy woman. Her songs are the quiet, melancholic songs of passion and yearning for one's sweetheart; songs to lift the weight from one's soul. Romanian traditional music with its original analogue sound - recorded in the 1960s and 1970s!

"Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol. 5"
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T-Shirt Fanfare Ciocarlia
- 100% pre-shrunk ring-spun cotton, Single Jersey with side seams for the perfect fit! Slogan and Logo are wash and bobble resistant! In many colours available! Slogan: "ALL YOU NEED IS ….BRASS" - FANFARE-CIOCARLIA.COM

All You Need Is Brass
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A mythical and legendary place beyond the iron stage curtain where Gypsies sing of woollen boots, worshippers of Mammon decry broken hearts and glasses sing paeans to lost love. And where, what’s more, the troubadour is an outlaw. Welcome to the world of ERSATZMUSIKA from Russia.

"Voice Letter"
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On "QUEENS & KINGS" Romania’s celebrated brass orchestra Fanfare Ciocarlia welcome onboard their Romani brethren from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and France. Visas obtained, borders crossed, foreign tongues mastered, Fanfare Ciocarlia and their guests overcame differences of nationality, rhythm and instrumentation to forge an epic celebration of Gypsy life and song.

"Queens and Kings"
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!!! iTUNES TOP ALBUM OF THE MONTH !!! ____________________________________________________________ _
FANFARE CIOCARLIA - GYPSY BRASS LEGENDS, THE STORY OF THE BAND,
This music DVD is essential viewing, including a live concert recorded in 5.1 surround sound, a movie and plenty of extras!
Total playing time - 2 Hours, 32 Mins PAL (All Regions), Languages: Deutsch, English, Francais

"Gypsy Brass Legends, The Story of the Band" ____________________________________________________________ _
TONI IORDACHE was famous for his complex solos, a gifted ensemble player, who enriched many melodies with oriental elements and sophisticated rhythms. For him the technique of playing the tzambal was not solely one of speed; his sensitive touch, immense skill and imaginative verve marked him as a master amongst Lautari.

"Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol. 4"

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DONA DUMITRU SIMINICA sang Romanian blues from the suburbs with his unique falsetto voice and offered consolation to the lonely, tended the wounds of the deserted and prepared those newly-infatuated for the end of their love. Music for the soul with its original sound – recorded in the early 1960s!

"Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol. 3"

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KAL are the hottest Gypsy band from the suburbs of Belgrad, rock’n’roll in attitude, fuelled on urban beats and rooted in the Balkan blues. In their wit, imagination and ability to throw disparate sounds together they mark themselves as both part of Balkan Gypsy tradition and 21st Century dancefloor rebels.

"Kal"

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The "Billy Holiday of the East" ROMICA PUCEANU was the grande dame of the "cantece de mahala." She was a soulful performer of the songs from the poor suburbs, which merged Turkish "cifte-telli" rhythms with Romanian melodies and lyrics. The recordings with the Gore Brothers still represent the traditional "raw" withdrawn sound of the old taraf. The arrangements are clear and minimalist, creating space befitting Puceanu's sparkling voice. Romanian mahala sounds in original analogue sound recorded in the 1960s!

"Sounds From A Bygone Age, Vol. 2"

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On the only long-playing record by the Romanian violinist ION PETRE STOICAN , the most important gypsy musicians from the Bucharest Lautari scene are united in an all-star band and through a bizarre stroke of luck created one of the most atmospheric records of the time. Romanian traditional music in original analog sound recorded in the 1970s!

"Sounds From A Bygone Age, Vol. 1" ____________________________________________________________ _
On their album “Play-Station” the three musicians of MOTION TRIO concentrate their efforts on reclaiming sounds from the digital world. Six hands pick up electrically generated notes and turn them into acoustic anthems on their instrument of choice: the accordion. All of a sudden a 'playstation' offers more than 100 buttons! Bursts of sound or sparkling triplets, tribal rhythms, percussive notes played on instruments by Pigini, the ‘Rolls Royce of accordions.

"Play-Station"

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"We are magicians of music and in Zece Prajini the ancient secrets of Gypsy magic live". Ioan, FANFARE CIOCARLIA ..s oldest member and group historian, once answered when asked if jazz was a big influence on the Fanfare, "Who..s to say our cousins who went to the US didn..t help invent jazz?" On Ancient Secrets this matter and other mysteries of Gypsy magic are set forth.

"Gili Garabdi"

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Let JONY ILIEV entrance you with the Balkan groove of his diabolically swinging band! Indulge in the maestros voice, join him on his frantic ride through the streets of Sofias gypsy quarters, enjoy!
"A Bulgarian singer that deserves nothing less than stardom." (Songlines)

"Ma Maren Ma"

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MOTION TRIO – Reclaim the sounds! This innovative Polish trio founded in 1996 has already successfully changed the face of their instrument: The accordion. Most of the music played by this ‘Trio Infernal’ so masterly is written by Janusz Wojtarowicz. The vanguard sound collages range somewhere between minimal music, jazz and disco polo - and meet the Notion of Motion: to redefine the accordion and explore soundscapes far beyond what has been experienced and associated with this instrument to date.

"Pictures from the street"

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Besh o droM are a group whose following takes to the dance floor at the first notes of each concert and just cannot stop dancing! Dipping in and out of many different cultures and traditions including Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Greek, Besh o droM arrange their music in their very own, original fashion. Their name is a Gipsy idiom for 'Go your own way!'. And so they do.

"Can't Make Me!"

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Olah Vince is a legendary figure in the music scene of Novi Sad, having been established for nearly 40 years. He takes a big leap forward here with his group Earth Wheel Sky Band , based in the Serbian region of Vojvodina, part of Panonia, where influences are so mixed, Gypsies can make the best use of these situations. Are we not all Gypsies? Listen to this music, dance, shout, be Gypsy, be free.

"Waltz Rromano"

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