Balkan

..BALKAN FANATIK is a Greek-Hungarian electro-ethno band. It started in 2002 by Georgios Tzortzoglou (Yorgos) and Gábor Lepés (Lepe). Their goal is to help preserve the musical heritage of Eastern-Europe and the Balkans, to pass this on to young audiences with progressive electronic music. Balkan Fanatik injects synth-pop, hip hop, and contemporary electronic dance music into traditional folk sounds. This is also presented in their stage performance, they sometimes invite folk dancers as well as modern dancers to be part of the show.Yorgos is the Heart. He is based in Athens and Budapest. His background in folk music is very extensive, he was founding member of two legendary folk rock groups Barbaro /90s/ and Gepfolklor /80s/.Lepe is the Brain. He is a Sound Engineer, DJ, and Producer. He's been working for over 130 Hungarian pop/rock/dance productions, among them the most famous, Akosh, one of Hungary's most established stars for over 20 years. Lepe also works for film, theater and video games as well.Apart from Lepe and Yorgos the band's live show include Drummer Ákos Kottler, Guitar Player Miklós Czifra, newcomer rapper MC Sonja, folk singer Nóra Kovács.VIDEOS / FEATURE FILMS BF's debut song, "Fuckmen" is about the ceremony of phallos originating from the ancient times and held each spring in the heart of Greece. The video was shot at the Greek festival in Tirnavos where the happy natives celebrated along with the band. Another famous song of the band, "Csináld, csináld!" /"Do It, Do It"/ with the haunting performance of Ágnes Herczku was part of the soundtrack of "MIX", an American-Hungarian movie shot in Budapest. It was released in 2004. The third video clip followed the release of the third single, "Elment az én rózsám" (My Lover's Gone) which came out in 2005. The original song is a traditional tune, mixing folk singing and electronic sounds and featuring rapper MC Jammin'. The fourth clip was of the song "Got No Father" featuring the band's young rapper, MC Rise FM. It's based on a famous Hungarian writer, Attila Józsefs well-known poem. The fifth and six music videos include "Devil's Game" and "As The Rain Falls" feat. TGU-Transglobal Underground from London.In 2008 BF began working on the new album and plans to shoot two music videos this fall/winter highlighting some international talent.FESTIVALS The band opened for several world-famous groups in the past years like Public Enemy, Jethro Tull, Transglobal Underground, Prodigy. The band plays at Hungary's major festivals, as well as in Vienna, and in Eastern Europe like Poland, Romania, Serbia and Transylvania. BF's next goal is to play in Western Europe as well as Japan and U.S.INTERESTING FACTS The debut album, Balkan Fanatik: Balkan Fanatik was released in 2003 and won the Album of the Year Award in World Music given by the Hungarian Record Companies Association. At the end of Oct. 2004 the band received the prestigious Bezerédj Award given by the Hungarian Cultural Ministry, for preserving the heritage of folk music. The guest lead singer of the 1st album, Ágnes Herczku won the EmeRTon Prize, the Award of the Hungarian State Radio many times. The music of Balkan Fanatik was featured in two feature films in 2004, "MIX" and "Nyócker" ("The District"). BFs music was already featured by several world music radios in Europe (Germany, Netherlands) as well as in U.S. (KCRW in Los Angeles). In 2006 the band worked with Transgobal Underground, and Swedish popstar Arash. TGU is now featured on the latest BF album, "Hungarikum" and BF is also featured on the new TGU album "Moonshout".FUTURE BF is now preparing for a new album, making exciting international collaborations and touring in Europe and worldwide.BUTTER AND BREAD

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