Besh o droM

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Besh o droM
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Origin Budapest, Hungary
Genres Balkan
Gypsy
Years active1999–present
Labels Asphalt Tango, Sidoo Art, Fono Records, Narrator Records
MembersGergely Barcza
Ádám Pettik
Attila Herr
Lili Kaszai
József Csurkulya
Vilmos Seres
Máté Hámori
Ákos Szumper
Tamás Molnár
Website Official website
Myspace

Besh o droM is a Balkan music group. [1] [2] Their music blends folk and contemporary instruments (including the cymbalom and the EWI, in styles ranging from punk-rock to world music. They acknowledge particular influences from Transylvanian, Jewish, Turkish, Afghan, Egyptian, Lebanese, Armenian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian and Greek musical traditions. [3]

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The band was formed in Budapest in August 1999, recently based in Budapest, Bristol and Jerusalem. Their Romany title in the Lovari dialect (Besh o droM means ’sit on the road’ literally), but its real meaning is ’follow your path, get on with it’. It is also wordplay in Hungarian meaning ’I am rolling...’ (a joint).

They have made a special appearance in Miklós Jancsó's movie Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse. They have also composed and performed the original soundtrack for the National Theatre of Szeged's 2001/2002 season of A Midsummer Night's Dream .

Band members

Note: these Hungarian names appear in Eastern name order.

Previous band members

Guest artist

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Besh o droM". BBC Music.
  2. ↑ Zhuk, Alexandr (6 March 2020). Encyclopedia of Hungarian rock. Volume one. ISBN   9785457918016. p. 204
  3. ↑ "fooldal".
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