AD Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Sorry for the cut and paste, but I'm predicting this will be one of the best shows of the year. I'm also predicting it will sell out faaaaast.Excited for this one for sure...ADPRS Concerts presents …Gogol BordelloFriday, February 17, 2006Barrymore’s Music HallInternet pre-sale starts tomorrow at 10AM! Simply click this link to buy in advance!http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10003C2CD2CFAF4DGogol Bordello, New York City's legendary Gypsy punk band, returns with the release of "GYPSY PUNKS: Underdog World Strike," their third album of Gypsy punk rock mayhem. Set for release on SideOneDummy in August and produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) in glorious analogue sound, "GYPSY PUNKS" is an expansive 15-track salvo that expands the band's fusion of Gypsy punk and Slavic stomp with a touch of metal and dub-wise sound effects that pay tribute to the classic sounds of Jamaica. Singer/lyricist visionary Eugene Hutz and the rest of the Gogol collective have attained a new level of musical and lyrical intensity in their continuing cultural crusade to build a bridge between Gypsy music, rock'n'roll and other brands of rebel music from Flamenco to the perestroika punk that blossomed in Eastern Europe during the mid-'80s.Friday, February 17 – Barrymore’s Music HallTickets: $10 (plus applicable charges)ON SALE Friday, January 20 @ noonDoors: 8 PMLicensed 19+Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets, Barrymore’s box office and Vertigo Music or call (613) 755-1111 to charge.Order online at www.ticketmaster.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 wow, 70 views and not one [posted] shred of interest. show of the year is my prediction. Biography from AllMusic.com Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the Birthday Party and Einstürzande Neubauten in his native Ukraine. After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music. Living as a refugee in Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Italy before moving to the United States in 1993, he experienced life as an outsider himself. After arriving in New York, he teamed up with guitarist Vlad Solofar and squeezebox player Sasha Kazatchkoff. American Eliot Fergusen added a strong rock sound on the drums and the band was also augmented by Sergei Riabtsev on fiddle, a former theater director from Moscow whose past experience would prove helpful in the future in crafting Gogol Bordello's bizarre stage shows (like one which tells the story of super-powered immigrant Ukrainian vampires).The group's early gigs involved playing straight gypsy music at Russian weddings, but their music soon evolved into the hyper-kinetic explosions that earned them a solid following amongst New York's downtown hipsters. The band issued a single in 1999 entitled When the Trickster Comes a Pokin', quickly followed by their debut full-length, Voi-La Intruder, which was produced by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' drummer Jim Sclavunos. Solofar and Kazatchkoff were replaced by accordionist Yuri Lemeshev, who hails from the Russian island of Sakhalin, and two Israelis, guitarist Oren Kaplan and saxophonist Ori Kaplan, who despite their similar names were not related. Hütz helped bolster the band's popularity by becoming somewhat of a celebrity in the downtown scene, in part fueled by his Thursday night DJ gigs at Bulgarian club/restaurant/bar Mehanata, where he played Ukrainian, Gypsy, raï, and flamenco music for a crowd of artists, models, Ukrainians, Russians, Gypsies, and Bulgarians with tendencies toward exuberant dancing and smashing plates. In the spring of 2002, Gogol Bordello embarked on a European tour and performed as part of the Whitney Biennial, bringing their music to a whole new audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Do people have to post to show a shred of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I guess not. I will edit the post above.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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