"Le feu dans le sang" it's a documentary by Elsa Dahmani filmed during the Rio Loco Festival 2008 in Toulouse. With special appearence by some of the greatest artists of balkan music: Esma Redzepova, Boban Markovic, Taraf de Haïdouk, Balkan Beat Box, Emir Kusturica, Shantel, Dj Click and more! Now you can watch the full documentary online @ Balkan Beats Kollektiv! The subtitles are in french but some parts the audio is in english. It's worth to watch it!
Fanfare Ciocărlia is a popular twelve-piece Roma brass band from the northeastern Romanian village of Zece Prăjini. The band began as a loose assemblage of part-time musicians playing at local weddings and baptisms. In October 1996, the German sound engineer and record producer Henry Ernst visited Zece Prajini and convinced a number of the musicians there to assemble a touring band. These musicians decided to name the band Fanfare Ciocărlia: Fanfare being a French word that has passed into Romanian and is used to designate a brass band; Ciocârlia being the Romanian word for the skylark. Since their discovery by Ernst, who serves as their manager, they have played more than thousand concerts in more than 50 countries across the globe.
Get ready for the world wide wedding on DVD. Produced & released 2004 Format: PAL-DVD9 Total playing time: 2 hours and 32 minutes. Languages: English, French, German.
From the birth of a New York City downtown Ruso-disco phenomena, known as the Bulgarian Bar, to a non-stop touring marathon, with his band Gogol Bordello, Eugene Hütz takes us deep into his artistic foundation. The story unfolds from 2001 to 2006, following Gogol's steps from underground legends to international attention.
The Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello Masterminded by Eugene Hutz, is an exhaustaholic collective of immigrant musicians. They create an insane party atmosphere to deliver messages of social and political commentary, such as "Think locally, fuck globally".
"The Guča trumpet festival is an annual trumpet festival held in the town of Guča in the Dragačevo region of western Serbia. Guča is a five-hour bus journey from Belgrade. 600,000 visitors make their way to the town of 2,000 people every year, both from Serbia and abroad. Elimination heats earlier in the year mean only a few dozen bands get to compete. Guča’s official festival is split into three parts. Friday’s opening concert, Saturday night celebrations and Sunday’s competition. Friday’s concerts are held at the entrance to the official Guča Festival building. This event features previous winners, each orkestar getting to play three tunes while folk dancers, all kitted out in bright knitting patterns, dance kolos and oros in front of a hyped-up audience"
The film centers around the ambitions of two young trumpet players in their quest to win 'The Golden Trumpet'. If you enjoyed the opening scenes of the 1992 Cannes film festival winner 'Underground', then you will love this documentary.
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