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Las Balkanieras

From Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia

Balkan + dancehall + dubstep + Europop = Las Balkanieras

"Balkan dancehall trash pop" isn't a genre we're too familiar with round these parts. Indeed, we'd wager this to be its debut performance on WOMAD's boards. And Las Balkanieras make for uninhibited debutantes, a vocal trio whose mash-up of seemingly incongruous styles would, before a note's been played, suggest music not just made by committee, but by the theory of chaos. But this combination of (occasionally brash) Balkan vocal harmonies, dancehall bass, the guttural throb of dubstep and an overwhelming, brightly coloured pop exuberance enjoys an inexplicable appeal. It's not music that's ever going to satisfy the furrow-browed musicologists, but Las Balkanieras won't mind. They're too busy having a fine old time, most notably on their Balkanisation of Kelis' Milkshake where a traditional Bosnian dish replaces the original's dairy-based beverage - "My burek brings all the boys to the yard". It ain't heavy - but your feet won't care a jot.
Programmed by www.squareonesound.co.uk

(Biography written by Nige Tassell 2011)

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