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Balkan Beat Box is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Manu Chao, Oi Va Voi, Rachid Taha and Charlie Parker. Those roots explain a lot about how Balkan Beat Box arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shantel, Watcha Clan, Goran Bregović, Taraf de Haïdouks and Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mac Miller, Jason Derulo, 2 Chainz, Ylvis and The Lonely Island, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Balkan Beat Box, reaching back through Manu Chao and forward to Mac Miller. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Balkan Beat Box (BBB) is an Israeli musical group. Founded by Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan in 2003, BBB was later joined by Tomer Yosef who became a core member. The group plays Mediterranean-influenced music that incorporates Jewish, Southeast Europe and Middle Eastern music, Gypsy punk, reggae and electronica. As a musical unit they often collaborate with a host of other musicians both in the studio as well as live.
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Balkan Beat Box connections
Balkan Beat Box grew out of Manu Chao, Oi Va Voi, Rachid Taha and Charlie Parker, shares an orbit with Shantel, Watcha Clan, Goran Bregović and Taraf de Haïdouks, went on to shape Mac Miller, Jason Derulo, 2 Chainz and Ylvis. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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