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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wild, exuberant, sexy and smooth!, September 23, 1999
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This review is from: Blow "Besir" Blow! (Audio CD)
Immediately evokes scenes form Kusturica's masterpiece "UNDERGROUND". As a matter of fact, this is the best substitute for the film's original soundtrack. The music is played with such abandon and gusto, that you can't simply stand still and not start dancing. Forget all the apprehentions you may have about brass music. This muisc Romska Orijentalna muzika(Oriental Rom(Gypsy) Music, and is exuberant, smooth and very sexy at the same time with almost a gliding undertone to it. "IZRAEL ORIJENT" is actually one of the wildest versions of "Hava Nagila" ever recorded. If you're a lover of the Balkan roma music, this is a must have!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Andrej, September 5, 2001
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This album blew my mind. I recomend it highly to all lovers of Balkan music. I could just imagine my self sitting in a serbian 'kafana', sipping on 'sljivovica' and returning home early hours in the morning, being followed by a Gypsy brass band, waking up the neighbourhood. This kind of music just makes me want to get married or dance on the table!!! Now I know where Bregovic gets his ideas for music. Like I said, if you like Balkan music, this CD will grow on you the moment you play it...
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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This is the best Yugoslav Gypsy Brass music ever recorded!, January 8, 1999
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After having listened to a great deal of Yugoslav brass music, I can only say that Blow Besir Blow captures the true essence of this wonderful music. Only being in a "Kafana" (bar) in Serbia drinking and dancing to live gypsy musicians tops this album. A must have for anyone from Yugoslavia or a fan of gypsy music!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great whether or not your'e familar with the style, February 3, 2007
This review is from: Blow "Besir" Blow! (Audio CD)
I had a friend who worked at Tower (long, long ago my friends) and she gave me this CD (taken from the clearance bin no doubt) as a joke. It ended up being one of my favorite recordings of all time. I am not really familiar with this kind of music, it sort of sounded like a klezmer/mariachi band to me at first, combining the exuberance and passion of traditional eastern European music with the freewheeling yet precisely controlled brass you find in the best Mexican music. But truth is, it just plain rocks... I ended up loaning my old CD to a friend who, as it turned out, I never saw again. So, I am here getting "Blow 'Besir' Blow" a second time--its worth it.
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