Boom Pam

Boom Pam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Essay Recordings
• ASIN: B000GYHXI2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,637 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This debut from Boom Pam is filled with magical surf guitars from Tel Aviv kicked by tuba and drums on an ecstatic Mediterranean spicy Balkan trip! Forget the daily headlines and immerse yourself in Tel Aviv's vibrant music scene. If there's a sound you can't find here in this offbeat Mediterranean metropolis, it probably doesn't exist. The music brewed up by the Boom Pam four is the acoustic equivalent of a high-energy drink. They already have a cult following in the Middle East, and now they have wowed European audiences in their gigs with Shantel at his Bucovina Club in Berlin, Frankfurt and Zurich. This CD, released worldwide exclusively on the Essay label, marks their recording debut. It is hard to categorize their music. So maybe we should invent a new category for Middle Eastern surf rock with a pinch of Balkan, a touch of irreverence and a lot of groove. Along with their two surf guitars, minimalist percussion and distinctive tuba comes a unique blend of Mediterranean, Balkan and Greek styles, sweetened with Jewish melodies and fattened up with cinematic circus music. The musicians are fed up with the klezmer cliche that still tends to be associated with Jewish music. "Nobody listens to klezmer," they say in unison. "Klezmer is the stuff that's sold in airport shops as 'the music of Israel.' Well, there is usually some klezmer in it, but that really isn't what's happening here -- that's what's popular outside Israel, but it isn't what's happening here. And there's a lot happening here."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Pan for Boom Pan, March 25, 2007

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Margaret A. Grayson (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boom Pam (Audio CD)

It's the kind of music everyone needs to perk up their day. If you have had a bad day or are expecting a bad day, Boom Pam's music will brighten your outlook.

The genre is difficult to identify, but there should be more of it available. Oh yeah, you have to love tubas. Yes, love tubas. Non-tuba lovers need not be afraid. Listen to the CD once and you will be converted.

Boom Pan is fresh, unique, familiar, progressive, and retro. simultaneously.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good music, December 5, 2008

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Captain Z (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Boom Pam (Audio CD)

I really like this music. Very energetic playing. Kind of a klezmer sound to some of it. Fun to listen to!