Nu Med [Vinyl]

Balkan Beat Box | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 14, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jdub Records
• ASIN: B001TW6912
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,276 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Keep 'Em Straight (Intro)

2. Hermetico

3. Habibi Min Zaman

4. Bbbeat

5. Digital Monkey

6. Balcasio

7. Pachima

8. Quand Est-Ce Qu'on Arrive?

9. Mexico City

10. Delancey

11. Joro Boro

12. Gypsy Queens

13. $20 for Boban

14. Baharim (Outro)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the sequel might be better than the original, May 23, 2007

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Joseph Geni (Evanston, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nu Med (Dig) (Audio CD)

Balkan Beat Box's self-titled debut was terrific, but after listening to Nu Med, the first BBB disc seems almost like a test run to make sure this crazy mash of balkan folk, Jewish and Middle Eastern melodies, beats, pieces, party horns and snippets of politics could actually work. And did it work.

In this record, they've firmly established their groove and the sound here is a more complete package. (And more hilarious cover art: I'm a fan of the parachuting camels motif.) It's also more lyric-heavy than the first one, and filled with live snippets and clips of cheering crowds from tours past, adding to the infectious flavor of the record. At 14 tracks, it probably runs a couple numbers too long, but I'm hard-pressed to tell you which ones should have been cut, because they're all good. If you liked the original Balkan Beat Box, you will like this. And if you don't know BBB yet you can start with this record or the debut without missing out. But you're probably going to end up owning both, like me, because this is some of the most exciting and energetic music being made today.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fantastic album!, July 8, 2007

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R. Williams (Gloucestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nu Med (Dig) (Audio CD)

How do you top an album that starts off with a rooster crowing? With a Digital Monkey, of course! After enjoying BBB's first album for a year and a half, I wasn't sure how I'd react to this album but it definitely delivers and is arguably even better, tighter and more varied than the first. This is a band who know who they are and where they're going (far, I suspect).

The blend of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Eastern European influences held together with a strong dance beat, mesmerising horns and surf-style guitar is hypnotic and very, very danceable. At once, an invitation to a joyous party and a call to transcend our cultural and national borders; Nu Med is music that reminds us we can all live (and dance) together peacefully.

There's not a weak track on the whole album, current favourites though are: Hermetico, BBBeat, Digital Monkey and Joro Boro (the return of the Bulgarian Chicks!) This is a brilliant album and one you won't stop listening to anytime soon. And they're even better live!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Unusual., February 2, 2010

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Gary Peterson (San Diego, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nu Med (Dig) (Audio CD)

A few years ago I became interested in Mexican electronica and purchased a number of CDs. It's excellent and quite interesting and amusing. As such, several other examples of World Music electronica selections began appearing on my list of Amazon recommendations. One such recording was the Balkan Beat Box "Nu-Med" CD. I bought it out of curiosity.

"Nu-Med" is an interesting and very unusual recording. It's rather well done, although it's not the type of music I would generally enjoy listening to. Much of the music has a very Mid-East flavor, too much in my opinion. However, a wide range of styles are evident. Some of it even sounds a bit West Indies and Mexican. As such the album makes for an interesting listening experience, although I doubt that I would listen to the CD more than a couple times. Well, I have it in my collection in the event that anyone is ever interested and wants something really unusual.

"Hermetico," "Habibi Min Zaman," "Quand est-ce Qu'On Arrive?" and"Delancey" are the best tracks, in my opinion. The first and last tracks are short throwaway introductions and conclusions and I think the album might be better without them. The rest of the tracks are only so-so, in my opinion. They're well done, and some listeners might find them very enjoyable. Well, the Nu-Med album was an interesting listening experience.

Gary Peterson