East Infection is an EP by Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring.Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music...

 released in 2005 by Rubric Records

Rubric Records

Rubric Records is an independent record label based in New York, New York which began life in 1999. It was founded by David Gwiazdowski and Kenny Sehgal of New York, New York band Kreisor.-Catalogue:* Alchemysts* Analogue II* Barnyard Playboys...

. Released prior to the album Gypsy Punks sessions, it consists of leftover tracks from that album's sessions.

The title track remains a live favourite. Ave. B was rerecorded as Avenue B for Gypsy Punks, and Strange Uncles From Abroad was rerecorded as "My Strange Uncles From Abroad" for Super Taranta!

Super Taranta!

Super Taranta! is the fourth album by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello released on the July 10, 2007 on SideOneDummy records. This album was #14 on Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007...

. Copycat is also notable for being the band's first song in the dub

Dub music

Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...

 style. Mala Vida is a cover of a song by Mano Negra

Mano Negra

Mano Negra was a music band in France, during 1987–1995, fronted by Manu Chao.The band, founded in 1987 by Chao, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego in Paris, France, was very influential in Europe during the early 1990s. Although it reached mainstream success in countries...

, and Madagascar-Roumania incorporates a traditional Romanian folk song, Tu Jésty Fáta a misspell of "Tu Esti Fata".

Track listing

All songs by Eugene Hütz. All music by Eugene Hütz and Gogol Bordello, except "Mala Vida" (Mano Negra

Mano Negra

Mano Negra was a music band in France, during 1987–1995, fronted by Manu Chao.The band, founded in 1987 by Chao, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego in Paris, France, was very influential in Europe during the early 1990s. Although it reached mainstream success in countries...

) and "Tu Jésty Fáta" (Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n folk song).

Enhanced Element:

1. "Never Young Again" - Video by Dimon.

Personnel

• Eugene Hutz
  Eugene Hütz
  Eugene Hütz , September 6, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born singer and composer, most notable as the frontman of the critically acclaimed New York Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. Hütz is also a DJ and actor.-Early life:...
  
   – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums on Track 4
• Sergey Ryabtsev
  Sergey Ryabtsev
  Sergey Ryabtsev plays violin and provides backing vocals for the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.He was born on the 11th September 1958 in Gorky City, now Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia...
  
   – Violin, Backing Vocals
• Yuri Lemeshev
  Yuri Lemeshev
  Yuri Lemeshev is a Russian accordion player best known as a member of New York-based Gypsy-Punk-Cabaret band Gogol Bordello.-Biography:...
  
   – Accordion, Backing Vocals
• Oren Kaplan – Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Rea Mochiach – Bass
• Eliot Ferguson – Drums
• Pamela Jintana Racine – Percussion
• Elizabeth Sun
  Elizabeth Sun
  Elizabeth Sun is a musician and actress of Hong Kong Chinese descent. She was raised in Glasgow, Scotland.In 2000, she played Maggie McMullen in the movie Groove. In 2004 she joined the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello as a dancer, percussionist and backing vocalist.-External links:...
  
   – Percussion

Additional musicians

• Andra Ursuta – Vocals on track 1 and 6
• Pedro Erazo – Backing Vocals on track 3
• Ori Kaplan
  Ori Kaplan
  Ori Kaplan is a jazz saxophonist from Israel. He moved to the United States in 1991. He has worked with Tom Abbs and the Balkan Beat Box.-Career:...
  
  – Saxophone on track 5