Kultur Shock
Encyclopedia
Kultur Shock is a Seattle-based gypsy punk
band which specializes in mixing modern music like rock
, metal
and punk
with traditional Balkan music.
In 2004, Kultur Shock released Kultura Dictatura. This album was also produced by Billy Gould and released on Koolarrow Records.
The last album published is We Came To Take Your Jobs Away
with the same producer.
The band defines itself as "a live band of blue-collar immigrants".
Gypsy punk
Gypsy punk is the term used to describe a hybrid musical genre that crosses traditional Romani music with punk rock. The origin of the term is unknown, but bands playing Gypsy punk have existed at least since the 1990s. One of the first rock groups to incorporate elements of punk and Eastern...
band which specializes in mixing modern music like rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
with traditional Balkan music.
Biography
The band plays a combination of punk, Balkan’s ethno music, gypsy folk and rock’n’roll. Its members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Japan, and the United States.In 2004, Kultur Shock released Kultura Dictatura. This album was also produced by Billy Gould and released on Koolarrow Records.
The last album published is We Came To Take Your Jobs Away
We Came To Take Your Jobs Away
We Came To Take Your Jobs Away - is the fourth album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# God is Busy, May I Help You?# Tango la Victoire# Duna# Zumbal...
with the same producer.
The band defines itself as "a live band of blue-collar immigrants".
Current Lineup
- Srđan Gino Jevđević (Bosnia) - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, tarabuka - Paris Hurley (Arizona, USA) - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, vocal - Guy M. Davis (Jakarta, Indonesia) - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Val Kiossovski (Sofia, Bulgaria) - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocal - Chris Stromquist (New York, USA) - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Amy DenioAmy DenioAmy Denio is a Seattle -based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance, film and theater, as well as a songwriter and music improviser. Often called an unclassifiable avant-garde jazz musician, she is also deeply inspired by world music. She is probably best known as a...
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) - clarinet, saxophone, vocal
Discography
- Ministry of KulturMinistry of KulturMinistry of Kultur - is the seventh album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# Choko ko ko# Mujo Kuje# Don't Shoot Me!# Duga# Tamni Vilajet...
(2011), Kultur Shock Records - IntegrationIntegration (Kultur Shock album)Live in Europe - is the sixth album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# King For Today# Build A Wall# Guerilla# Balcchanalia# Country Mohhamed...
(2009), Kultur Shock Records - Live In EuropeLive In Europe (Kultur Shock album)Live in Europe - is the Fifth album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# Duna# Tutti Frutti# Tango la Victoir# Istanbul# Mastika# God Is Busy# Romana...
(2007), Kultur Shock Records - We Came To Take Your Jobs AwayWe Came To Take Your Jobs AwayWe Came To Take Your Jobs Away - is the fourth album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# God is Busy, May I Help You?# Tango la Victoire# Duna# Zumbal...
(2006), Koolarrow RecordsKoolarrow RecordsKoolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's Bass Guitarist Billy Gould.- Current artists :The Talking Book*Como Asesinar a Felipes*Alexander Hacke*Brujeria*Don Cikuta*Dureforsog*Flattbush... - Kultura-DiktaturaKultura DiktaturaKultura-Diktatura - is the third album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# Tutti Frutti - 3:45# Morto - 4:08# Horse Thief - 3:36# Kamarage - 4:25...
(2004), Koolarrow RecordsKoolarrow RecordsKoolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's Bass Guitarist Billy Gould.- Current artists :The Talking Book*Como Asesinar a Felipes*Alexander Hacke*Brujeria*Don Cikuta*Dureforsog*Flattbush... - FUCC The INSFucc The I.N.SFucc The I.N.S. - is the second album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# Nadjia# Seamstress & The Officers# Montenegro H.C.# Radio Gitana# Haide Yano...
(2001), Koolarrow RecordsKoolarrow RecordsKoolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's Bass Guitarist Billy Gould.- Current artists :The Talking Book*Como Asesinar a Felipes*Alexander Hacke*Brujeria*Don Cikuta*Dureforsog*Flattbush... - Live In AmerikaLive In AmerikaLive In Amerika - is the first album from Kultur Shock, Seattle-based gypsy punk/alternative metal band, which specializes in alternative-style Balkan music.- Track listing :# Il' je vedro il' oblacno # Wild wedding # Kita mange # Pustoto ludo i mlado...
(1999), Pacific RecordsPacific RecordsPacific Records has been the name of at least two record labels:-Pacific Records :Pacific Records, was founded by Brian Witkin in 1999. Formerly known as "Real2Reel Records", in 2004 Pacific was introduced as a division of Wingnut Media Group, Inc, based in Del Mar, California. The company was...
External links
- Official Web Site
- Band's MySpace Site
- Band's page on Koolarrow RecordsKoolarrow RecordsKoolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's Bass Guitarist Billy Gould.- Current artists :The Talking Book*Como Asesinar a Felipes*Alexander Hacke*Brujeria*Don Cikuta*Dureforsog*Flattbush...
site - Kultur Shock, Osijek (5.12.2009.) - photo gallery
- Drew Adamek, Kultur Shock Plays the Balkans, The New York Times,