I first came across Balkan music thanks to Russ Jones and Felix Buxton‘s seminal Gypsy Beats & Balkan Bangers compilations. The albums were a mixture of Balkan Brass bands such as Mahala Rai Banda, Fanfare Ciocărlia and Kocani Orkestar and remix producers like Shantel and Balkan Beat Box. For my latest mix I’ve stayed away from a lot of these artists, all of them in fact. It wasn’t really a conscious decision to do so and I’m sure I shall do a specifically brass mix and a ‘remix’ one in time, however these are simply some that have been going down well in my less ‘remix-ey’ DJ sets.
Read more on my blog: https://aaabadboy.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/3531/
