Besh o droM is a

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music group. Their music blends folk and contemporary instruments (including the

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and the EWI, in styles ranging from punk-rock to world music. They acknowledge particular influences from

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, Lebanese,

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, Macedonian and

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musical traditions. The band was formed in Budapest in August 1999, recently based in Budapest, Bristol and Jerusalem. Their Romany title in the

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dialect (Besh o droM means ’sit on the road’ literally), but its real meaning is ’follow your path, get on with it’. It is also wordplay in Hungarian meaning ’I am rolling...’ (a joint). They have made a special appearance in

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's movie ''Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse''. They have also composed and performed the original soundtrack for the

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's 2001/2002 season of ''

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''.

Band members

Note: these

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appear in

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. * Barcza Gergely (founder, 1999–) (EWI, saxophone,

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) * Pettik Ádám (founder, 1999–) (

darabuka The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet- ...

drum, kanna (jug), drums, vocals) * Herr Attila (2007–)

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* Seres Vilmos (2009–)

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) * Molnár Tamás Gergely (2012–)

) * Csurkulya József (1999–) (

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) * Kaszai Lili (2010–) (vocals) * Hámori Máté (2009–) (guitar) * Szumper Ákos (2019–) (drums)

Previous band members

* Sidoo Attila (1999–2009) (guitar) * Tóth József (1999–2000) (saxophone) * Orczy Géza (1999–2002) (tapan) * Farkas Róbert (1999–2002) (accordion, violin) * DJ Mango (2000–2001) (scratch, rap) * Tóth Péter (2000–2006) (trumpet) * Talabos Csaba (2002–2005) (tapan) * Beszteri Róbert (2002–2003) (tapan) * Molnár László (2000) (double bass) * Szalóki Ágnes (1999–2005) (vocals) * Bese Csaba (1999–2002) (bass guitar) * Zsoldos Tamás (2002–2005) (bass guitar) * Vajdovich Árpád (2005–2007) (bass guitar) * Juhász Miczura Mónika (2005–2006) (vocals) * Magyar Borbála (2007–2010) (vocals) * Bede Péter (2000–2001) (saxophone) * Monori András (2000) (trumpet) * Békési László (2001–2007) (tenor saxophone, clarinet) * Varga László (–2008) (percussion) * Somos Péter (2008–2010) (drums) * Vadász Páter (2010–2019) (drums)

Guest artist

* Margit Bangó 2007 (vocals)

Discography

* ''Macsó hímzés'' (''Macho Embroidery'') Macsó hímzés (Fonó Records, 2000) * ''Nekemtenemmutogatol'' (''Can't Make Me!'') (2002) * ''GYI!'' (2004) * ''Ha megfogom az ördögöt… '' (''Once I Catch The Devil'') (2005) * ''Kertünk alatt'' (Narrator records, 2011) * ''Best of droM'' (Narrator records, 2012) * ''Gyüttmenti Táncok EP'' (Self Release, 2016) * ''Besh o droM20'' (Fonó Records, 2020)

External links

BeshodroM.hu
Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Besh o droM Hungarian folk music groups