Kultur Shock is a Seattle-based
gypsy punk band which specializes in mixing music like
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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,
metal
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and
punk
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with traditional
Balkan music
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Historical ...
.
Biography
Active since 1996, Kultur Shock combines Balkan folk music with punk, metal and art rock. Its members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the United States. The band has issued as many as 11 albums and had performed over 1,500 shows throughout the United States and Europe. Kultur Shock was signed to Bill Gould's KoolArrow record label from 2001 to 2006 and released three albums for the label: ''FUCC the INS'', ''Kultura-Diktatura'' and ''We Came to Take Your Jobs Away''. In 2006 the band formed its own label Kultur Shock Records and publishing company, Kultur Shock Music.
In 2011, the band had attended
Motovun Film Festival
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Overview
Motovun Film Festival is entirely dedic ...
along with
Pips, Chips & Videoclips
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The band first came to prominence in 1992 when they recorded ''Dinamo ja vo ...
band and performer
Nick Cave
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.
In 2014, Kultur Shock released ''IX'' their ninth album and sixth collaboration with engineer/producer
Jack Endino
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.
The band defines itself as "a live band of
blue-collar
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immigrants
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".
Current lineup
*
Gino Srdjan Yevdjevich (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) –
vocals
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,
trumpet
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,
tarabuka
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Val Kiossovski (Sofia, Bulgaria) –
guitar
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, vocal
*Matty Noble (USA) – violin, vocals
*
Chris Stromquist
Kultur Shock is a Seattle-based gypsy punk band which specializes in mixing music like rock, metal and punk with traditional Balkan music.
Biography
Active since 1996, Kultur Shock combines Balkan folk music with punk, metal and art rock. Its m ...
(Brooklyn, NY) –
drums
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*Guy Michael Davis (Jakarta, Indonesia) –
bass
*
Amy Denio
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(Detroit, Michigan) –
clarinet
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,
saxophone
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, vocals
Chris Stromquist
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drummer
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and member of Kultur Shock,
the
Brooklyn
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Balkan
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brass band Slavic Soul Party.
and the
New York
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Film and television
* '' ...
avante-garde Salsa band Zemog El Gallo Bueno.
Discography
*''Live in Amerika'' (1999), Pacific Records
*''FUCC the I.N.S.'' (2001),
Koolarrow Records
Koolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's bass guitarist Billy Gould.
Current artists
* 7notas, 7colores
* Alexander Hacke
* Brujeria
* Como Asesinar a Felipes
* Don Cikuta
* Durefor ...
*''Kultura-Diktatura'' (2004), Koolarrow Records
*''We Came to Take Your Jobs Away'' (2006), Koolarrow Records
*''Live in Europe'' (2008), Kultur Shock Records
*''Integration'' (2009), Kultur Shock Records
*''Ministry of Kultur'' (2011), Kultur Shock Records
*''Tales of Grandpa Guru, Vol. 1'' (2012), Kultur Shock Records
*''IX'' (2014), Kultur Shock Records
*''Live at Home'' (2015), Kultur Shock Records
*''Tales of the Two Gurus, Vol. 2'' (2016), Kultur Shock Records (with
Edo Maajka
Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his w ...
)
*''D.R.E.A.M'' (2019)
References
External links
Official Web SiteBand's pageon
Koolarrow Records
Koolarrow Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, set up by Faith No More's bass guitarist Billy Gould.
Current artists
* 7notas, 7colores
* Alexander Hacke
* Brujeria
* Como Asesinar a Felipes
* Don Cikuta
* Durefor ...
site
Kultur Shock, Osijek (5.12.2009.) - photo galleryKultur Shock at Maymunarnika (09.08.2016) - Photo gallery"Kultur Shock – Artisti — MTV Hrvatska accessdate=2013-08-25.
Chris Stromquist links
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"Chris Stromquist @ARTISTdirect"accessdate=2013-08-25
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Gypsy punk groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Musical groups from Seattle
Punk rock groups from Washington (state)