Baltic Balkan very first 2014 mix tape with influence of the Arabic melodies,Turkish Arabesque, Albanian Lambada, Syrian Dabke, Greek Bozouki and music of the Oriental Underground.

Baltic Balkan - LO + FI

Disko Dürüm new Baltic Balkan mixtape inspired by mid-60s-70s  Turkish folk-pop hybrid. In the late 1960s, musicians liberted the local, folkish Anadolu Pop, splicing it with Psichedelia and indigenous instruments to make an intoxicating blend that's ripe for redicovery. 

Compiled and mixed in Wiesbaden, Wellritzstraße. 2014.

Baltic Balkan - Disko Dürüm

We present you the first "Baltic Balkan" remix. We remixed "Fanfara Transilvania" from Romania song "Transbalkan" in a Baltic way. And the first single from outcomming new 2016 EP "BalkanTinnitus"! 

TransBalkan - Fanfara Transilvania - Baltic Balkan RMX

Free.MP3  - Dubioza Kolektiv - Baltic Balkan Ska RMX - from new Baltic Balkan EP "Balkantinnitus" 2016

Free.MP3  - Dubioza Kolektiv - Baltic Balkan Ska RMX

Baltic Balkan feat. Stavaris - Litvak Klezmer Dub

Tactical Groove Orbit Feat. Baltic Balkan - Balkantinnitus

First Baltic Balkan track and video with 
Santiago El Kasper(Monkey Theorem)in 2017!  

A 19th century Litvaks song Yiddish lyrics + French rap! 
Song about square dance caller teaches the young workingmen and women of a small town, a big-city Quadrille. Original sample sung by a woman born in Grodno, Lithuania. 

Art cover by Asta Ostroivskaja

video is here: https://youtu.be/VwLO3MCSyXM
Asta Ostrovskaja Art Director, Robertas Muravskij - camera and editing, Laurynas Pranckus for acting and help with execution, Ieva Buša - Tomovska for assisting and consulting about Balkan culture, Santiago El Kasper for classy style from Grenoble.

Yddish lyrics:
Tamdaydayday Yadididididam,
Yadididi, Yadididi damdamdam.
Eyns, tsvey, dray, fir, 
Gib a trot un kum tsu mir. 
Du nem Chasken,
Du nem Bashken,
Shtelt zich Loyset bay der tie.
Ot ze Tamare, mach a vare,
Ot ze Berele vi ich gey:
Ot azoy, ot azoy
Chap dayn meydl un gib zi a drey,
Trararam, Sorke Durchn mitn,
Trararam, Yankele stey baym vant.
Trararam, un Mendl nem du Gitlen,
Trararam, un chap zi on baym hand.

French lyrics:
je suis calé dans mon plane, 
en panne, dans l’impasse
je pose ma mitraille sur la table ya que dalle 
brasse mon égo, trente piges, sur la paille
escaladant les murs, recherchant la faille 
 
dans les clous, mais rêveur
dans les choux, mal au coeur
bat les couilles, les viscères dans la peur 
je veux pas céder mon âme p ur des pennys
ni peiner dans le dénis, 
chui coupable, dieu nous bénisse 

a quoi bon, toutes ces galipette des broutilles
vaine est la quête, on finit tous soumis
courant pour un petit bénéfice bousillé   
cramé par une vie de qualité mérite

je brasse, me perd dans l'atlas
recherche un espace et trace
me déplace en évitant la frustration, heh ! 
en quête de pur gazon, 
mais toujours calé sur la pulsation
——
et faudrait se voiler la face (….)
sagement à sa place, a leur merci
comme des lapins devant des rapaces
passif en kiffant  l’inertie 
aucun dérapage n’est admis
guise de petite diplomatie   
du sparadra sur les babines  
si t’est locace allez vas y  
—
Han 
je me défile pas
On fait les fils avec ma fine equipe de félés 
electrique sont nos vies de barges
faire profil bas
v’la les codes
que l’on t’enseigne à l’école 
des prof à la flicaille

j’ai mis des piges à 
trouver l’équilibre
et faire enfin ce qui me botte 
sans me sentir illégitime
à dire fock 
avant trouver mes limites
dans ce que j’édifie 
chaque brique est décisive

Baltic Balkan feat. El Kasper (Monkey Theorem) - Kadril

Digital release available August 3, 2012 on Maasto Records

Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta - Katapulta (Dj Tito)

From debut Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta EP "Katapulta". 
Date of release 03 August 2012 Maasto Rec. 

Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta - Katapulta (Boyfriend & Ckrono Remix)

Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta - Katapulta (DjSuperStereo Remix)

Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta - Katapulta (Lencas Vocal Original Track)

Baltic Balkan feat. Banda Dzeta - Katapulta (Canalh Remix)

In interwar Lithuania Moishe Hofmekler and the collectives under his leadership earned the reputation of the most professional and reputable instrumentalists of estrade music in Kaunas. The respectable Metropolis became their stage. M. Hofmekler was fluent in Lithuanian, encouraged Lithuanian composers to write music. Moishe Hofmekler performed orchestral parts for Daniel Brojdes-Dolskiy music and many other signers of that time. Here Baltic Balkan version of Jewish  Foxtrot.

Baltic Balkan feat. Marius Salynas - Foxtrot

1. Shazalakazoo - Misirlou
2. Nashto Freakz - Nashto Techno
3. Matto Beats - Unknown
4. Dj Danel - Ethereal fields 
5. ShazaLaKazoo feat. Baltic Balkan - Pasiutpolkė
6. Baltic Balkan feat. Kasper  - Kadril
7. Baltic Balkan feat. Salynas - Foxtrot
8. Baltic Balkan feat. Tactical Groov Orbit - Balkantinitus Radio Edit

OY VEY 2017

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Tibble Transsibiriska - Havannas Lejonnina (Baltic Balkan Remix) 2017

Coloboration with our friend Dj Click from Paris. Last track from EP Litvish ליטוויש 2017.

Dj Click & Baltic Balkan - Happy Jew Dub

Baltic Balkan - Balkan Diner Remake 2019

Music - Baltic Balkan (Linas Starkus Lencas, Linas Masys Namas, Marius Kneipferavičius Marulis) & Tibble Transsibiriska (Johan Testad, Jonas Runefelt, Emil Rotsjö, Anton Svanberg, Hiroko Nishikawa, Martin Kjellgren, Sergiusz Markowski)
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Vocals - Kastytis Sarnickas Kastetas, Johan Testad, Linas Starkus
Lyrics - Kastytis Sarnickas Kastetas, Johan Testad
Mixed & Mastered - Rolandas Venckys Innomine
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Director & Script - Nikolas Verseckas
DOP - Nikolas Verseckas
Post Production -  Agatas Savickis
Color Grading - Agatas Savickis
Producer - Anatolijus Chudoba

Actors:
Evelina Ferrum, Ponas, Brolis, Gudan, Anatolijus.

Thanks to:
pvz.lt, Gytis Giniotis, Anatolijus Chudoba.

(c) (p) Baltic Balkan, 2020

Baltic Balkan  - Tibble Transibiriska RMX Feat. Kastetas - Hop Hop Digidaj

Baltic Balkan - Party Like The Last Time in Your Life! 
Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, was always the meltdown of the Baltic, Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, Jewish, German, Tatar, Karaite, British and Gypsy cultures. The homeland of Jascha Hefeitz, where every traditionalist backyard was still listening to the klezmer music wind coming from the East and the South, it is also a starting point for the Baltic Balkan project. This musical and performance artist endeavor was inspired by listening to original Yugoslav punk rock, as well as countless musical festivals in Europe and movies with a true Balkan (and Baltic) spirits. Three men and a dog appeared on Baltic clubbing scene in the year 2008.  The Baltic Balkan took Lithuanian audience by storm, as everyone was longing for true fire in dance and drinking. The Baltic Balkan performances visited clubs and concert halls in major Baltic cities, as well as  festivals. The Baltic Balkan has hosted three series of incredibly successful Balkan parties – “Baltic Balkan Bang”, “Caravan” and the recent “Balkanaktis”.

After gaining the experience of playing alongside such an acts as „Fanfara Ciocarlia” (Romania), „Dubioza Kolektiv”(Bosnia), „Slobodan Salijevic Orkestar”(Serbia), „Colectiff Istambul” (Turkey), „Balkan Khans” (Bulgaria), „Romengo” and „Söndörgö” (Hungary), „Gypsy Hill“ (UK), Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha, Dalindeo (Finland), „Tibble Transibirisska“, „Süperstar Orkestar“ (Sweden), „El Remolón“, „La Yegros“(Argentina), „Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra“ (Spain), Inculto (LT), and DJs – Shantel, Robert Soko, Dunkelbunt, Dj Click, Gaetano Fabri, Gypsy Sound System, Tactical Groove Orbit, Dj Little Tune, Gypsy Box, Dj Grounchoo, Captain Cumbia, Malalata, DJ AK, La Bolschevita, Belaj Kru Sound, Dj SebCat, Funklore, Boris Viande, Warsaw Balkan Madness, Dj Pontell, Papa BO, ZhamoZha, SuperStereo and Mondo Cane. The Baltic Balkan company lead their way to the free world. They have set the nights on fire in Liepaja, Vespils, Riga, Tallinn, Krakow, Lodz, Gdansk, Warsaw, Prag, Brno, Bratislava, Žilin, Wiesbaden, Nurnberg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Ås, Oslo, Leksand, Stockholm, Paris, Amiens, Grenoble, Lion, Brussels, Gent, Antwerpen, Fribourg, Geneve, Segovia, Sevilla, Barcelona, London and Prishtina. The crew was invited to open the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, "Laba Daba" in Latvia, “GoEast” Film Festival in Wiesbaden, Germany, “Nuit Blanche” Amiens Festival in France, “Balkan Fever Helsinki” in Finland, "Rumpus" and “Boomtown Fair 2018/2019” in UK, gala party “Prishtina Film Festival” in Kosovo and have performed at “Volt 2011” and "Sziget 2013" in Hungary alongside their heroes "Mahalai Rai Banda", "Parno Graszt", Kusturica "The No Smoking Orchestra", "Balkanik 2017" in Bucharest with Fanfare Ciocârlia feat. Adrian Raso & Devi's Tale, Kolektif Istanbul, Yasmine Hamdan, "Lyon Gypsy Festival 2019" in France and 2023 with Balkan Beats Tokio in Japan.

Discography:
Debut album "Katapulta" EP released in August 3, 2012 on Maasto Records, Finland is a unique collaboration between two driving forces in the Vilnius alternative world music scene; the fire-setting balkan / gypsy / klezmer DJ unit Baltic Balkan, and the minimal post brass outfit Banda Dzeta. 
In 2015 started a collaboration with French DJs, MCs and producers - Dj Click, MC Kasper (Monkey Theorem), Boris Viande and Tactical Groove Orbit. Resulting in nice tours and fresh remixes. Also features a collab with Fanfara Transilvania (Ro) and a Dubioza Kolektiv (BiH) remix.
In 2016 released second EP "Balkantinnitus"  on Vlad Ghetto Folk Label, Paris. 
Klezmer inspired EP "Litvish" 2017, released also on Vlad Ghetto Folk Label, Paris.
In 2019 in coloboration with Swedish band Tibble Transibirisska and most popular Hip Hop band in LT singer Kastetas released remake of song "Hop Hop Digiday".
In 2023 was released The New (first LP) Baltic Balkan album “Bazaar“.
The New Baltic Balkan album “Bazaar“ can be described like a 2 year long journey from North Africa to Lithuania. Crossing the Gibraltar and recording the song „Lento“with the majestic Spanish singer Sandra Carrillo, enriching the song with Spanish rhythms and passion.
Next stop a wedding in the Balkans which results in a major 2 day hangover. After that is Berlin, the club Panke, where the band collaborates with a local Lithuanian MC Liežuvis and create the song „Lietus“. Quick trip back to Lithuania to record the summer hit Bum Pam.
Not staying too long at home it is off to the land of the raising sun – Japan. Where our travelling Lithuanian gypsies meet the band „Otoji + Ray“ from the local „Balkan Beats“ movement. They collaborate together in the track “Jebel tariq“, which our Japanese friends include in their current repertoire.
Back at home, the records are crowned by the collaboration with musician/actor Mantas Zemleckas, from the Lithuanian band „Kamanių Šilelis“ on the Jew harp and mandolin.
Bazzar is an album that will take you on a journey you to distant lands and experiences.

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