Gypsy Fever Summer Tour
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:39 am

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GYPSY FEVER IS BACK!

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic are on the road again in January on their second national Gypsy Fever tour bringing their highly infectious, uplifting, intoxicating blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer music to venues all around the country.

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band released their debut ep, Danse Macabre in early 2008 and since then they have been in hot demand playing at the Prana, Jambalaya, Parihaka and Splore festivals last summer as well as undertaking a highly successful 20 date ‘Gypsy Fever’ national tour in January/early February. In March they had the honour of supporting popular international act Beirut at the Kings Arms in Auckland.

The Benka band’s first single ‘Dance of Death’ spent four weeks in the Kiwi FM top ten and the riotous, energetic video for that song got plenty of airplay on music tv and has remained in the top ten videos on NZ music website Amplifier for six months. Catch the band while you can as plans are afoot to relocate to their musical motherland in May next year for a European tour.

Gyspy Fever Summer Tour 09
The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band with DJ Balkanetic

January

Mon 12 Festival of Lights, New Plymouth
Wed 14 Le Café, Picton
Thu 15 Harbour Light, L:yttleton
Fri 16 Red Rock, Wanaka
Sat 17 Revolver, Queenstown
Sun 18 Cooks Saddle Café, Fox Glacier
Wed 21 Marahau Park Café, Marahau
Thu 22 Mussel Inn, Takaka
Fri 23 Phat Club, Nelson w/ DJ Moksha
Sat 24 Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Sun 25 Aunt Daisys Boathouse, Titahi Bay, Porirua

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band

Hailing from the slums and ghettos of Auckland (the Prague of the South), The Benka Boradovsky Bordello band is a highly theatrical musical group specialising in music of Eastern European, Gypsy and Jewish flavour, along with some Western European influences. With music ranging from old to new, originals to standards, vocal to instrumental; they are remarkable in their ability to get everyone up and dancing, regardless of age, musical taste, or level of drunkenness. Benka's globetrotting voice sings in a wide variety of languages, with lyrics in Russian, Greek, Serbian, Romani, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, English and more. If references are necessary, they sound like Tom Waits, Shane McGowan and Franz Kafka drunk too much vodka and thought they were in 1950's Yugoslavia.

Reviews

Frenetic and bawdy, the eclectic BBBB have a gypsy/klezmer/Eastern European-thing going on that is very addictive and slightly unhinged. With raw, heavily accented vocals and feverish instrumentals, the band play traditional, new and original songs in a range of languages, from Russian to Arabic, English to Hebrew. It’s funny, energetic and simply irresistible. - Kia Ora Magazine

The Benka Bordadovsky Bordello Band capture a Jewish, Gypsy feel with breathtaking effectiveness. - Canta

It makes you want to kick up your heels and dance like a Cossack. - Real Groove

Band Members

Benka Boradovsky – Clarinet, Vocals and licentious flirtations.
Anna Rehkitz (The Deer) - Flute and coy glances.
Philka Cherbyakov (The Worm) - Lead Guitar and devilish grins.
Senka Senyaglaze (Blue Eyes) - Bass Guitar and hats at jaunty angles.
Yelyena Yareiach (The Moon) - Percussion and feminine wiles.

RE: Gypsy Fever Summer Tour
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