Bio

Balkan Laika's

Music Band

Gypsy Rock band Balkan Laika’s (a.k.a. Flying Balalaika Brothers) blends modern-day and traditional sounds to create a futuristic fusion of experimental world music. Armed with electric guitars, an accordion, a metal- influenced drummer, the Balkan Laika’s performances center around the massive contrabass-balalaika. Band represent a near perfect example of cross - cultural communication and assimilation, thereby demonstrating unto the world the true potential and beauty of multi-cultural cooperation and harmony. 

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Music

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    Turbofast Gypsy Wagon 2:55
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    Crazy Camp Kolo 2:36
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    OP OP ROMALE 3:01
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    Circus Back in Town 2:02
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    Ya Krivoy 4:20
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Press / Reviews

"The Flying Balalaika Brothers marry traditional Russian, Ukrainian, and Croatian folk music with contemporary, electric rock for a high-energy, dance-able show"

Country Roads magazine 

"The Flying Balalaika Brothers Bridge Cultural Gaps in Texas

Outside-the-box, no-boundaries, take-no-prisoners innovators. The FBBs combine jaw-dropping virtuosity with a masterful sense of mixing up genres"

Pocket Cultures

"The band represents a near perfect example of cross-cultural communication and assimilation, thereby demonstrating to the world the true potential and beauty of multi-cultural cooperation and harmony. "

 Beeville Bee Picayune

"Whispered bluegrass lament "Can't Leave This Way" <> – would benefit from getting lost in translation, but standout "Cumbia de la Carretera" proves these Brothers deserve a place in Austin's new world order."

 The Austin Chronicle

Stage plot & tech rider

Full band-StagePlot.
Drum set ( needs to be miked) (sub optional, but preferable)
2 Electro guitars we do need an amp - needs mic
Bass DI ( direct in)
Accordion DI
Violin DI
2 Voc mic DI
Acoustic gtr DI

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