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SNÖ Sverige/Sweden
The band is a unique constellation of three generations of Swedish folk music: its members led “Hedningarna”, “Garmarna“, “hurdy-gurdy”, “Godrun” and “BOOT” amongst others. Based on traditional dance music played on old Nordic folk instruments such as Moraharpa, hurdy-gurdy and Swedish bag pipes, SNÖ shower their audience with an avalanche of unbelievably danceable yet psychedelically wafting sounds by means of live loops and electronic samples.www.myspace.com/snowfolk
MITSOURA Magyarország/Hungary
Lead singer Mónika “Mitsou” Juhász Miczura is said to be one of the most powerful voices of European world music, as is illustrated in her contribution to the soundtrack of the film Gadjo Dillo. Her band combines very old vocal traditions of Pannonian Roma tribes with electronic samples, break beats and ambient sounds. The beguiling vocals and the virtuosity of the musicians playing countless traditional eastern European and Asian instruments place her experimental Roma folk act in great demand on the club scene across Europe.www.mitsoura.net
PALYRRIA Hellas/Greece
Founded as a dance project in 1996, the band has chosen to dedicate itself exclusively to its own musical style since 1999. Their “world electro”, as they like to call their fusion of traditional music of the Mediterranean and electronic music, placed Palyrria in the top ten of world music charts numerous times. Sounds from Ikaria and Epirus combined with dub and reggae, loops and samples can make even the hippest uptown Berlin party animals dance a Sirtaki.www.palyrria.com
www.myspace.com/palyrria
FAMILHA ARTÚS Gascogne, France
Their music is radical, because it’s ethnic. Deeply rooted in the regions of their origin and, at the same time, continuously seeking something new that is yet to be discovered. English progressive rock meets traditional songs from Gascoigne. Energetic drum'n bass, deep hurdy gurdy and the delicate sound of voices bring the shores of the Channel together, turning it into a buzzing dance floor.familha.artus.free.fr
www.myspace.com/familhaartus