YURIY GURZHY & THE RUMBARISTAS

(UKR/GER/ESP/BEL)

2020 TROUBADOURS PROJECT

Yuriy Gurzhy (UKR/GER)

https://soundcloud.com/yuriy-gurzhy

musician, DJ, producer and radio brodcaster

Yuriy Gurzhy was born in Ukraine and now lives in Berlin.

Together with Wladimir Kaminer, a successful writer in Germany, he started the now legendary 'Russendisko' club nights, and compiled five CDs on the same subject.

His other compilation, 'Shetl Superstars', was dedicated to the "funky jewish sounds from around the world". .. When he's not busy DJ'ing or compiling CDs, Yuriy sings and plays guitar with RotFront (their 2 albums, 'Emigrantski Raggamuffin' (2009) and "VisaFree" (2011) were released by Essay Recordings).

Together with Lemez Lovas (ex-OiVaVoi) he founded the Shtetl Superstars Orchestra ('Shengen Visa Wedding' CD is due to be relased later this year). He's also collaborated with Alec Kopyt, Shantel, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Vodka Boys and Master Musicians of Saltovka, amongst others.

Rumbaristas (BEL/ESP)

www.rumbaristas.com

‘Rumbaristas’ is the rather ‘caliente’ name of a bright collective consisting of musicians with Spanish, French and Belgian roots. They gathered around the Catalan rumba-player Willy Fuego and the French-Italian-Polish trumpet/accordion-player Thomas Morzewski. Joined by the Belgians Roel Poriau (percussion) and Thomas De Smet (bass), rhythmkings of the crazy Belgian world collective Think of One, ‘Rumbaristas’ stands for an unbalanced lively and colourful mix of latin-american flavor, with the passion of the Balkan music. A pretty senseless mix of Catalan rumba and Sicilian tarantella, spiced up with a touch of ska, folk, reggae, cumbia and even avant-garde...