Original of the Week:

Balkan Beat Box vs. Jason Derulo/2 Chainz

My "Original of the Week" section is intended to expose either of the following:
a) Where the original beat from a popular/recent song was actually produced
b) The original version of a song that was popularized by someone who covered it

This weeks original is the song "Hermetico" by Balkan Beat Box. A little over a year ago Jason Derulo & 2 Chainz released "Talk Dirty to Me" which was quickly a huge radio hit in the US throughout 2014. If you thought it was their producers that came up with a beat this clever.... think again. They owe this funky and catchy middle eastern sound to Balkan Beat Box, who released "Hermetico" in 2007. (Did I just blow your mind a little bit? I tend to do that with this )

Balkan Beat Box is an insanely cool Isreali-American group whose style is a fusion of Middle Eastern Balkan music, gypsy, rap, funk  & electronic. The sound is unique and fun to dance to, and if you live in the US it is not likely hat you have heard anything remotely similar.

Happy listening :)
MF