Dasselstr. 79
50674 Köln
Germany

http://www.myspace.com/balkanxpress

Kosta Kostov is not a nickname! Born in the Bulgarian Black Sea he grew up with the unique Balkan way of celebrating... Moving to Germany didn't...

public contact

• phone: 0049-176243 260 45
• email: kostov@gmx.de

business contact

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activities

• Artist
  • DJ
• Records
  • Producer

visited events

• WOMEX 2006
• WOMEX 2007
• WOMEX 2008

company description

Kosta Kostov is not a nickname! Born in the Bulgarian Black Sea he grew up with the unique Balkan way of celebrating... Moving to Germany didn't stop his passionate search for the best rhythms and melodies from the Balkans. He is the mastermind and resident "machinista" of the balkanXpress, the turbulent party in the Cologne club Gebäude 9.



In April 2004 the balkanXpress started first in Cologne's clubbing scene as a regular party to introduce and represent the many-facetted music of Southeaster Europe. It became quickly a reference for the people who love the spontaneous and passion full celebrating. The balkanXpress takes you on an ecstatic dance journey through the valleys and hills of Balkan beats and breaks, always with view out to new horizons... The rhythms of the typical music- and dance-styles like horo, račenitza, čoček, rembetiko or klezmer are quite similar to the beats of drum 'n bass and breakbeat and offer a great space for fusions… The Balkan music has also got a common ground with musical phenomenons like the sounds of the Orient & the Maghreb, the hispano-brazilian flavas or the great Bhangra. That's why the trip with the balkanXpress will take you to the music related neighbours which are more similar to the southeast European music than expected.



Meanwhile the balkanXpress is travelling not only in German lands. Kosta Kostov is a well seen guest in the Barcelona clubs Sala Apolo and Sidecar, Paris' Divan du Monde, Athen's Altera Pars and Booze Club and Vienna's Ostklub. In March 2007 the balkanXpress brought for first time the transbalkan beats and breaks to the clubs in the Brazilian cities of Belem, Aracaju, Brasilia Capital, Porto Alegre, Florianpolis and Rio de Janeiro.



Jump on the balkanXpress and enjoy Kosta Kostov's frenetic BABUSHKA-BREAKS, HORO-DUBS, KLEZMER-RIDDIMS, GYPSY-SPEEDBRASS!