Besh o droM is a Balkan music group. Their music blends folk and contemporary instruments (including the cymbalom and the EWI) in styles ranging from

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. They acknowledge particular influences from Transylvanian,

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, Turkish, Afghan, Egyptian, Lebanese,

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, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian and Greek musical traditions. The band was formed in

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in August 1999, recently based in Budapest,

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and

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. Their Romany name is in the Lovari dialect: Besh o droM means ’sit on the road’ literally, but its real meaning is ’follow your path, get on with it’. It is also wordplay in Hungarian meaning ’I am rolling...’ (a

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). They appeared in

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's movie ''Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse''. They also composed and performed the original soundtrack for the National Theatre of Szeged's 2001/2002 season of ''

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''.

Band members

These

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appear in

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. * Barcza Gergely (founder, 1999–) (EWI, saxophone,

kaval The kaval is a Diatonic and chromatic, chromatic end-blown flute, end-blown oblique flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and ...

ney The ney ( ; ) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 ye ...

) *

Pettik Ádám Ádám Pettik (born 26 August 1972) is a Hungarian musician, singer-songwriter, percussionist and instrument creator. He is the founder of the world music band Besh o droM. Early life Pettik was born in Budapest, Hungary. His first drum lesson ...

(founder, 1999–) (

darabuka The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is ...

drum, kanna (jug), drums, vocals) * Herr Attila (2007–2023) (

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) * Seres Vilmos (2009–) (

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) * Molnár Tamás Gergely (2012–) (saxophone) * Csurkulya József (1999–2023) (

cimbalom The cimbalom, cimbal (; ) or concert cimbalom is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by József Schunda, V. ...

) * Kaszai Lili (2010–) (vocals) * Hámori Máté (2009–) (guitar) * Szumper Ákos (2019–) (drums)

Previous band members

* Sidoo Attila (1999–2009) (guitar) * Tóth József (1999–2000) (saxophone) * Orczy Géza (1999–2002) (tapan) * Farkas Róbert (1999–2002) (accordion, violin) * DJ Mango (2000–2001) (scratch, rap) * Tóth Péter (2000–2006) (trumpet) * Talabos Csaba (2002–2005) (tapan) * Beszteri Róbert (2002–2003) (tapan) * Molnár László (2000) (double bass) * Szalóki Ágnes (1999–2005) (vocals) * Bese Csaba (1999–2002) (bass guitar) * Zsoldos Tamás (2002–2005) (bass guitar) * Vajdovich Árpád (2005–2007) (bass guitar) * Juhász Miczura Mónika (2005–2006) (vocals) * Magyar Borbála (2007–2010) (vocals) * Bede Péter (2000–2001) (saxophone) * Monori András (2000) (trumpet) * Békési László (2001–2007) (tenor saxophone, clarinet) * Varga László (–2008) (percussion) * Somos Péter (2008–2010) (drums) * Vadász Páter (2010–2019) (drums)

Guest artist

Margit Bangó Margit Bangó (born 4 April 1950) is a Hungarian singer and entertainer. Biography Bangó was born into a Romani musical family under the name Margit Szabó, her father played the dulcimer and her mother sang. In 1967, at the age of 17, with th ...

(2007) (vocals)

Discography

* ''Macsó hímzés'' (''Macho Embroidery'') (Fonó Records, 2000) * ''Nekemtenemmutogatol'' (''Can't Make Me!'') (2002) * ''GYI!'' (2004) * ''Ha megfogom az ördögöt…'' (''Once I Catch The Devil'') (2005) * ''Kertünk alatt'' (Narrator Records, 2011) * ''Best of droM'' (Narrator Records, 2012) * ''Gyüttmenti Táncok EP'' (Self-released, 2016) * ''Besh o droM20'' (Fonó Records, 2020)

External links

Official website

References

{{Authority control Hungarian folk music groups Hungarian world music groups Musical groups established in 1999