Besh o'droM, the grooviest Gypsy and Eastern Beats act, are taking traditions straight to the 21 Century Dance Floor. A 10 piece electro-acoustic collective combining turntable wizardry, ethnic folk roots and wild jazz improvisation to spectacular effect.
An urban wedding band, Besh o'droM's sound is ethnic tradition with the best of club culture, the unique sound of the cymbalom and virtuoso gypsy violin with jazz improvisation, a fantastic Balkan brass section with locked-down funk grooves. A 1000 mph musical mayhem, a real audience pleaser with very strong musicianship. World music at its best - an absolute must. Dance shoes recommended.
Besh o'droM was founded in 1999 by brother-in-laws Adam Pettik and Gergo Barcza. Their music is inspired by Balkan, Hungarian and Romanian-Gypsy tunes and Middle Eastern traditional music.

They interpret this music in their unique style, mixing various musical genres and backgrounds. Most of the tunes they play are traditional but they take the liberty to use any tunes they really like and enjoy. They have developed a very loyal following in and they have travelled the road to international success already.
Besh o'droM in gypsy language 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 cigarette).
Besh o'droM first CD entitled Macso himzes (again a wordplay with a local folk connotation, 'Macho embroidery' in literal translation was released Fono records (www.fonorecords.hu) in October 2000.

2001 Womex guide: This dirty dozen draws on the heritage of 1000 years of Balkan music and takes it on s roller-coaster ride through the world's hottest amusement park: The Wild style Valleys of Club Music! Impulsively founded in 1999 by Hungarian brothers-in-law Gergely Barcza and Adam Pettik, the hand has evolved from a trio to the madcat big band it is now. From their home-base of Budapest, they have travelled the road to international success at the same speed of light that characterises the songs on their first CO "Macso himzes". Besh o'droM is not about copying old customs note by note - they didn't even stop before smashing one of the biggest NoNos of Hungary's folk music rules by introducing a brass section and a hiphop D3 to the line-up. That's how to really make your booty shake!

Adam Pettik - vocals, percussion, milk churns
Gergo Barcza - soprano, alto saxophone, ney, zurna, flute
Tamas Zsoldos - bass guitar
Attila Sidoo - guitar
Jozsef Csurkulya - cymbalom
Geza Orczy - percussion
Peter Bade - tenor sax, clarinet
Peter Toth - trumpet
Robert Parkas "Havcsa" - violin, accordion, oral bass