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Beirut were on the ABC Arts show last Sunday, they an instrumental piece and I thought they were amazing, a mariachi band playing Turkish folk tunes (there was a lot of brass in the mix), I then strolled over to www.myspace.com/beruit and was delighted to find that as well as a ten piece band they squeezed in vocals as well.

To give you an idea they list …

a trumpet from Paris, farfisa organ, accordion, piano, ukelele, mandolin, glockenspiel, violin, cello, tambourine, The air powered organ I bought on twelth street, Congo drum donated from the neighbors….A broken microphone stolen from the university of new mexico….

and you kind of get the idea. It’s not going to be a regular indie rock thing – it it? Hmm not a lot of guitar there either.

Check out Nantes, lots of yummy stuff going, seemingly endless layers of audio to find and wonder at. Also have a look at a “Postcards From Italy” at YouTube…

Seriously Recommended. I heard them once and I was away… they are brilliant.

Websites at www.beirutband.com/ and www.myspace.com/beruit

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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