ABERYSTWYTH THE ROYAL PIER

FRI 26TH SEP, 2008 10.00pm

Backbeating Sounds presents: “Gypsy, Klezmer & Balkan Beats” featuring…

MALARCHY

Supported by the Backbeating Soundsystem

Fri. 26 September
10pm-3am
The Brasserie of the Royal Pier, Aberystwyth

Malarchy play a devious brew of trans-European traveling sounds, stirring spirits and guiding lovers onto higher plains. Enthusiastic European roots rhythms from this quintet, destined to lift the weariest souls and have us all dance-floor bound before we know it. Centuries of tradition collide with contemporary styles throughout the songs.

The five-piece consists of guitar, violin, accordion, bass, and percussion and only very occasional singing or whooping. They are at their best when, halfway through the set, they launch into some Klezmer - guitar, bass and percussion combine into one powerful and infectious rhythm section, encapsulating nightfall and its mysteries and allowing the violin and accordion more freedom to explore the music and scales.

Malarchy are the history of rhythm and harmony, topped off with measures of jazz and moonlight. This style of music seems to have an appeal as near to universal as anything heard - the raw emotional impact seems to transcend cultural and national boundaries. Perhaps this is not surprising, given that the Gypsies and the Jews who gave so much to this music must be two of the most traveled peoples in the world.

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