Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra

Category:groep / artiest
Genre(s):Europese wereldmuziek, ska, reggae & dub, Wereldmuziek
Actual/previous members:Nathan Daems, Gregor Engelen, Mukti Gabriels, Roel Poriau, Filip Vandebril, Suhamet Latifi

Biography

Antwerp city, with its harbor, has always been a melting pot of different cultures. The Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra reflects that openness in an intriguing way; seven musicians from all over the world - each with a very diverse musical background - have teamed up to combine the pure, raw energy of authentic Roma Gipsy melodies with the ultra-danceable ska groove.

This band has it all! A charismatic front man, street credibility, incredible energy on stage, a vast variety of styles and rhythms that stretch the boundaries of what we know as ska music, striking melodies that soar with joy and dive with melancholy, improvisational skills to match a jazz combo and best of all… their own sound that is so rich and natural that one can’t help but wonder why nobody came up with this idea before.

You can see that classifying AGSO as just another ska band would be a mistake that one is not likely to make
after seeing them at work.

Selective discography

DuivelsblauwDuivelsblauw (2020)
Central-European traditional music
Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra
Black PantherBlack Panther (2017)
World / Ethnic
Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra
Kilo GipsyskaKilo Gipsyska (2015)
Central-European traditional music
Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra
I Lumia Mo KherI Lumia Mo Kher (2011)
Central-European traditional music, reggae, European folk
Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra
TuttilegalTuttilegal (2007)
Central-European traditional music, European folk
Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra

Op compilaties van Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen

Flamundo! / Vol. 4Flamundo! / Vol. 4 (2011)
World / Ethnic
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